Published: May 16,2022 By Gerald Mbanda In the Kenyan capital Nairobi, a Chinese-built and financed tollway or Nairobi express highway as it is commonly known, was opened over the weekend. The 27.1 km road linking Jommo Kenyatta International Airport and Nairobi city was financed by the state-owned China Communications Construction Company while the construction work was carried …
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Kenya: Rigathi Gachagua Is Ruto’s Running Mate
Published: May 16,2022 Capital FMMathira MP Rigathi Gachagua who will deputize William Ruto in the August presidential election. Deputy President William Ruto has nominated MathiraMP Rigathi Gachagua to be his running mate in the August presidential election. Ruto made the announcement on Sunday afternoon, after Saturday’s meeting that went late into the night. “I nominate my good friend Rigathi Gachagua to be my running mate in the August 9, …
Read More »China helps African countries develop their agriculture and reduce poverty
Published: May 15,2022 By YORO DIALLO SHI YU/CHINA DAILY This year marks the 20th anniversary of the creation of the African Union and the 22nd anniversary of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. The FOCAC has proven over the years to be an essential platform for promoting the partnership between China and …
Read More »Five years since the forum, BRI gets bigger and better
Published:May 15,2022 By Stephen Ndegwa The containers of the sea-rail intermodal train at Jiangsu Hai’anRailway Logistics Base leave the freight station, April 30, 2022. /VCG May 14 marks five years since the launch of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, held in 2017. The Belt and Road Initiative, or BRI, announced …
Read More »US political meddling in Taiwan question slammed
Published:May 14,2022 By WANG QINGYUN NAn American flag flies outside of the US Capitol dome in Washington, Jan 15, 2020. [Photo/Agencies] The United States should effectively implement President Joe Biden’s position of not supporting “Taiwan independence”, cease political manipulation of Taiwan-related issues and stop “using Taiwan to contain China”, Foreign …
Read More »UN warns of rising number of people facing acute food insecurity in Eastern Africa
Published: May 14,2022 FILE PIC: Village women receive aid from the charity organization, Oxfam International, at a distribution center in Chirumhanzi about 250 Kilometers Southeast of Harare. The United Nations says about half of Zimbabwe’s population faces severe hunger amid a devastating drought and economic collapse. /AP The number of people facing …
Read More »China achieved unprecedented sci-tech advancement in past decade: official
Published:May14,2022 By Gong Zhe Vice Minister of Science and Technology Li Meng speaks at a press conference, Beijing, China, May 12, 2022. /china.com.cn China’s sci-tech progressed faster in the last 10 years than any other decade in history, Vice Minister of Science and Technology Li Meng said at a press …
Read More »Africa: Can studying China’s first SEZ give insight into the continent’s economic recovery?
Published:May14,2022 Residents collect purchased goods at a closed off neighborhood in Shenzhen, southern China’s Guangdong province on Tuesday, March 15, 2022. (AP Photo) The Covid-19 pandemic has affected every country and its citizens, though it has not impacted them equally, particularly those in the African continent. Makhtar Sop Diop, a …
Read More »Global shipping firms get boost in China
Published:May12,2022 By ZHU WENQIAN and ZHONG NAN Yangshan Port in Shanghai. JI HAIXIN/FOR CHINA DAILY China has freed up the coastal piggyback system for shipping of foreign trade containers between ports within China, enabling foreign logistics giants such as A.P.Moller-Maersk and Orient Overseas Container Line to plan first voyages by the end of …
Read More »China-donated Sinovac vaccine doses, medical equipment reach Benin
Published:May12,2022 The Charge d’Affaires a.i. of the Chinese Embassy in Benin Yan Yan (R, Front) presents medical equipment to the cabinet director of the Beninese Ministry of Health Petas Akogbeto (L, Front) in Cotonou, Benin, on May 10, 2022. (Photo by SeraphinZounyekpe/Xinhua) Benin on Tuesday received a batch of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccines as well as medical equipment donated by the …
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