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The Johannesburg Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) has achieved more than African countries expected, South African President Jacob Zuma said on Sunday.
African nations vow to revive degraded land 2015-12-6 22:28:01Ten African countries have committed to restore 31 million hectares of degraded and deforested land, under a new push to make 100 million hectares productive again by 2030.
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President Xi Jinping's Africa tour, which includes state visits and a rare China-Africa summit, has strengthened an already solid relationship.
China plays more responsible role in AfricaThere seems to be a bizarre belief held by some western critics that it is easy and politically correct to blame China for every problem plaguing Africa.
China plays responsible role in fighting climate change, promoting African developmentChinese President Xi Jinping's attendance at the Paris climate summit and his African trip have once again displayed China's firm commitment to the global climate campaign and helping promote Africa's development.
Malawi President says China-Africa summit "fruitful"Malawi President Peter Mutharika has described a high-level summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), held Dec. 4-5 in South Africa, "very fruitful".
Sino-African ties demonstrate cooperation, not competition or exploitationThe results of economic and trade cooperation between China and Africa, such as the improvement of infrastructure construction, and local people’s purchasing power, are all about orchestrating public goods for the area’s future development, and laying a solid foundation for its economic development.
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China highly regards the Sino-Africa friendship and is determined to promote it to a higher level, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Ming said on Tuesday.
It is not clear if China and India are friends or rivals but within Africa, they are fierce competitors.
A walk through the sprawling Nairobi’s Mathare slums is not a task for the faint hearted, given the rampant crime and deplorable sanitation that breeds water-borne diseases.
A joke has been going round the social media claiming that a primary schoolboy in Uganda was asked by his teacher the opposite of the word "original," and he responded: "China."