Massive IS car bomb hits Cairo security building, wounds 29

2015-08-20 19:27:52

A massive car bomb claimed by Islamic State militants ripped into a national security building in a working class residential neighborhood in Cairo early Thursday, wounding at least 29 people and blowing the facades off nearby buildings.

8 injured as blast targets Egypt's police building

2015-08-20 10:54:37

At least eight people were injured in the early hours of Thursday in a blast that targeted a national security building in Qalioubiya province near the capital city of Cairo.

China-funded road officially opened in Namibia

2015-08-20 08:55:56

Namibia's President Hage Geingob officially opened a road built with a Chinese concessionary loan in the northwestern part of the country Wednesday.

Monks and martial arts feature in opening of Zhengzhou Week in Kenya

2015-08-18 21:59:35

Kenya Zhengzhou Week, introducing the scenery and culture of Zhengzhou, was launched in the Kenyan capital Nairobi on Monday.

Egypt's Sisi approves anti-terrorism law to face mounting violence

2015-08-17 19:08:08

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi approved an anti-terrorism law that gives more power to courts to enforce penalties against those who are involved in 'terrorist acts.'

China, Kenyan law societies mull prisoner extradition

2015-08-17 09:11:11

Kenyan and Chinese law societies kicked off talks on Sunday aimed at allowing the two countries to begin extradition of prisoners, Nairobi's chief prosecutor said.

China increases efforts on women's rights

2015-08-13 23:27:17

China will increase its efforts to protect women's rights by co-organizing the United Nations' meeting on gender equality and women's empowerment on Sept 27 during the UN General Assembly session in New York.

Heatwave in Egypt kills at least 61

2015-08-12 23:58:55

A heatwave killed at least 61 people across Egypt from Sunday to Tuesday and caused nearly 600 people to be admitted to hospital.

China hands over clean water project to Tanzania

2015-08-12 22:04:00

Chinese government on Tuesday handed over a clean water project to Tanzania, seeing 55 wells in Tanzania's rural areas since 2013.

Libyan Prime Minister Thinni says he will resign

2015-08-12 09:01:41

Libya's internationally recognised Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni said in a television interview that he would resign, after the station confronted him with questions from angry citizens criticizing his cabinet as ineffective.

FM lauds China-Liberia cooperation in fighting Ebola

2015-08-10 14:55:04

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday praised Liberia's fight against the Ebola virus and the China-Liberia cooperation in the cause.

China to build highway for Liberia as part of Ebola recovery aid

2015-08-10 14:44:59

China will build a new coastal highway for Liberia as part of its aid to the country recovering from an Ebola epidemic.