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By Stephen Ndegwa The sixth BRICS Parliamentary Forum, currently under Russia’s chairmanship, will take place on October 27. Due to social distancing rules and international travel challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic, the conference is being held via videoconferencing. The forum’s theme is “BRICS Partnership for Global Stability, Shared Security and …

The COVID-19 pandemic has galvanized the development of more than 120 health technology innovations that have been piloted or adopted in Africa, a new World Health Organization (WHO) analysis finds. The study of 1000 new or modifications of existing technologies that have been developed worldwide to target different areas of …

– The struggling world economy is now facing a hard and unpredictable path to recovery amid a raging pandemic, and economic globalization is riding into strong headwinds amid rising trade protectionism and isolationism worldwide. – In this age of expanding global connectivity, the future of all countries are bonded together. …

Digital technology has played a key role in China’s effective anti-pandemic work and Africa is following China’s lead, experts said Wednesday during an online conference to discuss how China’s digital technology can assist Africa’s COVID-19 fight. China actively encourages medical institutions and private companies to participate in establishing global anti-epidemic …

Underpinning the ‘Africa rising’ narrative, the once touted ‘dark continent’ is now emerging as the new frontier and hub of manufacturing. Before the Covid-19 pandemic, during the FOCAC summit in Beijing, China had already set the stage for Africa as a new frontier of manufacturing and industrialization. This was witnessed when …

By Yu Jing, Hu Yiwei

By MO JINGXI China urged some US politicians on Wednesday to stop hyping up the so-called “China threat” and undermining regional peace, stability and development. Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin made the remark as United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper pushed an anti-China message …

As the world marks World Food Day on Friday, a Chinese-owned rice farm in the central Ugandan district of Kalungu is skilling farmers on how to farm the crop to increase their household incomes. The over 3,000-acre paddy rice farm, owned by Zhong’s Industries Ltd, a private Chinese enterprise is …

John Nkengasong, director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), urged African countries to prepare for a second wave of COVID-19 infections. Speaking during a virtual press conference, he said the continent has to prepare for a second wave of COVID-19 infections, as the number of …

By Eric Biegon A total of 34 African envoys and delegates to China were in attendance during the opening ceremony of the 5th China-Africa Youth Festival in Beijing, alongside representatives of African students studying in China, and Chinese youth representatives. The African Union permanent representative of to China Rahamtalla Mohamed …