Abuja — Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Cui Jianchun has said the bilateral relations and trade between China and Nigeria would soon reach a new higher level. He made the revelation in Abuja during a media chat to mark the Moon Festival or Mid-Autumn Festival in China, one of the most important traditional holidays in the […]
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China is shaping the future of economic development through its Belt and Road Initiative, an ambitious multi-billion-dollar international push to better connect itself to the rest of the world through trade and infrastructure. Through this venture, China is providing over 100 countries with funding they have long sought for roads, railways, power plants, ports and […]
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Kenya: KQ Resumes Flights to Mumbai
Nairobi — Kenya Airways Sunday announced the resumption of flights from Nairobi to Mumbai which will begin Monday, September 20. The resumption comes after a four-month break which was necessitated by increased COVID-19 cases in the Asian state. The airline, through a statement, said that the first flight shall depart Jomo Kenyatta International Airport at […]
Marange — A Chinese diamond company, Anjin Investment, which resumed operations early this year, has publicly apologised to Headman Chiadzwa for resuming operations here without a paying courtesy call to the traditional leader first. Speaking at Headman Chiadzwa compound last week during a visit by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Mining Development led […]
The recent eruption of Sinophobia in the national media has been a shameful illustration of the weakness of our public sphere. We need to do better. In “Seven Centuries of Slander”, an essay in the current issue of The New York Review, Sarah Lipton reviews two significant new books on the history of anti-Semitism. She […]
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Africa: Roti Makes the World Go Round
A staple food in households in India, the flatbread has made its way to regions and cultures across the globe, where it is enjoyed in all its lip-smacking varieties. I learnt to make perfectly round rotis when I was young. My maternal grandmother taught me to use a trick of the hand to get it […]
Abuja — Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei says it wants to train up to 3 million African youths to work with cutting-edge digital technology such as artificial intelligence. Already, Nigerian students who took part in a Huawei-sponsored information and communications technology (ICT) competition say the benefits, including possible job placements with the company, are enormous. But […]
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Namibia Says No to Afghan Refugees
NAMIBIA has opted not to take in refugees from Afghanistan following the Taliban’s lightning-quick seizure of Kabul, the country’s capital city. This was yesterday revealed by executive director of international relations and cooperation Penda Naanda. The Taliban has swept Kabul and took power on 15 August after the government collapsed and president Ashraf Ghani fled […]
Khartoum — Sudan will no longer restrict travel from India as COVID-19 cases in the South Asian country are decreasing. Instead, all travellers need to provide a negative COVID-19 PCR test. These rules were presented in a new bulletin issued by the Civil Aviation Authority on the basis of recommendations by the Sudanese Ministry of […]
Customers who have parcels to send to Australia have been advised to take the items to their local post office by no later than 7 September 2021. The South African Post Office said that Qantas, the Australian airline, has informed the Post Office that a second repatriation flight has been scheduled to Australia, presenting customers […]
By prioritising liberalism over the formation of strong states, the West opens the door to China and Russia in Africa. Over the past 20 years, China has become Africa’s single most important trading partner after the European Union. Its trade with African countries has more than tripled and is set to increase substantially, partly due […]
Uganda said that it would be temporarily hosting some 2,000 Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban in order to honor a United States government request. Speaking this Tuesday, Esther Anyakun Davinia, Uganda’s junior minister for relief, disaster preparedness and refugees said: “The request was made yesterday by the U.S. government to H.E. [President Yoweri Museveni] and […]
As the world economy continues to recover from the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, India’s volume of bilateral trade with Nigeria has picked up reaching $14 billion in the first quarter of this year, representing about a 17 per cent increase from the same period in 2020. Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Abhay Thakur, […]
Kenyans will pay a Chinese firm that built the Standard Gauge Railway Sh60 million to lay murram on each kilometre of a road linking Lamu and Garissa through Ijara, a unit cost higher than that for rural roads and even tarmacked ones. State-owned China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), in a joint venture with engineering firm […]
It took Namibia 25 years an unusual Olympic Games, hosted in one of humankind’s most challenging times and under very arduous conditions, to win her first medal at the Olympics since 1996 – all thanks to the gallantry of 18-year-old Christine Mboma. The nimble-footed Mboma clocked an astonishing time of 21.81 to clinch a silver […]
Kenya will soon ban fish imports from China, the National Assembly’s Committee on Agriculture has confirmed. Kenya has enough fish stocks in its lakes, rivers and the ocean, the lawmakers said. The legislation, said chairperson Silas Tiren (Moiben), will improve the fisheries sector. “I don’t see why we should import from China when we have […]
Ten would-be Olympians were banned from competing in the track and field competition after Nigerian sports officials allegedly failed to properly register them for three mandatory out-of-competition tests. Nigerian athletes protested in Tokyo on yesterday after they were disqualified from the Olympics for failing to meet anti-doping testing requirements. The Ministry of Sports and the […]
Guo Shaochun — As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to ravage the world, tracing the origin of the virus is important for preventing possible risks in the future. Study of origins is a matter of science, which should be jointly conducted by scientists all over the world. However, some countries with ulterior motives are trying to […]