The national flags of the United States and China fly along Pennsylvania Avenue near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, January 18, 2011. /Xinhua As relations between China and the United States sit at an all-time low due to provocations by the administration of former U.S. President Donald Trump, the new …

The Rwandan Biomedical Center (RBC) on Saturday launched free COVID-19 tests in the capital city Kigali on the elderly people aged 70 years and above and those with chronic diseases to ascertain the COVID-19 transmission among them. The RBC in partnership with the Kigali municipality has set a target to …

Vaccine ready for application against SARS-COV-2. The fight against COVID-19 pandemic in Africa could suffer setbacks amid inadequate access to vaccines occasioned by hoarding by rich nations, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa said that COVID-19 vaccines’ buying frenzy by rich …

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Botswana counterpart Lemogang Kwape. During the talks between President Mokgweetsi Masisi of Botswana and China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Gaborone, a co-operation agreement was signed on the “Belt and Road Initiative” between the two countries and China further undertook to actively assist …

On 20th, the whole world’s eyes were on the inauguration of Joe Biden. Stepping into a moment of unprecedented domestic crisis, he will probably have relatively little bandwidth for Africa. Indications are that the Biden administration plans to steer away from the Trump era’s unilateralism. While the incoming Assistant Secretary of …

Rwandan peacekeepers of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) take measures during recent presidential elections in Bangui, Central African Republic on December 27, 2020. (Photo by Nacer Talel/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) The UN envoy to the Central African Republic (CAR), Mankeur Ndiaye, …

By Gerald Mbanda I have been reading the 2020 US-China Economic and Security Review Commission Report, a 575 page document that was presented to US Congress in December 2020. The  annually report  to the Congress, presents  the commissions mandate which is to “monitor, investigate and report to the Congress on …

By Mweusi Karake Trump has redeemed Tribalism A few months back I had to call my niece Julie a graduate from a US university to find out what “tribalism” means in American English, she was dumb folded  why on earth I was interested in American tribalism! In my young carrier …

Cavince Adhere The cooperation between China and Africa during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic registered significant breakthroughs including minimizing its severity on the continent’s public health systems and livelihoods, a Kenyan expert said on Tuesday. Cavince Adhere, an international relations expert, said that timely engagement between China and …

President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Major Joseph R. “Beau” Biden III National Guard/Reserve Center January 19, 2021 in New Castle, Delaware. [Photo/Agencies] After being sworn in as US president on Wednesday, Joe Biden is likely to move quickly to transform most dimensions of US policy. A glaring exception …