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ANALYSIS By David Everatt Masego Mafata / GroundUp An overturned car blocks the road in Alexandra, Johannesburg in July 2021. South Africans spent most of mid-July glued to their news outlets, from established media outlets to TikTok, from streaming news to old-fashioned printed words, to see just one thing: would Jacob Zuma blink? Would the country finally get some …

China released a white paper on Wednesday on the protection of the equal rights of all ethnic groups in its northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The following is the full text: Preface Full realization of human rights is one of the great dreams of all humanity, and a goal to which …

By Adhere Cavince The significant milestone China has attained in inoculating its citizens against COVID-19 has invigorated efforts to contain the pandemic globally, a Kenyan scholar has said. More than 1.3 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered in China, as the country continues to ramp up its inoculation drive. …

By Grace Kuria Botswana has on Tuesday issued a travel advisory against South Africa, as a result of the unrest witnessed in the country in the past few days. In a statement, Botswana’s Ministry of International Affairs and Cooperation said it advises its citizens to avoid unnecessary travel to some parts of …

By David Ochieng Mbewa FILE PHOTO: People line up to get COVID-19 tests at a testing site in Windhoek, Namibia. (Xinhua/Musa C Kaseke) Namibia on Monday appealed to European countries that have reached a “significant” COVID-19 vaccination coverage to release doses to countries that urgently need them, including itself. The call was made by …

By Vincent Gasana  The Covid-19 pandemic is taking so much from humanity, but like all extreme situations, it is also a mirror through which the world ucan see the best and worst of itself. Particularly revealing is the production, and distribution of the vaccines, not least in the attitude towards China. It may be …

By Dipo Faloyin WOODEN STATUETTES IN THE ROYAL MUSEUM FOR AFRICA. PHOTO: ARTERRA/UNIVERSAL IMAGES GROUP VIA GETTY IMAGES The Belgian government has announced plans to repatriate around 2,000 artefacts looted during the colonial era – a figure that represents under two percent of the country’s collection of artwork that originated from Africa.  The country’s Royal Museum of …

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, delivers a keynote address in Beijing to the CPC and World Political Parties Summit via video link on Tuesday. FENG YONGBIN/CHINA DAILY Foreign experts point to vision of peace, multipolarity outlined by President Xi It is encouraging …

The African Union (AU) hailed the decision by Rwanda to begin deploying a 1000-member joint force of army and police personnel to Mozambique to support efforts to restore state authority in the latter’s restive region. AU Commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamatissued a statement on Saturday describing the decision as an “act of African …

Former U.S. Secretary of State and long-time diplomat Henry Kissinger on Friday called on the United States and China to settle differences through dialogue and on the basis of mutual understanding for the benefit of the two peoples and the world. “I hope a serious dialogue starts soon again on …