Published: August 28,2022 Deputy Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Monique Nsanzabaganwa speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on Aug. 22, 2022. TO GO WITH “Interview: Nine programs set to bolster Africa-China cooperation, says AU Commission deputy chief” (Xinhua/Habtamu Worku) The nine programs of Africa-China …

Published: August 28,2022 The Chinese language will soon be integrated into the country’s educational curriculum, a senior Ghanaian official said on Friday.Divine Yao Ayidzoe, the chief director for the Ministry of Education, made the remarks at a public lecture organized by the Confucius Institute at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) located in …

Published:August 27,2022 Huang Kunming, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, attends the opening ceremony of the Fifth Forum on China-Africa Media Cooperation in Beijing, capital of China, Aug. 25, 2022. …

Published:August 27,2022 By Joseph Wangui Kenya’s Azimio La Umoja Party (One Kenya Coalition Party) presidential candidate Raila Odinga and his running mate Martha Karua look at a document at the Milimani High Court in Nairobi on August 22, 2022.  Simon Maina | AFP What you need to know:• Additionally, they want a declaration that IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati is unfit to conduct a fresh election.• Mr Odinga and Ms Karua also want to be awarded costs …

Published: August 26,2022 By LI WENTAO  LUO JIE/CHINA DAILY Despite the US saying it will not make the continent choose sides, its new strategy includes many items targeting Russia and China The Joe Biden administration has unleashed a diplomatic offensive for Africa in the run-up to the US-Africa summit to …

Published: August 26,2022 A forum of internet stakeholders opened Wednesday in Rwanda’s capital Kigali to discuss how to improve local and regional network interconnection. The Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) was organized by the Internet Society (ISOC) and the African IXP Association (AFIX) in collaboration with the Rwanda Internet …

Published: August 25,2022 By Staff writer  The African continent has improved infrastructure development, through cooperation with China under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), African experts said, in a one day virtual meeting that brought together African, Chinese and Pakistan experts.   The virtual meeting was the first of its kind organized …

Published: August 25,2022 Closer cooperation between China and Africa is boosting Africa’s supply chains amid various headwinds, according to a report released on Tuesday. The report, titled “Chinese Investment in Africa (2022): China-Africa Cooperation from a Supply Chain Perspective,” was published by the China-Africa Business Council. It elaborated on China’s …

Published: August 24,2022 By Evans Ongwae A section of the Nairobi Expressway Why does a 27km stretch of road passing through the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD) matter? This road runs from the bustling Mlolongo town in Machakos County, and meanders through the heart of Nairobi’s central business district to the Westlandssuburb, and up to Rironi in Limuru, Kiambu County. This is the …

Published: August 24,2022By Jeffrey D. Sach The world is on the edge of nuclear catastrophe in no small part because of the failure of Western political leaders to be forthright about the causes of the escalating global conflicts.  The relentless Western narrative that the West is noble while Russia and …