Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged congratulatory messages Friday with Rwandan President Paul Kagame on the 50th anniversary ku of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries. President Xi hailed the healthy and steady development of China-Rwanda ties over the half-century. In recent years, both countries have maintained good …

South Africa’s Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwanapresents the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) at the parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, on Nov. 11, 2021. Godongwana on Thursday said the country’s economy is expected to grow 5.1 percent in 2021, following an economic recovery faster than expected in the first half. (Xabiso Mkhabela/Handout …

RAO Hongwei As Chinese ambassador to Rwanda, I am honored, and lucky enough, to witness the 50thanniversary of diplomatic relations between China and Rwanda. Preferably I would say, I am witnessing a milestone of China-Rwanda brotherhood in half a century. In past 50 years, we have fostered a multidimensional and …

By James Kimonyo 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Rwanda and the People’s Republic of China. The world was a very different place in 1971, when our countries first established diplomatic ties. Rwanda had been an independent country for less than ten years with a very …

Bobby Naderi United Nations headquarters in New York City. /Getty Putting a lid on the global security threat or on a new arms race on our planet, the First Committee of the 76th United Nations General Assembly, which deals with disarmament, global challenges and threats to peace, made history by passing …

ByEdmund Kagire  President Xi Jinping received by President Paul Kagame as First Ladies Look on, Kigali, July 2018 A friendship built on mutual trust and treating each other as equals -that is the definition of the bilateral relations between Rwanda and China and that is the key message that was echoed …

By Zhao Huanxin in Washington   Chinese and US flags flutter outside the building of an American company in Beijing, Jan 21, 2021. [Photo/Agencies] Beijing stands ready to work with Washington to bring “one of the world’s most important bilateral relationships” back to the right track, Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a congratulatory …

Learning from history is a Chinese traditional wisdom and one of the secrets of the Communist Party of China’s successes, said Zheng Yongnian, a professor of political science at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen). From the 1911 Revolution to the founding of the CPC (1921) and the PRC (1949), it’s …

Ethiopian military parade with national flags attached to their rifles at a rally organised by local authorities to show support for the Ethiopian National Defence Force, at Meskel square in downtown Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [AP Photo] UN political chief Rosemary DiCarlo has said the risk of Ethiopia “descending into widening civil war is only too real”, adding that …

By Staff writer  Rwanda foreign affairs Minister Vincent Biruta and Chinese ambassador to Rwanda H.E Rao Hongwei. Photo: courtesy  Rwanda and China committed to strengthen bilateral relations as the two countries celebrated 50 years of diplomatic relation yesterday Nov. 8, 2021. Marking ther event at Chinese embassy in Kigali, Minister Biruta and Ambassador RAo Hongwei praised good relations between the two countries and the mutual trust.  …