Africa Business Radio

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says China will appoint a special envoy for the Horn of Africa to help tackle security challenges in the region. He says they will continue to play even a bigger role for peace and stability in the region. The minister is on a tour of three countries in eastern Africa which began in Eritrea and concludes in the Indian Ocean island of Comoros. The Chinese minister's tour to the region coincides with the visit by the US special envoy to the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, who is due to arrive in Ethiopia on Thursday to discuss the 14-month civil war in the northern part of the country.