by  Chen Chen The crewed spacecraft Shenzhou-12, atop a Long March-2F carrier rocket, is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China’s Gobi Desert, June 17, 2021. (Xinhua/Ju Zhenhua) China’s purpose of space exploration has all along been the peaceful use of what many call the final frontier …

By Olusegun Obasanjo  Former Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda. (Photo: EPA / STR) The demise of President Kenneth Kaunda at the grand old age of 97 brings to an end the pioneers and forefathers who led the struggles for the decolonisation of Africa and received the instrument of independence. Tonight, I …

By Gerald Mbanda Chinese Ambassador to Kenya His Excellency Zhou Pingjian speaks at a seminar commemorating the centenary of the Communist Party of China at the University of Nairobi – Kenya on June 16, 2021. (Photo Credit: Chinese Embassy in Kenya) As the Communist Party of China (CPC) gets closer …

By David Ochieng Mbewa Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni and his counterpart from the Democratic Republic of Congo Felix Tshisekedi on Wednesday commissioned a road infrastructure development project between both nations. Museveni and Tshisekedi said the project will cause a “tremendous” change in the socio-economic transformation of the lives of the …

Combo photo taken on July 15, 2020 shows villagers’ smiles in Shenshan Village of Jinggangshan, east China’s Jiangxi Province. (Xinhua/Peng Zhaozhi) Going over the history of the Communist Party of China (CPC), it is an unassailable fact that the Party always has the support of the people. International polls have …

Peace talks:  file photo The peace talks between the Sudan transitional government and opposition Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) were suspended on Tuesday to allow parties to undertake further consultations. Tut Gatluak Manime, head of South Sudan’s mediation team said the parties have not reached agreement on adoption of a …

Leaders of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) pose for a group photo during a NATO summit at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on June 14, 2021. (NATO/Handout via Xinhua) “China will not present ‘systemic challenges’ to anyone, but we will not sit by and do nothing if ‘systemic challenges’ …

By Halligan Agade  – A general view shows a train on the SGR line in Kimuka, Kenya, on October 16, 2019./ VCG Photo Railway transportation was introduced in Kenya in the 19th Century in 1896. The first rails were laid for the project that would become known as the “Lunatic Line’’. …

by  Guo Yage (From L to R, Front) Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, U.S. President Joe Biden, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, (From L to R, Rear) European Council President Charles Michel, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, …

 The Egyptian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that Egypt has sent a letter to the UN Security Council to reaffirm its “complete rejection” of Ethiopia’s unilateral measures on the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The letter sent on Friday accuses Ethiopia of frustrating efforts to reach a …