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19th CPC Central Committee’s 6th plenum: Implications and interpretation

By Mustafa Hyder Sayed The sixth plenary session of the 19th Communist Party of China Central Committee is held in Beijing, capital of China, from November 8 to 11, 2021. /Xinhua China released a landmark resolution on the major achievements and historical experience of the CPC’s 100 years of endeavors on November 16. …

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Upcoming FOCAC meeting to open up new prospects for Africa-China cooperation: Congolese FM

Visitors buy African merchandise during the Second China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo in Changsha, capital of central China’s Hunan Province, Sept. 28, 2021.(Xinhua/Chen Sihan) The Eighth Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), scheduled for Nov. 29-30 in Senegal’s capital of Dakar, will open up new prospects for Africa-China …

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Zambian president calls for promotion of local products

President Hakainde Hichilema   Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema on Thursday called for the promotion of local products in order to improve the manufacturing sector in the country. In remarks delivered during a conference of the Zambia Association of Manufacturers (ZAM), the Zambian president said the importance of the manufacturing sector to the government’s economic transformation agenda …

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China-Africa ties crucial for development: Prime Minister Ngirente

The Government of Rwanda commends the continued cooperation between the Government of the People’s Republic of China and Africa through various platforms including the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). This was noted on Tuesday, November 16, by Prime Minister Dr. Edouard Ngirente, as he addressed, virtually, the fourth Forum on China-Africa Local …

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Kenya’s exports grow amid eased COVID-19 restrictions in destination markets

Kenya recorded a 15.6 percent increase in total exports for January-August period to 490 billion shillings (about 4.37 billion U.S. dollars) from some 3.78 billion dollars recorded during the same period in 2020, a government agency said in a report released on Tuesday. Kenya Export Promotion and Branding Agency (KEPROBA) …

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Somalia: Security Council Extends Sanctions as Mogadishu Protests

By Aggrey Mutambo and Abdulkadir Khalif UN Photo/Manuel Elias(file photo). The UN Security Council on Monday night endorsed an extension of sanctions on Somalia for another year, in spite of calls by Mogadishu to take charge of its own security reform. Resolution 2607/2021 extends sanction regime 751 on Somalia, which have been in place for nearly …

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Xi-Biden meeting: ‘Thorough, in-depth’ talks conducted on Taiwan question, trade, climate change

China and the U.S. agreed to continue to maintain close contact through various means and bring bilateral relations back to the right track of sound and steady development in a virtual meeting between the two heads of state on Tuesday. The meeting between Chinese President Xi Jinping and his U.S. …

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Forum on China-Africa Cooperation

By Staff writer  What is it?  Since its establishment by African countries and China in 2000, the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) has been guiding China-Africa relations through its triennial action plans and its growing institutional arrangements. This webpage aims to facilitate a better understanding of FOCAC by offering an …

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Africa: COP26 – A Huge Disappointment for Vulnerable Countries #AfricaClimateCrisis

Maureen Ongala/Nation Media Group Taaabu Kahindo Gogo from Dingiria village in Ganze, KilifiCounty lost 20 cows to drought last month. Countries of the global South, which are already facing the worst impacts of the climate emergency, have expressed their deep disappointment about how the COP26 talks have unfolded. Guinea, which represented the developing-nation group, has expressed “extreme disappointment” …

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From poverty to prosperity, China’s century

By Asit K. Biswas/Cecilia Tortajada JIN DING/CHINA DAILY] The speed, scale and span of the economic and social transformation of China during the past 40-odd years have been unprecedented in human history. One hundred years ago, times were not good for China. Its 400 million people lived mainly in rural …

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