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In a historic feat, northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region has bid farewell to absolute poverty. The last 10 impoverished counties in Xinjiang have managed to end absolute poverty, the regional government announced over the weekend. The 10 counties, including Shache County, Moyu County and Akto County, are no longer …

H.E Wang Yi. The Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs H.E Wang Yi, recently made remarks at the reception commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC). He noted the achievements and the journey walked in the last 20 years in the following words: Twenty years ago, shortly …

Relationships between Africa and China have been traced to times even before most African countries got independence. An example, is the Chinese-African People’s Friendship Association (CAPFA), founded in April 1960, and aims at enhancing mutual understanding and friendship between the Chinese and African people, promoting the exchanges and cooperation between China …

Initiative should constantly enhance sense of fulfillment, happiness, security President Xi Jinping has called for efforts to build a more secure China by comprehensively promoting the implementation of the Peaceful China initiative. Efforts should be made to constantly enhance people’s sense of fulfillment, happiness and security, said Xi, who is …

By: Mweusi Karake A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”, so goes a Chinese proverb. October 10th was 20th Anniversary of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), so much has been said and written about FOCAC, it is difficult to say anything new; never the less …

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The Federal Executive Council, FEC, on Wednesday ratified Nigeria’s membership of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area, AfCFTA, as the implementation of the agreement formally takes-off on January 1, 2021. This is as the Council has approved N62.7 billion for the construction of Kano-Dawakin-Tofa-Gwarzo-Dariyo road …

By: Mweusi Karake An Italian diplomat, and son-in-law of Mussolini, Count Caleazzo Ciano in the year 1942,  coined a philosophical phrase,  “La victoria trova cento padri, e nessuno vuole riconoscere l’insuccesso.” Meaning: “Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan”. This can hardly be true about the firing of …

The recent elections of Joe Biden to succeed Donald Trump could  be a wake-up call to the South African electorate.  However, the concrete answer could still be two years away and expected in 2024, when South Africa will hold the next presidential elections. Africa in general, has in the past …

In my previous article,  I gave enough examples to illustrate that colonial infrastructures were not mean to serve African interests. However, we cannot continue to cry over spilled milk. Africa on the average is 60 years independent and needs therefore to link infrastructure to serve African interests. There is also …

By: Mweusi Karake Africa infrastructure challenges at independence are well summarized by Angela Thompson in the following words “One of the most pressing challenges African states faced at Independence was their lack of infrastructure. European imperialists prided themselves on bringing civilization and developing Africa, but they left their former colonies …