Tag: africa
Football and its wonders
By Alireza Bahrami TEHRAN: Football stories continue in the Asian Cup and the African Cup, because miracles are the nature of football. A few days ago, I wrote about the […]
African World Poetry Movement coordinators: Our Earth, Our Responsibility
By The AsiaN Editor CAIRO: An online meeting was attended by six African national coordinators of World Poetry Movement drew a plan map for the movement in the continent. […]
Congress of African Journalists Conference to focus on role of journalists in finding lasting solutions
ABUJA: A three-day conference with the theme “Africa and Security Challenges; the role of journalists in finding lasting solutions” will serve as an interface between stakeholders to map a path […]
COVID-19 infections in Africa represent 0.71% of world figure
By Habib Toumi MANAMA: Only two of the 54 countries making up the African continent are virus-free: Comoros and Lesotho. The African countries have so far 11,440 confirmed COVID-19 cases, representing […]
Indonesia, Africa to be huge power if united: President Jokowi
Bali: President Joko WIdodo (Jokowi) said that Indonesia and Africa could become a huge power if they are united through concrete cooperation to boost the welfare of the peoples. […]
E-commerce signals new future for ties between China, Africa
African companies are exploring new trade models with China based on e-commerce at the first China-Africa Economic and Trade Expo (CAETE), which opened on June 25 in Changsha, capital of […]
China, Africa boost relations
Cooperation with China is “beneficial” and yields visible results that empower African countries to realize sustainable growth, amid the challenges of unilateralism and protectionism, senior officials said on Tuesday, June […]
Young women taking high risks to seek elusive fortune in Europe
In glamorizing ‘perfect’ life abroad, social media are affecting social norms High school students typically dream how an academic edge will allow them to attend college and to aspire to […]
Does China ‘Belt and Road’ initiative benefit Africa?
The fact that the Belt and Road project was initiated by China, but serves development interests of other countries is a confirmation of President Xi Jinping’s belief that the world […]
The Significance of “Belt and Road” for African Integration
It was a good chance to visit the great nation-China. I visited China in 2011 and 2013 respectively for about ten days each, which is a very short time to […]