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Chinese ambassador to Zimbabwe Guo Shaochun announces that the Chinese government decides to donate 800,000 US dollars to Zimbabwe to help with post-disaster relief and reconstruction at a press conference held at the Chinese embassy on Friday, March 22, 2019. Latest figures show Cyclone Idai kills at least 139 in Zimbabwe. [Photo:…
The Permanent representative of China to the United Nations Environment Programme and UN-Habitat Wu Peng is set to assume office as the new Chinese ambassador to Kenya. Ambassador Wu arrived in the country on Friday and is expected to present his credentials to President Uhuru Kenyatta before he can assume office. He has committed to strengthen further China-Kenya cooperation and more so…
Gunmen killed about 60 people in central Mali on Saturday, a local mayor said, in one of the deadliest such attacks in a region reeling from worsening ethnic and jihadist violence. The assault on the village of Ogossagou came as a U.N. Security Council mission visited Mali to try to find solutions to violence that killed hundreds of civilians last…
The Africa Cup of Nations trophy. (Photo by Haikel Hmima/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
Burundi made history by qualifying for its first Africa Cup of Nations tournament following a 1-1 draw with Gabon in Bujumbura.
The hosts came into the game knowing that a draw would be enough to send them through ahead of…
Somalia’s al Shabaab stormed a government building on Saturday, detonating a suicide car bomb in the heart of the capital Mogadishu with at least 15 people, including an assistant minister, killed during the ensuing gun battle. A general view shows the scene of a suicide explosion after…
