By: Mweusi Karake White mercenary army- Black press-gungs In my last article, I showed you pictures of children whose hands were cut off because their families produced less rubber than the quota assigned. To enforce such a brutal slavery, King Leopold II, could not just rely on the Belgian army. …

Twenty years ago, Chinese and African leaders gathered in Beijing to inaugurate the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). A new era was thus opened for China-Africa relations. Over the two decades, by acting along the prevailing trend of peace, development and cooperation, FOCAC has established itself as a pacesetter for …

By: Mweusi Karake There is an old Greek fable often attributed to a Greek story teller and fabulist Aesop who lived  more than half a century BC; died in Delpli Greece in 564 BC!, Aesop’s birth date is unknown but that is irrelevant. The fable has been given different tittles, …

Kishore Mahbubani As we know, in the year of 2020, humanity is experiencing one of the greatest crisis in human history. I am of course referring to COVID-19. Even more damaging, the global economy has suffered, and once again global poverty is rising.   The first question we need to …

By He Yin Chinese President Xi Jinping called on the BRICS countries to fight COVID-19 in solidarity and advance BRICS cooperation through concerted efforts. Xi made the remarks while addressing the 12th BRICS summit in Beijing via video link on Nov. 17, adding that the BRICS countries need to uphold multilateralism, …

Recently, seasoned media practitioners, scholars and government representatives from a number of African countries and China converged in Nairobi for the China-Africa Media Cooperation Forum 2020. In partial fulfilment of the event’s theme, even more participants and speakers followed the proceedings virtually – laying bare the opportunities of fostering Sino-African …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Saturday appealed to the Group of Twenty (G20) to help Africa confront the financial and economic aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ramaphosa made the plea in his statement at the first session of the virtual G20 Leaders’ Summit on overcoming the pandemic and restoring …

Africa’s digital landscape will continue to grow post-COVID-19 pandemic, Huawei said on Saturday. Chen Lei, president of Huawei Southern Africa, said in a commentary published in the Saturday Standard that many of the technologies that have helped the continent through the worst of the pandemic and the lockdowns, hold the …

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo kicked off presumably his final trip to Israel  becoming the first Secretary of State and the highest ranking U.S. official to visit an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank on November 19. The settlements have long been deemed a violation of international law, …

The fourth group of 79 refugees and asylum-seekers evacuated from Libya detention centers arrived in Rwanda late Thursday, the ministry of refugees said. Upon arrival at Kigali International Airport, the refugees were taken to designated transit hotels for COVID-19 tests, and will be taken to Gashora emergency transit center in …