Kenya on Friday launched a three-month national wildlife census whose results will inform retooling of conservation programs for iconic species grappling with climatic and human-induced threats. Cabinet Secretary for Tourism and Wildlife Najib Balala said the first-ever wildlife census in Kenya will enable the government to obtain accurate data on …

Editor’s note: CGTN’s First Voice provides instant commentary on breaking stories. The daily column clarifies emerging issues and better defines the news agenda, offering a Chinese perspective on the latest global events. The Group of Seven (G7) foreign ministers’ meeting ended with a platitude-filled statement which “called on” a dozen countries …

Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Friday called on the business community to embrace digital platforms in order to reach wider markets amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Zambian leader said the pandemic has presented new opportunities for doing business resulting in a rise in the number of niche businesses poised to …

A breeder feeds a killer whale during a performance at Haichang Ocean Park in east China’s Shanghai, May 1, 2021. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe) — The five-day May Day holiday has witnessed strong domestic demand for tourism thanks to successful control of COVID-19 and rising vaccination rate in China. — Long-distance inter-provincial …

The unpredictable and volatile security situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray region challenges the continuing scale-up of relief operations, planned to reach all people in need, UN humanitarians said on Wednesday. The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the challenges, with victims living in cramped quarters for the displaced in the regional capital of …

By Gerald Mbanda African countries have rejected to join western countries that blame China on the alleged mistreatment of the Muslim Uyghur population in the north-western region of Xinjiang. They have also rejected to sign up to UN rebukes of China’s alleged human rights violations in Xinjiang, Hong Kong or …

Kenya and Tanzania have signed a deal for a gas pipeline that will run between the coastal cities of Mombasa and Dar es Salaam. The signing took place Tuesday, as Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan made her first visit to Kenya following the death of her predecessor, John Magufuli. Speaking …

Components sit on circuit boards on display at the Semicon Taiwan exhibition show in Taipei, Taiwan, September 5, 2018. /Getty U.S. mainstream media is waging an intense information warfare campaign against China that employs neo-imperialist projection in an attempt to discredit the principled cause of Chinese reunification. The latest example …

The civilian authorities in two northeastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where a state of siege was declared days ago to curb surging violence by armed groups, will be replaced by military administrations, said a presidential order issued late Monday. “To address the situation during the …

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday said the number of new COVID-19 cases had increased globally for the ninth consecutive week while the number of deaths also climbed for the sixth consecutive week amid a recent surge of cases in India.  The global fight has been exacerbated by the …