The Chinese embassy and the Chinese Project Management Enterprise in consultation with the Roads Authority awarded a N$1 billion project to construct 21 kilometres of road between Windhoek and the Hosea Kutako International Airport, to the Chinese company Zhong Mei Engineering Group. Roads Authority (RA) head Conrad Lutombi said this phase of the construction project […]
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Other governments prop up their distant-water fleets, hurting fisheries throughout the region Mauritania’s waters are rich in biodiversity: More than 600 fish species live in the northwest African nation’s territorial waters. The fishing industry provides jobs for 180,400 people and accounts for up to 10% of the country’s gross domestic product, according to the United […]
All eyes have turned to Scotland’s most populous City Glasgow as world leaders, negotiators and industry players begin the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26). The meeting comes at a time when experts warn that the planet Earth could be unlivable in a matter of decades, if no action is taken to […]
The US has raised the alarm over alleged plans by China to establish a military base in Kenya and extend its grip beyond economic and investment ties. It claimed that the planned base in Kenya is part of China’s pursuit of a global military logistics network to counter the existing interests of superpower nations, including […]
ZANU PF supporters in Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe (UMP), angered by the ruling party’s silence at a time Chinese owned Heijin Mining Company continues to harass and displace them from their ancestral land, have warned President Emmerson Mnangagwa they will vote him out of power in 2023. UMP is a known Zanu PF stronghold and has […]
EXPECTATIONS are high for the return of a rare artefact identified as Okukor, a cockerel which was part of the about one thousand of such works taken away from the palace of the Oba of Benin in 1897. The works were looted during the British invasion of the kingdom in retaliation for an attack on […]
China has joined African countries in pushing the United States and other Western governments to end their two decades-long economic blockade against Zimbabwe, arguing that it has brought the economy of the country to its knees. Beijing, along with the African Union (AU) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and other African countries this […]
The health ministry has received US$270 000 (about N$4 million) from the Japanese government to improve and increase the uptake of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services to mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on essential services. This was done through the World Health Organisation (WHO) where a donation of 16 portable ultrasound […]
At least 136 members of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and G-20 Nations at the weekend agreed to a 15 per cent corporate tax rate effective from 2023, though Nigeria withheld its assent. With their decision, the signatories projected that the agreement would reallocate over $125 billion profits from around 100 of […]
More than a decade after the Democratic Republic of Congo signed, and, a year later, renegotiated a mining contract with the Chinese, it still faces the question of what really is in there. This month, a report by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is expected to be published and hopefully eliminate the opaqueness that […]
Chekwume Malvin, a Nigerian actor has been arrested in India on the account of drug peddling. According to the Indian papers, the 45-year-old has featured in over 20 Bollywood movies, including Singham, Anna Bond, Paramathma etc. “Malvin learnt acting at the New York Film Academy, Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, in 2006. He claimed he […]
CHINA and Zimbabwe will continue to work together to advance bilateral cooperation despite criticism from Western detractors, Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun said Thursday. In a speech ahead of the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China on Oct. 1, the ambassador said the upward momentum in China-Zimbabwe cooperation is […]
A youth reads a billboard with Coronavirus awareness messages campaign at KM4 junction in Mogadishu, Somalia on 22 April 2020. Coronavirus (COVID-19) is causing huge impact on people’s lives, families and communities in Somalia. UN Photo/Ilyas Ahmed China has pledged to donate additional COVID-19 vaccine doses to Somalia as the Horn of the African nation […]
MOGADISHU [SMN] – Somali officials have recently extended congratulations on the 72nd founding anniversary of the People’s Republic of China during a virtual reception. The officials expressed appreciation for the historic friendship between Somalia and China at the online reception held by the Chinese Embassy in Somalia on Tuesday. advertisements In his congratulatory message, Osman […]
Juba — At least 40 Afghans have entered South Sudan without following the required legal procedures according to the country’s immigration authorities. Addressing sector commanders on Tuesday morning in Juba, Gen Atem Marol, who heads South Sudan’s Immigration, Passports and Civil Registry, said the refugees entered the country illegally. “My office noticed that there are […]
The opposition MDC Alliance has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa abetting “New colonialism” following reports that Chinese miners are evicting entire villages in Mutoko and Uzumba in search of black granite. This new colonialism, according to MDC-A Deputy Organising Secretary Happymore Chidziva, violates what Zimbabwean liberators fought for during the liberation struggle. Chinese companies Heijin Mining […]
The 39th fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy set out from the city of Qingdao, in east China’s Shandong Province, on Sunday to conduct an escort mission in the Gulf of Aden and the waters off Somalia. The fleet is composed of the guided-missile destroyer Urumqi, the missile frigate Yantai, and the […]
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Zimbabwe, China Bond Unbreakable – VP
The strong relationship between Zimbabwe and China will not be affected by false allegations by detractors, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said. He said China had come to the rescue of Zimbabwe when it was about to collapse due to illegal sanctions and the relationship between the two nations had resulted in the improvement of […]