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Your Excellency President Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China,Your Excellencies, Chairpersons of the Regional Economic Communities of Africa,Honourable Heads of State and Government,Honourable Ministers,Your Excellencies,Ladies and Gentlemen, Allow me to begin by conveying my appreciation to President Xi Jinping and to the People’s Republic of China for ensuring that …

What you need to know: China and Africa have since cooperated in research and local production of PPEs, medical equipment and medicines.  China’s charities and private sector have also joined the trail, giving medical supplies and donations to Africa. Undoubtedly, the Covid-19 pandemic is unfolding as the worst global health emergency …

In September 2020, Trump administration suspended US-aid to Ethiopia, attempting to intensify pressure on Ethiopia to   possibly abandon the Ethiopian  Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), as demanded by Egypt. US-aid to Ethiopia with the second largest population in Africa; 110 million people is around $800m a year. For comparison, US-aid …

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 …

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

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 …

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that international cooperation is the only way to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate emergency. “International cooperation is the only way to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate emergency, rising inequality and the spreading of hatred,” the UN chief told an informal plenary …

The Chinese economy’s exceptional recovery from the impact of COVID-19 may have surprised many overseas observers, but it is just one of a host of achievements China has made during its 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020).   The last five years have witnessed how the Communist Party of China (CPC) …

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Sunday thanked China and Russia for standing by Zimbabwe in its consistent call for the unconditional removal of Western sanctions. In a speech to mark the Southern African Development Community (SADC) anti-sanctions day, Mnangagwa paid tribute to the two countries, SADC, the African Union, and …