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United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday commended China’s achievements in poverty eradication and other areas, urging the international community to unite to address the common challenges. “I thank China for its role in shaping and implementing the Sustainable Development Goals, as evidenced by its strong commitment and significant progress to …

ANC President Cyril Ramaphosa has encouraged the party’s elected councillor candidates to serve communities with dignity. Ramaphosa was speaking over the weekend during his election campaign in the Vhembe District Municipality Chamber in Thohoyandou, Limpopo, ahead of the local government elections next month. He first received a political briefing from provincial and local leadership ahead of …

A medical worker takes a swab sample from a woman at a COVID-19 nucleic acid testing site in Jiangning District of Nanjing, capital city of east China’s Jiangsu Province, Aug. 12, 2021. The district has launched a new round of COVID-19 testing since Wednesday. (Xinhua/Ji Chunpeng) China has made great contributions to the …

Stephen Ndegwa CFP Today, China has become renowned for its economic resilience and structural sustainability. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the country has risen from a poor country to not only the world’s second largest economy after the U.S., but also one of the top innovative economies …

By Jayanta Kalita On October 16, China launched a spacecraft with three astronauts (taikonauts) on board, including a woman, into the core module of what is believed to be China’s own future space station in the Earth’s orbit. The astronauts are expected to stay in space for six months, which is the …

By Nontobeko Mlambo Dmitry Feoktistov/TASS Host Photo Agency, US Army Africa, Pixabay King Mswati III, left and eSwatini army generals, top right (file (photo). South African President Cyril Ramaphosaand Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Organ on Defence, Politics and Security Cooperation has appointed a special envoys to engage with King Mswati III of the Kingdom of eSwatini on security and political developments in the Kingdom. …

By SUN XIAOCHEN  Cai Qi, secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and president of the organizing committee for the Beijing 2022 Winter Games, receives a torch lit with the Olympic flame from a staff member on Wednesday morning. A welcoming ceremony for the flame, which …

Chinese ambassador to Uganda Zhang Lizhong (2nd L), Uganda minister of state for primary health care Margaret Muhanga (3rd L) and the World Health Organization (WHO) country representative to Uganda Yonas Tegegn Woldemariam (1st L) attend the vaccines donation ceremony at the National Medical Stores in Entebbe, Uganda, Oct. 19, 2021. /Xinhua Uganda on Tuesday received a second …

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” …

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 …