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China’s engagement with Africa has deepened substantially over the past decade. For African nations, this engagement presents both opportunities and challenges at a critical conjuncture in the continent’s history. This report critically assesses China’s growing role in Africa and its effect on both the factors that drive conflict and those that promote peace. With 54 nations and one billion people, the African continent is far from a homogenous unit of analysis. Its security challenges are numerous and varied, and as such it is not possible to form an all-encompassing assessment of the way in which China’s engagement on the continent affects these challenges.