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China, like-minded countries call on UN to address human trafficking, forced labor issues in U.S.

 China and like-minded countries on Friday called on the UN Human Rights Council and relevant UN human rights mechanism to attend to issues of human trafficking and forced labor in the United States and take necessary actions.Speaking on behalf of a group of countries at the 48th session of the …

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Ethiopia: Tigray Rebels Say Ready to Cooperate With Us to End Conflict

By Tesfa-Alem Tekle Donat Sorokin/TASS Host Photo Agency Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF), an armed rebel group which is fighting Ethiopian national army and its allied forces in northern Ethiopia, on Saturday said it is ready to cooperate with the US government to end a …

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Covid-19: Why China should have been listened to.

By Justin Ojangole This year, China is celebrating 100 years of Communist Party of China (CPC) and 72nd China’s Independence Day. These celebrations are also happening when China is working together with the rest of the world to curb the woes Covid-19 pandemic. When Covid-19 broke out in Wuhan City in China …

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Leadership is delivering results for citizens’ well-being, Kagame

By Collins Mwai Rwandan President Paul Kagame Leadership is showcased in terms of the relationship between leaders and citizens and not just by the traits of the individual at the helm, President Paul Kagame has said. President Kagame was speaking virtually at the Stern Stewart Institute Summit on transformation and leadership in …

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Foreign journalists encouraged to report China objectively

By Liu Hongjie Liu Zhengrong, left, vice-chairman of the All-China Journalists Association, communicate with foreign guests at the tea party. [Photo by Zou Hong/China Daily] A senior official from a national journalists’ association encouraged foreign journalists in China to learn more about the country, to report on China in a …

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Africa Covid jab shortfall could take world ‘back to square one’

Africa faces a 470 million shortfall in Covid-19 vaccine doses this year after the Covax alliance cut its projected shipments, raising the risk of new and deadly variants, the WHO said on Thursday. Only 17 percent of the continent’s population will now be vaccinated by the end of this year, …

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China’s economy continues recovery, shows resilience

Aerial photo taken on Sept. 11, 2020 shows a view of downtown Shenzhen, south China’s Guangdong Province. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian) China’s economy maintained the trend of recovery in August despite disruptions from the COVID-19 epidemic and natural disasters, showing the resilience of the world’s second largest economy. The country’s industrial output …

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Africa: Guinea Coup Highlights the Weaknesses of West Africa’s Regional Body

By Benjamin Maiangwa Cia Pak / UN Photo Alpha Condé, President of the Republic of Guinea, addresses the high-level segment of the International Ebola Recovery Conference at the United Nations in July, 2015. The latest coup in Guinea and the reaction of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to suspend the country’s …

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US-China competition should not lead to confrontation

Africa China Review Staff writer The US and China are the two leading world economies. Naturally, the two economies are in competition for markets and raw material in other parts of the world. Such competition should be healthy free of quarrels, politicking and undermining each other.  The market forces should …

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Uganda: Warning over Hunger Crisis Gets Louder in East African Countries

Joanne Levitan / IFAD Small-scale farmers in Tanzania are receiving support to improve food security in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite efforts by regional governments to achieve food security through elaborate plans and policies, the region remains food deficient. Kenya, Uganda, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Rwanda, and Somalia are …

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