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Published:August 08,2022 By Yang Zekun China’s countermeasures against the United States in the law enforcement and judiciary sectors are justified and the US side should take responsibility for damaging the foundation of bilateral cooperation in these sectors, experts said. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday announced eight countermeasures in …

By Walter Menya & Onyango K’Onyango Published:August 08,2022 In 48 hours, Kenyans will be casting their votes in an election that has been dominated by the economy but carries more than just that. It could herald a turning point for the country in many ways. So much has happened since the 2017 General …

Published: August 07,2022 By Charles Onunaiju  Escalating pockets of regional tensions and their impacts beyond the immediate centre of conflict is generating and inflaming security threats across countries. For example, the immediate consequences of the collapse of the Colonel Muammar Gadhafi government in Libya is the flow of light weapons and military instructors which …

Published:August 07,2022 By Akinwumi A. Adesina It didn’t take long for Russia’s war in Ukraine to impact Africa. Already grappling with soaring inflation and still recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, Africa now faces a shortage of at least 30 million metric tons of food – especially wheat, maize and soybean imported from Russia …

published: August 06,2022 China’s eight non-Communist Party of China (CPC) political parties on Thursday released a joint statement expressing their strong opposition to, indignation at and condemnation of the recent visit of Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, to China’s Taiwan region. There is only one China, …

Published: August 06,2022 By Li Zhigang Li Zhigang is the Chargé d Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in South Africa. LATE at night on August 2, Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi made a surreptitious visit to China’s Taiwan region in defiance of China’s stern representations. This act severely violates …

Published: August 06,2022 The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) recently called for urgent funding to respond to the growing humanitarian needs in Ethiopia. In its latest Ethiopia humanitarian situation report issued late Wednesday, UNICEF said that its Humanitarian Action for Children appeal requires 351.1 million U.S. dollars to meet the …

Published:August 05,2022 Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday slammed the so-called statement of the G7 foreign ministers and the EU high representative over China’s Taiwan region following U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island, saying it “calls white black.” Wang made the remarks as …

Published:August 05,2022 By staff writer  On February 4, 2020 Nancy Pelosi who was the house speaker tore up a copy of President Trump’s State of the Nation address, which had angered many other Democrats, some opting not to attend and some walking out mid-speech. Her action went viral on social media people some calling her …

Published: August 04,2022 “Taiwan is part of the sacred territory of the People’s Republic of China. It is the sacred duty of all the Chinese people, including our fellow Chinese in Taiwan, to achieve the great reunification of the motherland.” These are the words written in the preamble of China’s …