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Published: March 09,2022 By Innocent Lawrence Okima The Observer (Kampala) Photo courtesy; Internet  On February 28, 1909, a group of women belonging to the Socialist Party of America organized what is now recognized by different scholars as the first Women’s Day. The purpose for this day was demanding shorter working hours, …

By Gerald Mbanda Published: March 08,2022 No The fifth session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) opens at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 5, 2022. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao) During the two sessions discussions with his fellow Inner Mongolia deputies, on Saturday, March 5, President Xi Jinping stressed that, “ethnic …

Published: March 08,2022 By David Ochieng Mbewa Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends a press conference on China’s foreign policy and foreign relations via video link on the sidelines of the fifth session of the 13th National People’s Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital …

Published: March 07,2022 Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, takes part in a deliberation with his fellow deputies from the delegation of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, at the fifth session of the 13th National …

Published: March 07,2022 By Jerry Omondi JFILE PHOTO: Ashun Wu in a past tournament. Ashun Wu won the 2022 Magical Kenya Open on Sunday to become the first Chinese ever to win the tournament. Ashun fired 6 under par 65 to clinch victory at the Muthaiga Golf Club in front of a crowd graced by the presence of Kenya’s …

   The Ethiopia-Djibouti Railway line. credit: A. Davey China-proposed Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is gaining momentum in Africa through its infrastructure footprints such as the Addis Ababa-Djibouti Standard Gauge Railway, an Ethiopian official has said. Tilahun Sarka, the general manager of Ethiopia-Djibouti Standard Gauge Railway Share Company (EDR), said in a recent …

Published: March 06,2022 Attendees at the launching ceremony of the Africa Bridge service platform pose for a group photo on Feb 28. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] A platform to deepen cooperation between Shandong, African countries was launched in Jinan, Shandong province on Feb 28. The platform was initiated by the …

Published: March 05,2022 By Zhang Yangfei China’s “whole process people’s democracy” not only has a complete institutional procedure, but also emphasizes participation, a spokesman for the fifth session of the 13th National People’s Congress told a news conference on Friday. Speaking one day ahead of the opening of the NPC’s annual …

Published: March 5,2022 By Beth Dunford In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world has had to face the question: Are our health systems resilient enough? In Africa, we have been grappling with this dilemma for some time. The growing disease burden in Africa calls for urgent action to strengthen health …

Published: February 04,2022 Zhang Jun, China’s permanent representative to the UN, speaks at an emergency special session of the UN General Assembly in New York, March 2, 2022. /China’s Permanent Mission to the UN A Chinese envoy on Wednesday called on the United Nations and relevant parties to play a …