China and Africa have agreed on a new plan of action for the next three years in a bid to strengthen cooperation. The Sharm el-Sheikh Action Plan 2010-2012, which was adopted together with the Sharm el-Sheikh Declaration, will focus on trade, agriculture, infrastructure, climate change and social welfare among other issues. China and Africa approved the new measures at the recent fourth ...
Rising from a recent summit on Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) organized by a group of developing countries in Maldives to fine-tune their position at the next month's climate change meet in Copenhagen, zero carbon tolerance has been canvassed.
Former Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dr. Mahathir Bin Mohamad has identified sound education, intelligence, discipline, incorruptibility and empathy as qualities those aspiring for leadership of a nation should possess.
AFRICAN states are not devising a clear developmental strategy for regional economic communities, leading to international partners thinking the continent does not have a common approach and a vision for growth, says Egyptian ambassador to SA Mohamed Zayed.
A court in Canada has formally proffered genocide charges on Jacques Mungwarere, a genocide suspect arrested in Canada earlier this month.
The Federal Government has said that the Government of the Republic of China has extended the deadline for the cremation of unclaimed corpses of Nigerians who died in China. According to the Government, the new date is now 15th December, 2009.
Albert Einstein said several years ago that the hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax. Ronald Reagan, one time President of the United States of America also underscored the importance of tax when he asserted succinctly "We need true tax reform that will at least make a start toward restoring for our children the American Dream that wealth is denied to no one, that each ...
The farmers in Kirumba Village in Rakai District have received vegetable seedlings to plant during the current rain season.
Isaac Kawonawo ambition in the political arena won him an award allowing him to visit China annually, writes Robert Muhereza. Isaac Kawonawo, 29, resident of Kigongi Cell in Kabale Municipality is one of Uganda's lucky youth leaders who recently won the Chinese award visiting China annually at the expense of the Chinese government.
Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ebrahim Ebrahim, has urged Korea to quadruple its developmental assistance to Africa over the next three years.
Former Malaysian Prime Minister, Dr. Mahathir Bin Mohamad , yesterday in Lagos, stated that a country in turmoil would not be able to develop .
The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), through the World Friends Korea Programme, has donated 25 computers to support an ICT project at Karume Institute of Science and Technology in Zanzibar.
The Beijing Platform for Action in 1995 set out an agenda to address gender equality in priority areas, including poverty, education, and health care. It also committed governments to address violence against women, equitable access to economic resources and decision-making power.
South Africa will participate in the second Korea-Africa Forum which will explore ways to strengthen ties on development and cooperation between Korea and the African continent.
Zimbabwe and China are negotiating arrangements for contract farming as the Asian giant steps up efforts to assist the country's agrarian reforms.
