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Mirroring the changes taking place in China itself, China's relationship with Africa is "changing and maturing month by month as both parties better understand each other," says Geoffrey White, CEO of the trans-African conglomerate Lonrho.

From Time • Jun. 25, 2010

Allied seizure of Dakar alone would be mainly a defensive measure, depriving the Germans of a position from which they could attack the Allies' trans-African routes and the Atlantic waterway feeding those routes.

From Time Magazine Archive

Says Hatfield: "There was not, is not, and never will be any connection between her real estate dealings and my senatorial responsibilities, including my support for a trans-African pipeline."

From Time Magazine Archive

With increased knowledge and much ampler means of communication trans-African travel now presents few difficulties.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

The first section of the trans-African railway, from St. Paul de Loanda to Ambaca, has been completed.

From Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 by Various