Bobby Naderi Getty The irony is real. The United States government cannot instigate forever a culture of fear and ratchet up tensions and distrust between its Western allies and China. In yet another blow to President Joe Biden administration’s policymakers, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that Britain will not “pitchfork away” …
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Climate Change Threatens Up to 118 Million of Africa’s Poor
Bonface / Unsplash The report said East Africa’s glaciers had shrunk to less than 20 percent of their size since 1880. The three mountains which feature glaciers – Mount Kenya Massif in Kenya (pictured), the Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda and Kilimanjaro in Tanzania are “of eminent touristic and scientific importance,” it says. Climate change …
Read More »Chinese TikTok gains key growth market in Africa
By Jessica Mbanda Photo: (Courtesy) TikTok, created in 2016 by Chinese company ByteDance, became the world’s most downloaded app in April 2020, with more than 2 billion downloads on Apple’s App Store and Google Play. On the app, users create 15 to 180-second-long …
Read More »South Africa: Hundreds March to Union Buildings Over Health System Corruption
By Mosima Rafapa Mosima Rafapa/GroundUp More than 200 people marched from Loftus stadium to the Union Buildings in Pretoria on Monday over the poor state of public health services. The TAC convened a demonstration march to the Union Buildings on Monday against corruption in the health system and failing public health facilities. The …
Read More »U.S. efforts to encourage Taiwan separatists destined for tragedy
Canada, a vast country with a tiny military, is again colluding with the United States’ scattershot and confused efforts to slow China’s rise. One would think Canada would be reluctant to team up with the U.S. again, after the baseless, politically motivated detention of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhouon behalf of Ottawa’s U.S. …
Read More »AU to restrict donors who attach strings on funds
By Halligan Agade An outside view of the African Union’s building in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Photo by Minasse Wondimu Hailu/AnadoluAgency/Getty Images) The African Union may block future donors who attach strings on their funds in one of the proposals that aims at making the continental bloc self-sufficient. African Union Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat told a gathering of Foreign Ministers from member states …
Read More »US should correct wrongs by ending propaganda war against China
By Chen Weihua For decades, US politicians have been engaging in smear campaigns against China, an apt example being the reckless China bashing in almost every presidential campaign. The propaganda war against China escalated after the Donald Trump administration took power and further intensified when it launched all-out trade, tech and …
Read More »China donates COVID-19 vaccines to Burundi
Workers convey China-aided COVID-19 vaccines at an airport in Bujumbura, Burundi, Oct. 14, 2021. China has offered 500,000 Sinopharm doses of COVID-19 vaccines to help Burundi fight the pandemic. (Photo by EvrardNgendakumana/Xinhua) China has offered 500,000 Sinopharm doses of COVID-19 vaccines to help Burundi fight the pandemic. The handover ceremony took place on Oct. 14, …
Read More »How US pays for fake news in Africa media to discredit China
Africa China Review Staff Writer According to Zimbabwean daily newspaper the Herald, the US is engaged in payment for fake stories aimed at discrediting Chinese investments in Zimbabwe. “U.S. State Department is implement in “an intricate plan” to smear Chinese businesses in Zimbabwe “through disinformation, lies and sensationalism in the independent …
Read More »To improve health in Africa, focus on spending better
Nurse Emily Chepng’eno (L) fits a ventilator mask during a simulation to demonstrate delivery of medical oxygen at an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) unit following the installation of a modern Oxygen plant at the Metropolitan Hospital in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi on May 5, 2021. (Photo by Tony Karumba via CFP) In the past year-and-a-half …
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