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Published: January 24,2022 African nations need to establish and/or reinforce their infrastructure to meet the looming implementation of the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), a panel of speakers participating in the UK-Africa Investment Conference said. Workers build a highway in Cairo, Egypt, on Nov. 2, 2021. Egypt will be …

Published:January 22,2022 With a flurry of PowerPoint presentations, video calls and media hype, three bilateral diplomatic meetings are taking place this week in a quick succession in pursuit of the U.S. goal to slow China’s rise. On the surface, this might seem like a victory for U.S. President Joe Biden’s …

Published: January 23,2022 M. Gerth-Niculescu/Deutsche Welle A view of a wall of Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has called on Sudan and Egypt “to nurture the narrative towards building peace, cooperation, mutual co-existence and development of all our people without harming one another.” In a letter PM Abiy issued today, he said that …

Published: January 22,2022 United States forward Brian O’Neill (left) in action in a hockey game between the United Sates of America and Slovakia during the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games at GangneungHockey Centre, Feb 16, 2018. [Photo/IC]  Fifteen current NCAA players and eight from European clubs were among the 25-man USA Hockey roster for Beijing …

Published:January 22,2022 Nurses administer jabs as Angolans queue to receive a COVID-19 vaccine Luanda on October 1, 2021. (AFP via CFP) At least 2.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines donated to African countries have expired, the Africa Centers for Disease Control said Thursday, citing short shelf lives as the major reason. Donors …

Published: January 21,2022 By Gerald Mbanda and Mustafa Hyder Sayed On Thursday 20, the Pakistan-China Institute (PCI) organized a webinar on the “New Cold War, Playing the Xinjiang card against China, “under its flagship event series, “Friends of Silk Road.” I was glad to be invited to the high level meeting that was insightful on how the US undermines China using false claims of human …

By Helmo Preuss   With the opening of the Winter Olympics just 16 days away, the world is turning its eyes to China, and China is ready. For most South Africans, the Winter Olympics due to start on February 4 in Beijing will be of little interest as South Africa is not sending a …

Published:January 20, 2022 Authorities in Sudan must immediately halt unnecessary and disproportionate use of force against protesters, the UN human rights office said on Tuesday, calling for those responsible for abuses to be brought to justice. Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said the human rights situation in Sudan continues to be of serious concern, with peaceful protestors …

Published:January 17,2022 By Gerald Mbanda President Xi Jinping’s speech at the 2022 virtual World Economic Forum emphasized embracing true multilateralism as well as global cooperation in overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic in order to boost socio-economic recovery and development. President Jinping called on global leaders to abandon the cold mentality but …

Published: January 17,2022 Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has called for efforts to safeguard national political security, social stability and the peaceful life of the people. Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the call in a recent …