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Published: March 14,2022 FILE PHOTO: Veteran Kenyan politician and 2022 presidential candidate Raila Odinga. /Getty Images Raila Odinga, the 77-year-old Kenyan veteran opposition leader, was on Saturday endorsed by an alliance of more than 20 political parties to contest for the presidency during the country’s August polls. Among the parties that pledged support …

Published: March 13,2022 A couple of days ago, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo told the New York Times that the United States could “essentially shut” down the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation(SMIC) or any Chinese companies that defy American sanctions against Russia. “We could essentially shut SMIC down because we prevent them from …

Published: March 13,2022 By William Jones Ukrainians cross an improvised path along a destroyed bridge as residents continue to flee the city of Irpin, Ukraine, March 8, 2022. /CFP China has recently initiated a serious diplomatic effort to use its influence to help bring the crisis in Ukraine to a peaceful resolution. …

Published: March 12,2022 By Halligan Agade   Kenya’s minister for health, Mutahi Kagwe. /Xinhua Kenya has lifted the mandatory requirement of wearing facemasks in open public spaces as the coronavirus pandemic positivity rate dropped to 1 percent over the past month. While making the announcement on Friday, Kenya’s health minister, Mutahi Kagwe, encouraged Kenyans to maintain …

Published: March 12,2022 Ethiopia’s national air carrier, Ethiopian Airlines (ET) announced on Tuesday it has partnered with Air Djibouti and Djibouti Industrial Park Operation (IDIPO) to commence sea-air multimodal transportation. In a press statement, ET disclosed the agreement will see cargo being transported from Chinese destinations to Djibouti Free Zone …

Published: March 11,2022 By ZHOU LANXU and ZHANG YUE   Aerial photo taken on Dec 18, 2021 shows a container ship by the Pacific international container terminal at the Tianjin Port of North China’s Tianjin Municipality. [Photo/Xinhua] Govt urged to adopt more expansionary fiscal and monetary policies this year China is …

published: March 11,2022 By Adhere Cavince People carry bags of relief grains at a camp for the Internally Displaced People in Adadle district in the Somali region, Ethiopia, Jan 22, 2022. [Photo/Agencies] China’s proposed Initiative of Peaceful Development in the Horn of Africa could significantly reduce the intensity of conflict and provide respite …

Published: March 10,2022 Kenya and the United Nations on Tuesday launched a platform for peace to curb electoral violence during the upcoming general elections hhh polls slated for August 9. Walid Badawi, resident representative at the United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) Kenya said in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, that the world body …

Published: March 10,2022 By Li Juan Women deputies to the NPC at the Two Sessions in front of the Great Hall of the People on International Women’s Day, Beijing, China, March 8, 2022. /VCG Human rights are the achievements and symbols of the progress of human civilization. Respecting and protecting human …

Published: March 09,2022 By   Tichaona Chifamba, Zhang Yuliang     African countries have been exhorted to pursue the Chinese model of modernization as opposed to models followed by former colonial powers whose interests were largely based on the plunder of resources during their time on the continent. Donald Rushambwa, researcher at the Harare-based China-Africa …