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By Alfred de Zayas Activists and demonstrators take part in a march and demonstration at the U.S. Capitol during the Move On and Poor People’s Build Back Better Action in Washington, D.C., November 15, 2021. /Getty In a world of fake news, fake history, fake law, fake diplomacy, it is no surprise to encounter …

By Mazvita Makuyana Africa and China are preparing for the 2021 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) which will be held in Senegal at the end of November. This year’s conference is significant because it marks a major milestone of two decades since the first summit was held in Beijing in …

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) sent a strong signal to the world on November 22 that it desires peace and regional stability by establishing a comprehensive strategic partnership with China. This is the strongest level of diplomatic ties short of a treaty alliance. U.S. power game tacticians will …

By Andrew Korybko A China-Europe freight train runs through a national gate at the China-Mongolia border at Erenhot, north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, January 8, 2021. /Xinhua It’s been eight years since Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled his country’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in fall 2013. He first proposed the Silk Road Economic …

By Olatunji Saliu One of the biggest life dreams of Mukhtar Musa-Daud, a young Nigerian livestock farmer, is to establish one of the largest rabbit farms in Africa’s most populous country. Since leaving the university five years ago, Musa-Daudhas refused to accept a white-collar job as advised by his parents, especially his mother, who, …

By Staff writer.  Over the last two decades, China has established a significant economic presence in most African countries. Its lucrative economic investment package, flexible political approach, and focused big-ticket development projects under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) provide an ostensibly massive opportunity to African countries. China does not meddle …

By Katare Mbashiru TANZANIA is feeling proud for it’s tireless efforts in maintaining peace, defence and security in Africa and in the globe for 60 years since the country’s independence, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Ambassador LiberataMulamula has said. “During all this period, Tanzania has always participated in conflict resolution through dialogue in different …

By Silas Apollo Poll ratings of ODM leader Raila Odinga are climbing ahead of the announcement of his candidature next month, a new opinion poll released by research firm Tifa shows. However, Deputy President William Ruto is the candidate to beat in next year’s election, according to the poll. It …

Headquarters of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce in Beijng, China. /CFP China-Africa trade reached $185.2 billion between January and September of this year, up 38.2 percent year on year, establishing a new record for the period, Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Qian Keming said.  China has become Africa’s largest trading partner …

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, sent a congratulatory letter to the 6th China-Africa People’s Forum, which opened in Beijing on Monday. Noting that the world is in an era of great development and great change, Xi said China and Africa, …