Published:May 23, 2022 The East African Community (EAC) welcomes investors from China to implement various projects in the region with a population of about 300 million, said Peter Mathuki, EAC secretary general, in a recent interview with Xinhua. “We welcome investors from China to come and work with us in East …

Published:May24,2022 Rwandan dancers perform traditional dances to celebrate the groundbreaking ceremony of Nyabarongo II Hydropower Plant, in Rwanda, on May 21, 2022. (Xinhua/Ji Li) The Rwandan government has launched the construction of a 43.5 MW power plant expected to boost the country’s efforts to ensure universal access to electricity by …

Published:May24,2022 The Taipei 101 skyscraper commands the urban landscape in Taipei, Taiwan. [Photo/Xinhua] China’s decision not to agree with the Taiwan region’s participation in this year’s World Health Assembly (WHA) has received broad-based support and understanding from the international community, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said. Spokesperson Wang Wenbin made the …

By Staff writer John Lee; Hong Kong New Chief Executive. Photo: courtesy The Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), has a new leader,  as commonly known, a new Chief Executive. The media reaction to his selection, tells us much about global geopolitics, and the extent to which journalistic ethics, are …

Published:May23,2022 By Abdulkareem Mojeed Facebook / Dr. Akinwumi Adesina Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank The initiative will provide 20 million African smallholder farmers with certified seeds and will increase access to fertilizers and enable them to rapidly produce 38 million tons of food. The African Development Bank …

Published:May 22,2022 Universal access to digital technology could be the answer to Africa’s endemic under-development, inequality, poverty and conflicts, experts said at a briefing in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital, on Friday.Nnena Paul-Ugochukwu, the chief operating officer at Paradigm Initiative, a Pan-African non-profit organization that promotes digital inclusion, said that expanding …

Published:May22,2022 By Azhar Azam CFP For some time, U.S. intelligence has been branding China as an “unparalleled priority” and a “formidable challenge.” No threat, it believed, loomed larger than the one posed by Beijing. China’s economic, diplomatic, military and technological advancement to build a stable and modern world is one core motivation driving the …

Published:May 21,2022 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called on the BRICS countries to firm up their belief and take real action to promote peace and development. Xi made the remarks while delivering a video address at the opening session of the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.

Published:May 21,2022 A general view shows the Standard Gauge Railway train constructed by the Chinese Communications Construction Company and financed by Chinese government. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images In December 2018, a leaked letter from the Kenyan auditor-general’s office sparked a rumour that Kenya had staked its bustling Mombasa Port …

Published:May21,2022 An artistic illustration of exoplanets. /CFP Chinese scientists have proposed a space project to survey the sky through a space-borne telescope to hunt for habitable Earth-like planets outside our solar system, about 32 light-years from Earth. The project, named Closeby Habitable Exoplanet Survey (CHES), if carried out, will be …