By Eric Biegon A total of 34 African envoys and delegates to China were in attendance during the opening ceremony of the 5th China-Africa Youth Festival in Beijing, alongside representatives of African students studying in China, and Chinese youth representatives. The African Union permanent representative of to China Rahamtalla Mohamed …

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that international cooperation is the only way to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate emergency. “International cooperation is the only way to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate emergency, rising inequality and the spreading of hatred,” the UN chief told an informal plenary …

If ever the world needs a dose of recovery miracle, it is now; I think that recovery miracle has started to unfold in China, who knows how to turn crisis into opportunity.  The Chinese did it over four decades ago when the world doubted them. And now, they are doing …

As nearly one thousand photovoltaic (PV) panels sparkled in the sun and colorful flags fluttered in the breeze in the tawny Gobi desert, an off-grid PV power station project undertaken by a Chinese company in Somali region, Ethiopia, was officially completed and electrified recently. Thanks to the project, nearly 6,000 …

Let me be clear, the purpose of my articles in not aimed at drawing parallels between China and United States of America. However, I have to also admit that it is very difficult to talk about China’s success, in isolation of the USA; the two world’s biggest economy. The US’s …

Chinese companies, with close to 1,564 projects that were either operational or under implementation during the past two decades, are the top players in Ethiopia’s investment landscape both in terms of the number of projects and the financial capital, an official at the Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC) said. Speaking exclusively …

The Chinese economy’s exceptional recovery from the impact of COVID-19 may have surprised many overseas observers, but it is just one of a host of achievements China has made during its 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020).   The last five years have witnessed how the Communist Party of China (CPC) …

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Sunday thanked China and Russia for standing by Zimbabwe in its consistent call for the unconditional removal of Western sanctions. In a speech to mark the Southern African Development Community (SADC) anti-sanctions day, Mnangagwa paid tribute to the two countries, SADC, the African Union, and …

Last year, in response to allegations of “misinformation” as protests waged in Hong Kong, as well as in anticipation of the upcoming elections in the United States, Twitter banned all advertising on its platform that’s related to politics and from what it deems “state backed entities.” It’s a move that …

  China has proved itself a true friend of Africa by displaying its continued solidarity with African people in times of challenges, said the Deputy Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission Kwesi Quartey.   Quartey made the remarks on Friday during a ceremony organized for solidarity donation of anti-COVID-19 …