In 2013，Africa kept the robust development as in the past decade. With its high economic growth，improvement of unification capacity，east Africa’s oil boom and the global impact generated from its old or new security issues，Africa is obtaining its geopolitical influence and attraction in the world. In this context，the big powers，especially France，the United States and Japan，have been energetically putting more strategic focus on and diplomatic resources in Africa，while and the emerging powers led by China are catching up with the Western influence in Africa in virtue of their bilateral or BRICS mechanisms. The big powers’ diplomacy for Africa in 2013 is featured as：on one hand，they have increased their investment in political，economic，and security issues in Africa with their traditional and comparative advantages；on the other hand，they are stepping into a period of strategic adjustment，revising their policies and seeking for their new strategic advantages in Africa.