President Xi Jinping,President Bassirou Diomaye Faye,Excellencies,Distinguished guests,Ladies and gentlemen, I want to express my deep gratitude to the people and Government of the People's Republic of China, for the impeccable organization of this summit. We meet as geopolitical tensions are rising; conflicts ... Read More

Approximately 50 African leaders are in Beijing for the 9th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, which started on Wednesday. On Thursday, Chinese President Xi Jinping suggested to the gathered African leaders that the relationships with all African nations holding diplomatic ties with ... Read More

Antonio Guterres United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday described Africa's debt situation “as unsustainable and a recipe for social unrest". Speaking at the China-Africa cooperation summit in Beijing, he called for "deep reforms" to the “outdated, ineffective, and unfair international financial ... Read More

The first batch of 100,000 doses mpox vaccine officially reached Congo's capital on Thursday, three weeks following the declaration of mpox outbreak in 12 African nations as a global emergency. Western partners, including the European Union and the United States, have ... Read More

Uganda's main opposition leader Bobi Wine, who has emerged as the most formidable opponent of veteran President Yoweri Museveni, was shot in the leg by security agents in a northern suburb of the capital Kampala on Tuesday, his party said. Wine, ... Read More

Botswana, Africa's longest democracy, will hold its general election on October 30, President Mokgweetsi Masisi announced Tuesday. Masisi will seek a second and final term after his ruling party endorsed his candidacy over the weekend. In a public address, Masisi said ... Read More

China and South Africa, whose top leaders met in Beijing, agreed to promote balanced trade and discussed boosting two-way investments between their industrial and commercial communities, a joint statement on Tuesday showed. President Xi Jinping and his South African counterpart Cyril ... Read More

Sixty percent of African youth are looking to leave because unchecked corruption threatens their future, according to a poll of more than 5,600 youngsters in 16 countries released Tuesday. Corruption is seen as the "single greatest hurdle" they face to achieve ... Read More

African Union (AU) senior officials are in  Accra to validate a coherent and harmonised plan of action on the global impact of migration (GCM) hinged on respect for human rights and dignity. The two-day workshop is to examine the scope of the draft ... Read More

China has vowed to beef up its vast Belt and Road global infrastructure initiative, promising "high-quality cooperation" ahead of a summit with African leaders in Beijing starting Wednesday. Africa is already a key Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) region, with Chinese ... Read More