FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows settlements in the Salabani village where the rising water levels of Lake Baringo flooded displacing entire villages near Marigat, Baringo county on the Kenyan Rift Valley. /Getty Images Kenya is witnessing a spike in both infectious and non-communicable diseases as the climate crisis escalates …

By Stephen Ndegwa Kandahar Airfield, a NATO-led coalition forces’ military base, in Daman district of Kandahar province, Afghanistan, April 15, 2021. /Xinhua As Afghanistan gradually starts returning to normalcy, the international community is looking towards its biggest neighbor, China, as one of the major players set to help in the …

Guests attend the fifth China-Arab States Expo in Yinchuan, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Aug. 19, 2021. The four-day event will feature trade fairs and forums on digital economy, clean energy, water resource, modern agriculture, green food, cross-border e-commerce and tourism cooperation. (Xinhua/Wang Peng) The fifth China-Arab States Expo …

The Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Angola (CCIA) has signed a memorandum with the China-Africa Economic and Trade Cooperation Innovation Demonstration Park to strengthen economic cooperation, technology transfer and investment promotion. Speaking at the signing ceremony via a video conference on Wednesday, Vicente Soares, chairman of the CCIA said, …

  By Gerald Mbanda  The US administration started a war against terror in Afghanistan in 2001, after the Sept. 11 attack that killed more than 3,000 people. The Taliban government in Afghanistan was accused of giving sanctuary to Al Qaeda leader, Osama bin Laden who was believed to be the …

By Africa China review Team Rwanda Minister of Health Dr. Ngamije and Chinese Ambassador to Rwanda H.E. Rao Hongwei, signing delivery documents of the SINOPHARM, COVID-19 Vaccines.  Photo courtesy: The New Times   On Thursday August 19, a consignment of 200,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses arrived at Kigali International airport from …

By Moki Edwin Kindzeka Moki Edwin Kindzeka / VOA General Daniel Sidiki Troare, Burkina Faso-born force commander of MINUSCA, says rebel attacks and human rights violations on C.A.R. civilians and institutions are frequent. The commander of U.N. peacekeeping forces in the Central African Republic says rebels there continue to challenge …

By Andrew Korybko A boy walks in a field in the Panjshir Valley, Afghanistan, May 21, 2009. /Getty The sudden fall of the U.S.-backed government in Kabul and its replacement with an interim administration partially comprised of Taliban representatives shocked many observers, especially with respect to how swiftly it all …

By Rory Sullivan Gordon Brown is urging world leaders to address vaccine inequality. (Getty Images) Rich countries should ‘end their stranglehold’ on available vaccines, former PM says Former prime minister Gordon Brown has criticised the EU for its “neocolonial” approach to Covid-19 vaccine procurement, as wealthy countries continue to benefit from the majority of the world’s supply. …

Photo credit:  Shakib Rahmani | AFP | Getty images “Afghanistan was the ultimate nation building mission … and we had a moral obligation to leave behind something better,” wrote former U.S. President George W. Bush in his memoir, introspecting on the motives for ordering the invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. …