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By maintaining close ties with the Chinese people, the Communist Party of China (CPC) has achieved great success in economic and social development, a senior official of Tanzania’s ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) has said. Congratulating the CPC on the 100th anniversary of its founding, Abdullah Juma Sadala, CCM’s …

Train leaving Ebute-Meta (EBJ) terminal in Lagos. PHOTO: SUNDAY AKINLOLU The return of Metroline to Lagos State, 40 years after it was aborted following military incursion into government, is one of the best things to be happening to the state. Lagos commercial nerve-centre is too significant to foot drag, and …

woman dances on a street in the Old Town of Kashgar, Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. ZHAO GE/XINHUA The Associated Press (AP) published an article on May 20 alleging that “Chinese authorities order video denials by Uyghurs of abuses”. It purports to have evidence proving that this year’s spree of Uyghurs …

The lava flow stopped on the outskirts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC’s) eastern city of Goma, following the eruption of the nearby Mount Nyiragongo volcano, DRC’s authorities confirmed. The lava flow came to a stop at around 4 a.m. local time on Sunday morning in Buhene, which …

Photo taken on Sept. 28, 2019 shows a portrait of Yuan Longping after receiving the Medal of the Republic. (Xinhua/Li He) Having spent over five decades in hybrid rice research, Yuan, an academician with the Chinese Academy of Engineering, has helped China work a great wonder — feeding nearly one-fifth …

 Western nations have been critical of China’s outpouring of development capital in Africa under its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and have even urged African governments to avoid Chinese financing. With huge infrastructural investment gaps to cover, it has been imperative for Africa to seek a lenient development partner for …

Chinese President Xi Jinping, center, with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa right, and Senegalese President Macky Sall, left, attend the Beijing Summit Of The Forum On China-Africa Cooperation – Joint Press Conference at the Great Hall of the People Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018 in Beijing, China. (Lintao Zhang/Pool Photo via …

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday announced a slew of new measures China will take to continue its support for global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. China will provide an additional 3 billion U.S. dollars in international aid over the next three years to support COVID-19 response and economic and …

Li Jinkuan (L), a Chinese language teacher, and Shida Joseph Yacoub, a psychologist at Juba Teaching Hospital, pose for a photo at the hospital in Juba, capital of South Sudan, May 19, 2021. South Sudanese health workers have started learning the Chinese language at Juba Teaching Hospital in the country’s …

By Gerald Mbanda The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in his recent virtual meeting with Young African Leaders,  made undiplomatic statements similar to those made by his predecessor in Donald Trump’s administration- Mike Pompeo. The subject as usual was on the unpopular US song of “Chinese debt trap.” “If …