Africa China Review staff writer In March 2011, the United Kingdom and France, with the support of the United States, led the international community to support an intervention in Libya allegedly to protect civilians from attacks by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi. A UK parliament report details how NATO’s 2011 …
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Our military’s long history of biological research complicates the quest to clear up what really happened in Wuhan. By Stephen Kinzer A protective suit worn by researchers who handle viruses is hung up in a biosafety training facility at the US Army Medical Research and Development Command at Fort Detrick …
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By Hanane Thamik King Mohammed VI of Morocco The Feast of the Throne is an opportunity to remember the pioneering achievements experienced by Morocco under the reign of King Mohammed VI, to salute the major changes that have taken place over the past twenty-two years. It is also an opportunity …
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The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 6,415,413 as of Saturday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union, said the death toll from the pandemic stands at 162,875 while 5,630,564 patients across …
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By Wang Xiaoyu Searching for the origin of viruses, including the novel coronavirus, is an extremely difficult and complicated undertaking prone to uncertainties, but one thing that’s certain is that the quest should be underpinned by scientific evidence, not politically motivated speculation, experts said. “Whenever a major infectious disease breaks …
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African countries have only acquired about 82.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines so far, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Thursday. The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union, said during its weekly briefing that around 1.39 percent of Africa’s total population …
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By Gerald Mbanda President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at APEC virtual meeting on Friday, July 16, 2021. [Photo/Xinhua] On Friday, July16, Chinese president Xi Jinping expressed China’s resolve in the global fight against the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the determination to promote multilateralism. While speaking at an informal …
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Pacifique Malonga As 2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Rwanda, there is a narrative mostly by Western scholars that China-Africa relations are one-sided and even exploitative by China. However, this has been proven to be wrong over time as Africa has massively profited from its relationship …
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By Gerald Mbanda When one reads through western media, it is common find headlines accusing China of cyber-attacks and cyber espionage against US. Cyber security analysts question how the US considered having a big monopoly on many key cyberspace resources continually accuses China of carrying out cyber-attacks. The analysts conclude that the US cry is of disguise as a poor victim and a deceptive cover-up of their own cyber …
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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 …
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