A commission discovered a rising death rate in fishing villages as well as shrinking access to clean drinking water Commission also turned up suspicions of accounting irregularities during its investigation Prospectors work at the open-pit Djoubissi gold mine, north...

Analyst says African leaders will be asking for more Chinese security and intelligence expertise Foreign ministry identified political instability and terrorism as obstacles to progress Chinese mobile armour rolls during a live fire exercise in Djibouti, home to the...

Court revokes licence for coal-fired power plant in Kenyan town whose Unesco World Heritage status is at stake Beijing’s efforts to cut emissions domestically coincide with coal-financing ventures overseas A proposed coal-fired power plant in Kenya involving four...

Benin, Djibouti and Rwanda are the latest countries to join multilateral lender, which Washington has snubbed Analyst says AIIB promotes Beijing’s interests, and by not being part of it, the United States has helped China control the bank more tightly AIIB president...

Visitors to Tianzifang, a popular shopping and cafe enclave in the French Concession area of Shanghai. Visitors to Tianzifang, a popular shopping and cafe enclave in the French Concession area of Shanghai. Yen Nee Lee | CNBC The world has become more economically...

Email Print Save July 6, 2019 (JUBA) – South Sudan and China on Saturday signed three agreements on the in-kind support from the Chinese government to the National Pre-Transitional Committee (NPTC). Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) meets with South Sudanese President...

African businesses Cyril Ramaphosa South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said at a conference focusing on the 4th Industrial Revolution that his country backed China's technology giant Huawei. A number of telecommunication companies wrote me a letter, noting that to...

Leaders from seven African nations among thousands watching parade to commemorate end of the 100-day genocide in 1994 against Tutsi minority PLA sent over drill instructors in April to help train soldiers, who shouted commands in Mandarin during the event PLA...

Presenting the budget for 2019-20 in Parliament, Sitharaman said five embassies had already been opened in Rwanda, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Guinea and Burkina Faso in 2018-19.(PTI) India on Friday reiterated its commitment to expanding its diplomatic...

China was to fund the project as a major connectivity initiative in East Africa at a total cost of $ 10 billion. Tanzanian President John Magufuli (File Pic) NEW DELHI: Tanzania has suspended the construction of the China funded $10-billion Bagamoyo port project in a...

Deputy President William Ruto (right) and Teso South MP Geoffrey Omuse when he inspected the stalled 30km Busia-Malaba road on Friday July 5, 2019 Busia leaders have lauded the national government’s intervention on the stalled 30km Busia-Malaba road that was being...

Foreign Minister Milton Gbehzohngar Findley and State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi pose for a handshake after bilateral talks. BEIJING, CHINA – The Government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has pledged its continued support to the Liberian...

Africa is on the cusp of a new period in its history, its renaissance. Freed from centuries of colonialism and neo-imperialism, Africa has the opportunity to become a center of economic might to provide prosperity to the continent’s growing population. Yet, at...

Photographer: Atul Loke/Bloomberg © 2018 Bloomberg Finance LP China has been on an investment spree in recent years, at home and abroad. At home, investment has been one of the engines that, together with exports, have fueled its robust growth. Abroad, investments...