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Kenya to begin exports of livestock products from Chinese-built port in 2023

Published:June 11,2022 Kenya will begin to export livestock products from the Chinese-built Lamu Port in 2023, a government official said Wednesday.  Harry Kimtai, the principal secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Cooperatives, told journalists in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, that the government has allocated 500 million shillings (4.27 million …

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Bountiful summer harvest crucial for bolstering China’s food security

Published:June 11,2022 The summer harvest season is currently under way in China, and all eyes are on how the wheat and rapeseed harvest will turn out this year. According to data provided by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, nearly 50 percent of the summer wheat has already been …

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The War in Ukraine Through an African Lens

Published:June 10,2022 By William Minter The war in Ukraine was among the topics discussed by South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in South Africa in May. SA Govt. From the ‘with us or against us’ frame to the disproportionate fallout of the commodities crisis, these countries …

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The Secrets of China’s Economic Statecraft in Africa

Published:June 10,2022 By Anzetse Were  In this July. 21, 2018, file photo, a Senegal resident welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping during his visit to Dakar, Senegal. Credit: AP Photo/Xaume Olleros, File Beijing has succeeded by responding to African governments’ precise needs, against a backdrop of lingering mistrust of the West. The …

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Revisit San Su Ci: The memorial temple of three literary masters 

published: June09, 2022 San Su Ci, the memorial temple and former residence of three literary masters, Su Xun and his two sons, Su Shi and Su Zhe, in Meishan City, southwest China’s Sichuan Province is a national-level cultural heritage and popular scenic spot. Su Xun, Su Shi and Su Zhe from …

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Xi Jinping inspects southwestern Chinese city of Meishan

Published:June 09,2022 Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, on Wednesday inspected the city of Meishan in southwest China’s Sichuan Province. In the morning, he visited the village of Yongfeng and San Su Ci, the memorial temple and former residence of Su …

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China’s BRI projects spur economic development in Rwanda

Published:June 09,2022 By Gerald Mbanda Road in Kigali city upgraded by China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC). Photo: (Africa-China Review)  China and Rwanda celebrated 50 years of diplomatic cooperation last year 2021. The countries have strengthened cooperation in various fields for half a century. China is one of Rwanda’s largest …

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Museveni optimistic on economy despite gloomy signs

Published:June 09,2022 By Elizabeth Kamurungi & Arthur Arnold Wadero President Museveni delivers the State of the Nation Address in Kampala on June 7, 2022. PHOTO/PPU The President announced that the country had made the delayed leap into lower middle-income category. President Museveni yesterday struck an optimistic tone about Uganda’s economy and future, despite …

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South Africa: Gupta Brothers Arrested in the UAE

Published: June08,2022 GCIS / Flickr (CC BY-ND 2.0) Former president Jacob Zuma, left, Atul Gupta, centre, and former Eastern Cape premier Noxolo Kieviet at a function in 2012. The Department of Justice and Correctional Services has confirmed the arrest of alleged State Capture masterminds Rajesh and Atul Gupta at Dubai …

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Book of Xi’s discourses on rural work published

Published:June08,2022 By CAO DESHENG A farmer reaps wheat with a harvester in Xixian county, Xinyang city, central China’s Henan province. [Photo/Xinhua] A book of President Xi Jinping’s insights about work related to agriculture, rural areas and farmers has been published and made available nationwide. The book, compiled by the Institute …

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