Buhari returns from south Africa

President Muhammadu Buhari returned to
Nigeria after attending the Forum on China-
Africa Cooperation in Johannesburg, South
Africa, December 4-5, 2015.
The presidential jet landed in Abuja in the
early hours of Sunday, December 6.


The president had a series of meetings with
African leaders and the President Xi Jinping
of the People’s republic of China.
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China has reassured that Nigeria remains one
of its strategic partners on the whole
continent.

President Buhari had bilateral meetings with
President Jose Eduardo dos Santos of Angola
and President Jose Mario Vaz of Guinea
Bissau.
During the opening day the Nigerian
leader met President Mahmadou Issoufou of
of Niger Republic, President Iddris Deby of
Chad and the Zimbabwean president, Robert
Mugabe.
The first summit aimed at boosting China-
Africa cooperation took place in 2006. One of
the main objective of the historic 2015 event
was to outline specific measures aimed at
consolidating the growing mutual partnership
between Africa and the world’s
largest economy, China.