China's much increased economic activities in Africa in recent years - investments in energy and natural resources extraction and loans to African governments - have provoked accusations that it is becoming a new neocolonial power in the continent.
Nepalese PM Girija Prasad Koirala has vowed to amend the country's constitution to meet the key demands of Madheshi protesters from the country's southern plains, BBC News reported on February 8. He pledged to introduce a federal system of governance and more representation of the southern plains in the parliament.
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