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The Artemisia Annua Germplasm Resources Bank in Rong’an County, Southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, June 17, 2019. The facility is home to more than 1,000 types of Artemisia Annua, or sweet wormwood, a herb employed in Chinese traditional medicine. The plant seeds are stored at temperatures of minus 80 …

Rwanda has, for years, been a victim of blanket judgments and facile generalizations. Commentators, even amongst those willing to admit meaningful progress in the lives of Rwandans, have paradoxically refused to acknowledge the democratic credentials of Rwanda’s administration.  We live in a world where radical individual freedom has been preferred …

Wheat is sprayed with fertilizer at Ivordale Farm on August 1, 2018 outside Harare, Zimbabwe. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)  Zimbabwe has been urged to accelerate adaptation to climate-smart agriculture in order to boost economic growth. Speaking at a webinar on Investment Priorities for Climate-Smart Agriculture in Zimbabwe, World Bank …

China and all but two of the 55 African countries were enslaved by European colonialists who looted them and carried out unspeakable atrocities, including the massacre of millions. Even after independence, they were subjected to control by their former slave masters who taught them that they could develop only based …

African governments should embark on proactive engagement with local communities to boost uptake of COVID-19 vaccine once they are deployed in the continent, a senior World Health Organization (WHO) official said. Matshidiso Moeti, WHO Regional director for Africa said that involving communities at every stage of the vaccine’s roll-out will …

African environment ministers have pledged to rally behind efforts to accelerate a green and inclusive economic recovery to boost economies and social systems in the continent amid COVID-19 related shocks. The ministers said in a joint statement recently issued in Nairobi at the end of a virtual summit that promoting …

By TafaraMugwara, Zhang Yuliang China’s post-pandemic economic rebound is key to Africa’s economic recovery since the continent largely depends on commodity exports to the Asian country, a Zimbabwean expert has said. In an interview with Xinhua on Tuesday, Donald Rushambwa, a researcher at the Harare-based China-Africa Economic and Culture Exchange …

By: Mweusi Karake In an ancient Greek folklore, a phoenix is a long-lived bird that regularly regenerates or is otherwise born again. Associated with the sun, a phoenix obtains new life by arising from the ashes of its predecessor. Some legends say it dies in a show of flames and …

Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi made it clear in his remarks at the reception commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) on Nov 12 that China is ready to work with Africa on a framework of strategic cooperation on climate change to jointly …

By: Mweusi Karake According to the African Union schedule, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) will commence trading on the 1st of January 2021. As per the press release from the African Union released on Sunday 6th December 2020, the Heads of State and Government have underscored the urgent …