Nairobi — President William Ruto will on Thursday engage in bilateral talks with Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during a meeting at the State House, Nairobi. The discussion between the two leaders will focus on topics of shared interest, particularly strategies for enhancing trade and investment facilitation between their respective countries. Prime Minister Lee […]
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Zanzibar — ZANZIBAR and China yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the implementation of various development projects in the health, infrastructure and education sectors. Zanzibar President Dr Mwinyi witnessed the signing of four projects at the State House in the Stone Town on Wednesday, praising China as a ‘committed friend of Zanzibar and […]
ZIMBABWE is among the countries that have indicated interest in adopting the expected BRICS currency, in a move market watchers believe is meant to broaden the basket for locals. BRICS is an acronym for the powerful grouping of the world’s leading emerging market economies, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The BRICS mechanism aims […]
The China Dialogue Ocean in collaboration with the School of Journalism and Digital Media of the University of The Gambia recently completed a daylong training on reporting on the ocean and climate change in The Gambia. The training brought together journalism students, experienced editors, journalists, climate change experts, and ocean and fisheries experts in The […]
An Australian oil and gas exploration company says it has found high quality natural gas deposits in northeastern Zimbabwe, after months of exploration. Invictus Energy announced that the analysis of samples it collected last year in the north of Zimbabwe, near the border with Mozambique, “definitively proves the presence of hydrocarbons in multiple reservoir pay […]
About 57 Liberians are benefiting from the capacity-building opportunity provided by the People’s Republic of China. The Program is part of China’s Aid Human Resource Program. Those benefiting from such a golden opportunity were selected from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and they are 25 persons. Another 25 were selected from the Liberia National Police, […]
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres are set to jet into Kenya today, Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua has announced. Speaking during a visit by Canadian Foreign secretary Melanie Joly, Mutua stated that the visits are meant to foster bilateral relations and discuss issues facing the international […]
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Africa: A ‘New Scramble for Africa’?
When a phraseology says more about its users than the reality it purports to describe. If a section of the Western media is to be believed, ongoing great power competition for diplomatic influence and natural resources in Africa is nothing but another desperate “scramble” in which the vital strategic interests of the continent and its […]
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida had announced a $500 million over the next three (3) years to support the efforts at securing peace in the Sahel region as well as the coast states of the Gulf of Guinea. This announcement was made when Prime Minister Kishida paid a one-day courtesy call on President Nana Addo […]
TANZANIA through the Film Board has signed a partnership agreement with the Institute of International Cooperation (BFIC) from South Korea to develop the country’s film industry in organising and producing quality films. The Minister for Culture, Arts and Sports Pindi Chana witnessed the signing of the agreement in Dodoma and she said the agreement will […]
Beijing said it deployed its navy to rescue Chinese citizens, and Paris said it was evacuating more foreign nationals. Meanwhile, the UK warned such missions could be halted after a fragile truce ends. DW has the latest. France’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that more people were evacuated from conflict-hit Sudan as a patchy cease-fire […]
The Confucius Institute at University of Dar es Salaam (CI-UDSM) is struggling to cope with the rising demand of companies that are looking for local Chinese language experts. The Confucius Institute Director, Prof Xiaozhen Zhang, said yesterday the demands are coming from firms invested in the country from China who want translators. “Since last year […]
A patrol vessel donated by the Japanese government will help enhance the capacity of the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA) to carry out surveillance in three designated sites of the REEFFISH project in Seychelles. The regional REEFFISH project is being carried out in Seychelles, Comoros, Kenya, Madagascar, and Mauritius. Its aim is to enhance livelihoods, food […]
Abuja, Nigeria — Nigerian lawmakers are investigating allegations of $2.4 billion in illegal sales of stolen oil to China. The House of Representatives’ ad-hoc committee on oil theft resumed its probe of the unofficial sales in 2015 of 48 million barrels of crude oil to China. Lawmakers were tipped off about the deal by a […]
Khartoum — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has welcomed a contribution of US$1 million from the Government of Japan to provide life-saving food assistance to hundreds of thousands of refugees and Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Sudan. An estimated 60 percent of IDPs and 50 percent of refugees are food insecure in Sudan. […]
The Australia — Rwanda Trade and Investment Council (ARTIC), a new body formed during the Australian leadership retreat in Brisbane from March 24 to 25, aims to strengthen relations between Australia and Rwanda by building mutually beneficial links in business, education, and culture.The council which is composed of business and community leaders, plans to use […]
A number of companies in Thailand have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Jospong Group of Companies (JGC) for rice production. These companies numbering about 10 are in the Thailand rice value chain, and it is in relation with the Ghana-Thailand Rice Project. The companies, which cut across the rice value chain, include […]
Nairobi, Kenya — Nearly two hundred people demonstrated this week in support of Russia and China in the Central African Republic after nine Chinese workers were killed by gunmen in an attack. The CAR is one of Africa’s poorest countries and has been battling rebel groups for a decade. Without evidence, the CAR government blamed […]