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African Union Chairman Mousaa Faki Mahamat “Africa must put in place resources and measures to ensure it produces its own vaccines for the current crisis and the future,” Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO) said during Africa’s vaccine manufacturing virtual conference on Monday. During the conference, leaders …

 Richard Todwong, deputy secretary general of Uganda’s ruling National Resistance Movement party, receives an interview with Xinhua in Kampala, Uganda on March 24, 2021.  (Photo by Lu Jicheng/Xinhua) “At the moment, you can drive from one corner of Uganda to another border on tarmac, mainly built by Chinese companies,” said …

By Gerald Mbanda In recent years, Western media has produced several headlines on Africa’s debt with China and the story lines suggest that African countries have been “recolonized by China” due to the debt burden, and therefore, African countries should re-think their relationship with China because China is bad. Some …

Ethiopia’s national flag carrier Ethiopian Airlines has recently transported a batch of COVID-19 vaccines from Beijing to Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.So far, China has provided COVID-19 vaccines to more than 30 African countries. Smooth logistic routes between China and Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic have helped African countries fight …

By H.E. Ren Yisheng, Recently, some Liberian media have reprinted some false information about China’s Xinjiang. In order to help African and Liberian friends know a real Xinjiang, it is necessary to clarify the truth so that it can be viewed and heard squarely. For a period of time, out …

A mural to raise awareness about coronavirus in Dar es Salaam. Photographer: Ericky Boniphace/AFP/Getty Images Tanzanian leadership’s about-turn on the coronavirus received support from the World Health Organization and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, which could help the country obtain vaccines and start to catch-up with other nations on the continent. The …

SHI YU/CHINA DAILY By Fu Zhu In January 2021, on his final full day in office, as his parting salvo, the former lame-duck US secretary of state Mike Pompeo dropped a bombshell by falsely accusing China of “genocide” in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. Afterward, a few Western politicians, media …

The United Nations expressed its concern about mounting reports of human rights abuses against civilians in northern Mozambique since an escalation of violence last month. Some of the abuses include allegations of beheadings and the use of child soldiers during attacks by non-state armed groups in the town of Palma …

From sharing experience on pandemic control to carrying out vaccine cooperation and promoting fair distribution, China’s timely and practical support for other countries, as well as its efforts to safeguard people’s right to life and health, the most fundamental part of human rights, has been widely recognized worldwide. “Vaccine equity …

FILE PHOTO: Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo appears before the International Criminal Court. Peter Dejong/Pool via AP Côte d’Ivoire’s President Alassane Ouattara on Wednesday declared that his predecessor Laurent Gbagbo was welcome to return home after being finally acquitted of crimes against humanity during a civil war that pitted …