Editorial

By: Mweusi Karake In an ancient Greek folklore, a phoenix is a long-lived bird that regularly regenerates or is otherwise born again. Associated with the sun, a phoenix obtains new life by arising from the ashes of its predecessor. Some legends say it dies in a show of flames and …

In the year 2008, a junior Senator Barack Hussein Obama, the first African American to run a successful presidential campaign, ran his crusade on a very inspiring slogan: “Yes we can”! “Yes we can”! was pregnant with a very powerful message. Most people think we can’t achieve this ambition, but …

The Forum on China-Africa cooperation (FOCAC) held its first meeting in October 2000, in China’s capital city of Beijing and at the meeting more than 40 African countries were represented. International and regional organizations numbering 17 were also invited to the conference. At the end of the conference, “The Beijing …

By George Nsamba Africa has been importing manufactured goods for the longest time in history. What is amazing is that Africa is endowed with sufficient manpower, raw materials required for manufacturing and ample space where industries/factories can be set up. The question rises why Africa cannot utilise these competitive advantages …

I am very aware of debates and analysis’s vis a vis China –Africa relationship, especially those advanced by pro-western development models. Analysts have tried to question China interest in Africa, the fact is however these interests are not new; China’s contribution in Africa’s political and economic liberation and  advancement dates …

In my article “Strength in Numbers: The Power of Regional Trade”, published in   e-journal USA, Department of State’s publication; December 2009, I discussed with a lot of optimism, the future of the Common Market for East And southern Africa-  COMESA, Free Trade Area (CFTA) and  COMESA Customs Union (CCU). “With …

China: Contributing to World Peace and Development October 1, 2020, Chinese people celebrated the 71st anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, and 2020 is also an extraordinary year for China. On the 73rd World Health Assembly held in May and the Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity …

China has integrated its development with the common development of other developing countries and has carried out thousands of assisting projects, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday. Addressing the High-level Video Conference on Poverty Eradication and South-South Cooperation, Wang said that as the good brother, friend …

The Extraordinary China-Africa Summit on Solidarity Against COVID-19, co-chaired by President Xi Jinping and held via video link in June, injected new dynamism into Sino-African friendship and cooperation in the fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic. China and Africa have been working together to expeditiously implement the outcomes of the …

The popular public image of strife-torn Africa contrasts so markedly with that of stable China that one might be immediately skeptical of such comparisons. But it can’t be denied that even the COVID-19 pandemic has failed to wipe out China’s hefty inroads made in poverty alleviation. At the outset of …