New DRC Prime Minister together with President Félix Tshisekedi By Africa China Review Reporter  The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Felix Tshisekedi on Monday, February 15, appointed the director general of Gecamines (General Quarries and Mines), the state mining company, Sama Lukonde Kyenge, 43, as the new prime minister. The …

Professionals on a World Health Organization (WHO) team, who have concluded their mission on COVID-19 origin-tracing in China, have denounced The New York Times for a controversial report, stressing that their colleagues were “selectively misquoted” and the story was not true. “This was NOT my experience on @WHO mission. As …

FILE PHOTO: An ebola prevention poster sits outside an Ebola Treatment Center at Wankifong, Guinea. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images West Africa faced its first known Ebola resurgence since the end of a devastating outbreak in 2016 on Sunday, with Guinea responding to what its health chief called an …

Peter Ben Embarek, WHO International Team Lead of the WHO-convened Global Study of the Origins of SARS-CoV-2 attends a news conference on the outbreak of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Geneva, Switzerland, on Feb 12, 2021. [Photo/Agencies] The head of an independent international expert team, which has just completed its trip …

Senator Mitt Romney, a Republican from Utah, arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., the United States, Feb. 13, 2021. U.S. Senate voted on Saturday and acquitted former President Donald Trump, concluding his second impeachment trial which is the shortest one in the U.S. history. (Stefani Reynolds/Pool via Xinhua) …

This image made available by the China National Space Administration shows the Tianwen-1 probe en route to Mars. /CNSA via AP China’s Tianwen-1 spacecraft is one step closer to exploring Mars – it’s safely orbiting the “Red Planet” and preparations are being made to send the lander to the surface.  …

A batch of China-donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Malabo, capital of Equatorial Guinea, on Wednesday. This is the first batch of vaccine aid provided by the Chinese government to African countries, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Tuesday at a press briefing. The Chinese aid is the fruit …

China’s broadcasting regulator on Thursday made an announcement on pulling BBC World News off the air in the country for serious content violation. The National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) said BBC World News was found to have seriously violated regulations on radio and television management and on overseas satellite …

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for cooperation rather than confrontation when talking to U.S. President Joe Biden over the phone on Thursday. The two sides exchanged views on bilateral relations and major international and regional affairs. Biden extended his New Year greetings to all Chinese people, while Xi once again …

China attaches great importance to Algeria’s need of COVID-19 vaccines and has decided to provide a batch of emergency vaccine aid and facilitate the purchase of vaccines for Algeria to meet its urgent needs, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Wednesday. Wang said this during a phone …