The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) on Sunday imposed sanctions on the Malian transitional authorities in response to their claim of inability to meet the transition deadline of February 2022 for holding elections. A communique, issued after the Third Extraordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and …

By ZHANG ZHIHAO The Chinese military will enhance solidarity, pragmatic cooperation and talent training with African countries in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic and safeguarding public health, senior military officials said. The Ministry of National Defense and the People’s Liberation Army Academy of Military Science held the China-Africa Peace and Security …

By ZHAO JIA Chinese troops participating in Peace Mission 2021, a counterterrorism military exercise for Shanghai Cooperation Organization member states, parade at a training range in Orenburg, Russia, on Monday. The participants are from eight SCO member states, including China, Russia and Kazakhstan. LI CHUN/CHINA NEWS SERVICE Beijing hit back …

By Andy Mok The 4th China International Import Expo will run from November 5 to 10 at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai, east China, November 2, 2021. /China International Import Expo Bureau In a speech delivered at the Center for China and Globalization to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the restoration …

Africa is tired of waiting. For vaccines to protect our people from Covid-19; for investments to alleviate the worst recession of the last 25 years; and to help address the increasingly devastating impacts of climate change. Tired of waiting, African countries have teamed up to design an African-owned and led plan …

By Bertrand Byishimo When the Covid-19 pandemic struck the world, people were confined in their homes to mitigate its effects, but water was an important resource needed in fighting the pandemic.   It is in this regard that the government of Rwanda collaborated with the People’s Republic of China to drill more …

By KT Press Reporter Xinhua headquarters in downtown Beijing, China. (Xinhua/Li Jilu) Xinhua News Agency, headquartered in Beijing, stands ready to grow with Africa as the continent moves tirelessly to realize its full potentials. Xinhua News Agency was founded on November 7, 1931, in Ruijin, in southeast China. Its coverage of Africa news …

By Staff Writer Villager fetching water from the borehole at Kamonyi. (Photo. Africa china review ) Since November 2019, the Chinese government has sponsored projects meant to increase access to clean water for people in rural areas by drilling boreholes in different parts of Rwanda. The project covers 11 Districts …

Interview with the Secretary General of the Chinese Follow-up Committee of FOCAC Wu Peng, Secretary General of the Chinese Follow-up Committee of FOCAC and Director General of the Department of African Affairs of the Chinese Foreign Ministry (COURTESY) This year marks the 21st anniversary of the establishment of the mechanism …

By BEATRICE MATERU African Development Bank’s East Africa Regional Economic Outlook 2021 released on October 28 says the increased growth rate in the 13 economies is attributed to the ongoing global economic recovery. PHOTO | FILE | NMG Summary• African Development Bank’s East Africa Regional Economic Outlook 2021 released on October 28 …