Africa and Mozambique are part of a growing confrontation between the US and China. Mozambique was one of five African countries invited to the United States convened Minerals Security Partnership (MSP) which US Secretary of State Antony Blinken opened on 22 September in New York on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly High-Level […]
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The World Health Organization has issued an alert on four medicines made by Delhi-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals. At least 66 children have died in Gambia from acute kidney injury since July, the WHO said. The deaths of 66 children from kidney injuries may be linked to four cough and cold syrups made by an Indian drug […]
Handcuffed, Shackled and Moved to Unknown Detention Facility Monrovia – Two Liberian Maritime Program officials recently arrested by the police in the South Korean City of Busan, have been formally charged with the crime of “two-person joint rape.” The officials — Moses Owen Browne, Liberia’s Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) in the […]
East Africa has been at a crossroads in its quest to industrialize, grasping at diverse straws of foreign aid inflows towards the realization of this endeavor. Countries in the region have been looking West and East, to fulfil their respective national developmental goals and finally lift their nations out of poverty. However, partnerships with the […]
South Africa’s journey towards decarbonisation via the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) has been described as one of the major achievements of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as COP26. The government announced a major U.S.$8.2 billion deal with the UK, the U.S., Germany, France and the European Union. The […]
Monrovia — Six women rights groups operating in the country have disclosed that they are concerned over video news reports emanating from the South Korean media involving two Liberian officials, Daniel Tarr and Moses Owen Browne, who had gone to South Korea to participate in the Sustainable Maritime Transport Training Program for Least Developed Countries. […]
Johannesburg, South Africa — Kenya’s newly elected President William Ruto, who talked tough on China while campaigning, has reversed his stance on Beijing since taking office. “We cherish the robust friendship that Kenya enjoys with China. We will step up and expand these relations, on infrastructure, agriculture, education, among other broad array of issues for […]
Monrovia — The Ministry of Gender has called on the Liberia Maritime Authority to immediately recall, dismiss and pursue sentencing of its officials accused of rape in South Korea. Moses Owen Brown, Liberia’s Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and Daniel Tarr, Director of the Department of Marine Environmental Protection, were in South […]
Monrovia — Moses Owen Browne, the Liberian official who is being held in South Korea along with his colleague, Daniel Tarr, for alleged rape says they were both framed by the alleged victims and he believes the allegation is an act of racism. Browne is Liberia’s Permanent Representative to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) based […]
Johannesburg, South Africa — Most African states have stayed silent as Western nations and rights groups condemn China over a recent United Nations human rights report on China’s treatment of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region. The report, published by then-U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on her last day in office […]
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, H.E. Mr. Isaak Mohamud Mursal, received today in Mogadishu the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to the Federal Republic of Somalia, H.E. Mr. Fei Shengchao, and discussed with him the strengthening of bilateral relations and cooperation between the two friendly countries. The Deputy Minister […]
Nairobi — Local agribusiness firm Kakuzi Plc has secured pre-shipment approvals from the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) for its second fresh avocado shipment to China. The firm is expected to ship several 20-foot container loads to China by sea before the end of this week as demand for Kenyan avocados continues to grow. […]
The minister of transport and aviation Fardowsa Osman received at her office the Chinese ambassador to Somalia Fei Shengchao on Sunday. The minister and Fei Shengchao discussed a range of issues related to cooperation and how China can help the ministry modernize aviation services and its Mogadishu headquarters. “Today [Sunday] I received H.E Fei Shengchao, […]
Johannesburg — Japan is the latest country to try to increase engagement with Africa in the face of China’s massive influence on the continent and amid perceived threats to the international order. There has been a flurry of visits to the continent by top officials this year, including Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, U.S. Secretary […]
China has removed all tariffs on 98% of the goods imported from nine of Africa’s least-developed countries. Experts do not expect the measure to have an impact on African economies. But it could benefit China’s image. According to the online version of the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post the policy, which came into force […]
The Chinese film Wolf Warrior II (2017) has been a runaway success – even though it contains controversial expressions of Chinese nationalism and racist stereotypes of Africans. It is one of the most commercially successful Chinese movies, having grossed over US$800 million at the Chinese box office. Only Star Wars: The Force Awakens has performed […]
In mid-August, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs surprised the world with a series of announcements. Wang Yi, Beijing’s most senior diplomat, promised extensive debt relief for some of the world’s poorest countries. The announcement was made at the ministerial meeting of the Forum for China Africa Cooperation. In addition to increasing food assistance to the […]
As global powers seek support for their competing worldviews, will Africa capitalise on its rising strategic value? Africa’s growing strategic value to global powers has been reinforced by international tensions and economic volatility spurred on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the COVID-19 fallout. African states have long featured prominently in the foreign policy calculus […]