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Al-Shabaab storms AU base in Somalia, casualties reported

Published: May04,2022 Al-Shabaab militants train at a camp in Somalia’s lower Shabelle region on October 20, 2009 Heavily armed Al-Shabaab jihadists stormed an African Union (AU) base in Somalia on Tuesday, triggering a fierce firefight that left an unknown number of casualties, a local military commander and witnesses said. AU …

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The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict Between the US and Xi Jinping’s China

Published: May 02,2022 By Staff writer Author: Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd  The above title is of a book written by Kevin Rudd who is a former Prime Minister of Australia, who understands well China’s development. Kevin not only studied in China but also lived and worked there for …

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Africa Should Rally Behind China’s Global Security Initiative

Published:May 02,2022 By Albert Chavhunduka As the rampage of insurgencies become the leading source of instability on the continent, Africa is correctly positioned to benefit enormously from the Global Security Initiative recently proposed by the Chinese President Xi Jinping. On Thursday last week, President Xi spoke about “Rising to challenges …

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Expert says China’s dynamic zero-COVID policy can defeat the epidemic

Published: May 1,2022 By WANG XIAOYU  China can defeat the COVID-19 epidemic by seizing the window of opportunity created by its dynamic clearance strategy to accelerate vaccination, ramp up emergency response capacity and expand the use of effective medications, a senior health expert said on Friday. The risk of a …

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Xi Jinping Proposes New Global Security Initiative: Will The World Give It Due Consideration?

Published: April 27,2022 By Gerald Mbanda China’s President Xi Jinping’s keynote address to Boao Asian Forum 2022, can be seen as a challenge to business as usual, even a call for the reshaping of the oft repeated world order. But it remains to be seen whether a world addicted to adversarial competition will give his vision …

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AU welcomes decision to deploy regional peacekeeping force to DR Congo

Published: April 27,2022 Map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The African Union welcomed a recent decision of East African Leaders to deploy a regional peacekeeping force to unrest-hit parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In a press statement released on Monday evening, the Chairperson of …

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Rwanda’s President Kagame rare visit to Uganda as ties warm

Published:April 26,2022 Rwandan President Paul Kagame. PHOTO/AFP Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame arrived in Uganda Sunday, making his first visit to the country in four years as the relationship between the two East African nations improves following long-simmering tensions. Public broadcaster Rwanda Broadcasting Agency said Kagame had arrived in Kampala to …

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Mwai Kibaki: The sharp economist who breathed life into Kenya’s ailing industry

Published: April 24,2022 Mwai Kibaki in 2013 during the commissioning of the Nairobi Western Ring Road with then Transport Cabinet Secretary Michael Kamau (second Left), former Roads minister Franklin Bett (far left) and Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero (far right). File | Nation Media Group• He slashed sky-high interest rates and rebuilt broken revenues with strong competencies at the Kenya …

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South Sudan president integrates rival’s officers into unified army

Published:April14,2022 South Sudan President Salva Kiir (L) and Vice President Riek Machar. (AP) South Sudan’s government has announced the creation of a unified armed forces command, implementing a key provision of the 2018 peace deal that observers hope will ease the country’s recovery from years of war. The country has struggled …

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East Africa’s largest port of Mombasa records high transshipment traffic

Published:April13,2022 By Halligan Agade Containers are seen at the main port in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa March 7, 2013. /REUTERS East Africa’s largest and Kenya’s Port of Mombasa is experiencing substantive transshipment business as more ships evade berthing delays and waiting at the neighboring Port of Dar es …

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