By Hudson Kuteesa The Chinese Embassy in Rwanda and Imbuto Foundation sign the agreement to provide scholarships to bright students, on Tuesday, November 2. / Courtesy The Chinese Embassy in Rwanda and ImbutoFoundation, on Tuesday, November 2 signed an agreement to provide scholarships to bright students in high school who are from vulnerable backgrounds. Under …

Stephen Ndegwa A general view of the opening ceremony for COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, the United Kingdom, October. 31, 2021. /Xinhua Chinese President Xi Jinping has been the center of attention in the last few days. As the leader of the world’s second largest economy, Xi’s remarks at global summits have …

Authorities in the capital Addis Ababa told residents to prepare to defend their neighbourhoods.(AP) Ethiopia has declared a six-month state of emergency after forces from the northern region of Tigray said they were gaining territory and considering marching on the capital Addis Ababa. Key points:• Authorities in Ethiopia’s capital told residents to register their arms …

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Rome, Italy, Oct. 31, 2021. (Xinhua/Jin Mamengni) The urgent task at the moment is that China and the United States must earnestly implement the consensus reached by the two heads of state, and make political preparations and …

Tanzania on Monday received the second batch of 500,000 Sinopharm vaccine doses from China. /Wizara ya AfyaTanzania, Twitter Tanzania on Monday received the second batch of 500,000 Sinopharm vaccine doses from China, boosting the east African nation’s drive to vaccinate its people against the COVID-19 pandemic. In early October, Tanzania received 1,065,600 doses of Sinopharm vaccines donated by …

Andrew Korybko Huge banner announcing the G20 Summit on the glass wall of the Nuvola Congress Center in Rome, Italy, October 27, 2021./Getty Chinese President Xi Jinping on October 30 addressed the 16th Group of 20 (G20) Leaders’ Summit in Rome via video link, reminding its members of their global responsibilities to sustainably …

WHO Africa (file photo). The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa region chief says only five African countries – less than 10 percent of the continent’s nations – are on track to meet the goal of vaccinating 40 percent of their populations by the end of the year. WHO Africa says Seychelles, …

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle Pro-TPLF soldiers arriving in Tigray capital Makele. Rebels from Ethiopia’s war-hit Tigray killed at least 125 residents of a village in the neighbouring Amhara region earlier this month, doctors said on September 8, 2021.Yasuyoshi Chiba | AFP The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) said on Saturday that its forces have taken control of the strategic city of Dessie in Ethiopia’s Amhara region. However, …

Wang Huiyao The Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, April 29, 2020. /Xinhua Democracy means rule by the people. Derived from ancient Greek, the term was coined from demos (“people”) and kratos (“rule”) to denote the political systems then existing in some Greek city-states. Consultative democracy, as a key part of …

On the 25th of October 1971, a proposal was submitted to the 26thUnited Nations General Assembly by 23 member states. This proposal called for the restoration of the lawful rights of the People’s Republic of China at the UN and allowing it proper representation at this world body. It was on this historic day …