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A Chinese emergency medical assistance team Arrived in Addis Ababa on 16th April 2020. Photo:  Courtesy. In the current global fight against the coronavirus pandemic, one message that has been echoed by many countries is that there is no single country that can win the war against the coronavirus (COVID19) …

Recent reports from social and some mainstream media outlets have reported discrimination against Africans living in the commercial city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province of China. The outcries led a Group of African Ambassadors in China to release an official protest to the Chinese Authorities on 10 April 2020. In …

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 6, 2020. /AP On April 5, 2020, Fareed Zakaria, a political pundit and host of CNN’s popular show GPS, made some important assertions. He said that …

As much of the world goes into varying degrees of lockdown in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, little is certain. We don’t know how long these lockdowns will need to last, nor how our societies will change in the aftermath of the pandemic. Despite governments around the world introducing stimulus …

The world today, is almost at a standstill where the movement of people from one continent or country to another is no longer possible. Movement between cities of one country is also limited.  Airlines have suspended flights, economic activities have been halted and many countries seem to be in a …

The whole world is in a panicky mode and life almost on a standstill with hundreds of cities under lockdown, in fighting the war against Corona Virus (COVID-19), which was declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a global pandemic.  China first struggled alone to fight the epidemic especially …

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the Chinese Government has regarded the safety and health of the people as our top priority. We have taken a series of decisive and rigorous prevention and control measures. The speed, intensity and coverage of China’s response have been unprecedented in the world. Under the …

The President of the United Democratic Front (UDF) Party of Malawi Hon. Atupele Muluzi presenting medical materials for the fight against COVID 19 to the Chinese Ambassador to Malawi H.E Liu Hongyang. African leaders and associations of African former students in China have sent various messages of encouragement and support …

Since the foundation of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, the country has made great progress in modernizing its society and achieving economic prosperity. In about seven decades following its establishment, the nation has not only grown to become the second largest economy in the world but also …

The 2020 annual report by Human Rights Watch (HRW), released in New York described the human rights situation in China as, “the most brutal and pervasive oppression China has ever seen in decades”, and urged the “international community to push back”. The report in particular mentions  alleged mistreatment of Uighur …