Published: March 16,2022 BY EMMANUEL ABARA BENSON Downtown Nairobi• The problem in East Africa was mostly caused by external factors, including the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.• The Russian-Ukrainian war has caused global supply chain disruptions, a development that has directly affected many countries in East Africa who import a lot of …

Published: March15, 2022 By Stephen Ndegwa Flight carrying humanitarian aid for Ukraine provided by the Red Cross Society of China has departed from Beijing. /Chinese Foreign Ministry China’s recent donation of food and other essentials worth 5 million yuan ($787,000) to Ukraine to ameliorate the suffering of civilians in the …

Published: March 15,2022 China and the countries of Africa should cement their ever-deepening diplomatic ties by further enhancing people-to-people exchanges, an Ethiopian expert has said. People-to-people relations should be considered as the basis and mainstay and could uplift the already blossoming China-Africa ties, Costantinos Bt. Costantinos, a professor of public …

Published: March 14,2022 By Staff writer  A truck convoy loaded up with Chinese aid destined for western Ukraine prepares to leave Romania. [Photo/Chinese embassy in Romania] China has maintained that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine should be solved through negotiations to reach a common understanding. President Xi reached out …

Published: March 14,2022 FILE PHOTO: Veteran Kenyan politician and 2022 presidential candidate Raila Odinga. /Getty Images Raila Odinga, the 77-year-old Kenyan veteran opposition leader, was on Saturday endorsed by an alliance of more than 20 political parties to contest for the presidency during the country’s August polls. Among the parties that pledged support …

Published: March 13,2022 A couple of days ago, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told the New York Times that the United States could “essentially shut” down the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation(SMIC) or any Chinese companies that defy American sanctions against Russia. “We could essentially shut SMIC down because we prevent them from …

Published: March 13,2022 By William Jones Ukrainians cross an improvised path along a destroyed bridge as residents continue to flee the city of Irpin, Ukraine, March 8, 2022. /CFP China has recently initiated a serious diplomatic effort to use its influence to help bring the crisis in Ukraine to a peaceful resolution. …

Published: March 12,2022 By Halligan Agade   Kenya’s minister for health, Mutahi Kagwe. /Xinhua Kenya has lifted the mandatory requirement of wearing facemasks in open public spaces as the coronavirus pandemic positivity rate dropped to 1 percent over the past month. While making the announcement on Friday, Kenya’s health minister, Mutahi Kagwe, encouraged Kenyans to maintain …

Published: March 12,2022 Ethiopia’s national air carrier, Ethiopian Airlines (ET) announced on Tuesday it has partnered with Air Djibouti and Djibouti Industrial Park Operation (IDIPO) to commence sea-air multimodal transportation. In a press statement, ET disclosed the agreement will see cargo being transported from Chinese destinations to Djibouti Free Zone …

Published: March 11,2022 By ZHOU LANXU and ZHANG YUE   Aerial photo taken on Dec 18, 2021 shows a container ship by the Pacific international container terminal at the Tianjin Port of North China’s Tianjin Municipality. [Photo/Xinhua] Govt urged to adopt more expansionary fiscal and monetary policies this year China is …