South African President Cyril Ramaphosa  welcomed the collaboration between South Africa’s Biovac Institute and the global pharmaceutical producer Pfizer to ensure countries in the continent have access to the COVID-19 vaccine. Ramaphosa made the remarks while commenting on the collaboration between Biovac and Pfizer to produce the COVID-19 vaccines for …

Wang Yang (C), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, who is also in charge of coordinating the CPC Central Committee’s work on Xinjiang, attends the eighth national meeting on pairing-assistance to Xinjiang held in Aksu, northwest China’s …

By Anis Chowdhury and Jomo Kwame Sundaram The arrival on July 21 in Dakar of 151,200 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine for Senegal, provided by the United States in coordination with @gavi, #COVAX, and the @_AfricanUnion – part of the approximately 25 million COVID-19 vaccines U.S. donation …

Although the COVID-19 origin tracing is a serious scientific issue that requires cooperation of global scientists, U.S. politicians have been unscrupulously selling conspiracy theories to smear China and hamper global anti-virus efforts. However, when it comes to the call for opening Fort Detrick, the infamous U.S. military biological laboratory, to …

By Africa China Review Staff Reporter CRRC’s maglev train launched on July 20, 2021 China on Tuesday July 20, launched the world’s fastest high-speed maglev train with a top speed of 600km per hour. According to the high-Speed Rail Alliance, the French TGV train is the one that held the world’s record running …

By Tewodros Kassa A view of a wall of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam. M. Gerth-Niculescu/Deutsche Welle Different investment related information indicate that Ethiopia is being considered a promising place for investment. The investment information providers assured that the country is a strategic destination for multinational investors following its diversified investment opportunities and various investment incentives …

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has caused concern over water shortages and safety in Egypt and Sudan [File: Tiksa Negeri/Reuters] Latest phase a milestone in controversial Blue Nile hydropower project long opposed by downriver countries Egypt and Sudan. Ethiopia has completed the filling of a massive, controversial dam on the Blue Nile …

China hopes that the World Health Organization (WHO) will adhere to the spirit of science, professionalism and objectivity, and work with the international community to maintain the scientific and serious nature of COVID-19 origin tracing, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said on Monday. He said China is concerned about certain …

By Gerald Mbanda President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at APEC virtual meeting on Friday, July 16, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] On Friday, July16, Chinese president Xi Jinping expressed China’s resolve in the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the determination to promote multilateralism. While speaking at an informal …

UNICEFSouth Sudan/Chol  Margret Akech Angelo (in red) South Sudan has stopped vaccination against COVID-19 after it exhausted all its AstraZeneca vaccines it received from the COVAX facility in March. John Rumunu, director-general for preventive health services in the Ministry of Health said they have ended vaccination in all the 90 …