By François Soudan On 17 January 1961, just sixty years ago, the first legally elected prime minister of the DRC was assassinated after being overthrown with help from Washington. A sinister episode that Larry Devlin, the ‘Mr. Congo’ of the CIA from 1960 to 1967, would reveal half a century later …

Photo taken on Oct. 21, 2019 shows an interior view of a warehouse at Kigali Logistics Platform in Kigali, Rwanda. (Photo by Cyril Ndegeya/Xinhua) “The digitization proposed by the BRI could have a transformative effect because partner nations will benefit from the world-class innovations developed by China,” Kenyan expert Edward …

By Adhere Cavince Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi has concluded a five-nation visit to Africa, extending a three-decade tradition in which Chinese foreign ministers have chosen Africa for the first overseas visit each year. In choosing to visit Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Botswana, Tanzania …

A visiting Chinese medical expert shares experience with her Guinean counterparts at the China-Guinea Friendship Hospital in the national capital Conakry in August. XINHUA The demands of responding to the coronavirus appeared to pose challenges for both China and Africa. Instead, the challenges thrown up by the pandemic have presented …

By  XuGuoying& Chen Yiling* During January 4-9, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi paid official visits to Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Botswana and Seychelles. According to the media reports, the visits is in line with China’s 30-year tradition of choosing Africa as the destination of …

A Family spends time together in Bachu county, Kashgar prefecture, Northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on July 21, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] The United States has repeatedly fabricated lies about China “violating the human rights of ethnic minorities” under the pretext of human rights to realize its ulterior political purposes, experts …

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By: Mweusi Karake Wednesday 6th January 2011, will go down in history when the world biggest empire was left naked. The whole world watched shocked, some amused, others bewilder that what we were seeing in TV screens was happening in the so called leader of “ free world”’, the  dis- …

The warm receptions State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi received during his visits to Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Botswana, Tanzania and Seychelles from Monday to Saturday last week has driven home the message that the friendship between China and Africa remains strong. Assisting Africa and seeking common …

Editor’s note: Is there a debt crisis happening in Africa as many media outlets claim? Has the deluge of Chinese credit fueled the situation? Carlos Lopes, a renowned Bissau-Guinean economist who headed the UN’s Economic Commission for Africa from 2012 to 2016, shared his views with CGTN. Below is an …