By Colin Speakman SONG CHEN/CHINA DAILY Chinese leaders have been involved in a swathe of group meetings, mainly by video conferencing, this month, representing important opportunities for multilateral cooperation. These have ranged from the Shanghai Cooperation Organization through to the 12th BRICS summit, the APEC inter-governmental forum and topped off …

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the African continent has reached 2,215,216 as of Friday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Friday. The continental disease control and prevention agency said in a statement that the death toll related to the pandemic stood …

“Aside from the virus and its impacts, another adversary has been plaguing our response: misinformation and disinformation. COVID-19 is a communications crisis. It is not simply a pandemic. It is an ‘infodemic.’ And this has cost lives,” said UN General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir. UN General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir …

Chinese Embassy in Rwanda on Wednesday handed over 333 sets of desks and chairs to FAWE Girls’ School in Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda, to help its students keep physical distancing so as to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and support education development in the nation. The donation, worth …

This is South Africa’s second presidency during its two-year (2019-2020) elected term on the UN Security Council. December will also be the country’s final month on the council during its current term. South Africa on Tuesday assumed the rotating monthly presidency of the United Nations Security Council. During the month, …

There has been much news of late concerning COVID-19 vaccine progress from the two big American pharmacy firms, Pzifer and Moderna. It is hardly a surprise that the mainstream media behave as if these are the only two vaccine options available in the world and give them preferential coverage. However, …

The fifth presidium meeting of the BRICS Media Forum was held via video link Monday, with members pledging joint efforts to improve the forum mechanism and step up post-COVID-19 exchanges and cooperation among BRICS media. In the fight against COVID-19, media organizations from BRICS countries have actively fulfilled their social …

The Eastern Africa region’s labour market has been the worst hit on the continent from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as an estimated 38 million jobs lost. “When the COVID-19 pandemic sent the global economy into a recession, the East Africa region was not spared,” according to a new …

By Chen Weihua US president-elect Joe Biden’s announcement of his foreign policy team on Tuesday is good news for China and the world which have suffered dearly from the incumbent US administration’s disruptive and destructive “America first” policy. By appointing people such as veteran diplomat Tony Blinken as secretary of …

By Halligan Agade Rwanda and Israel signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which seeks to boost the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and innovation sector. according to Ingabire, Rwanda’s Minister of ICT and Innovation, the partnership will enable both countries to learn from each other different solution-oriented tech-based practices. She said: …