China provides help to Ebola-hit countries

2015-08-10 10:32:01

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi starts a visit Saturday to the three African countries worst hit by Ebola -- Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. Wang is the first foreign minister of a world major power to visit the West African region after the outbreak of deadly Ebola in 2014.

China hopes to boost all-round ties with Egypt: senior official

2015-08-09 08:33:00

Visiting Chinese culture minister said here on Saturday that China hopes to make joint efforts with Egypt to boost all-round pragmatic cooperation between two countries.

Backgrounder: Suez Canal in facts and numbers

2015-08-07 09:08:32

Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated on Thursday the new Suez Canal along with nearly 800 world leaders and officials representing 121 countries.

'New' Suez Canal brings moment of national pride

2015-08-07 07:53:37

President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi was inaugurating a "new" Suez Canal on Thursday in a historic moment of national pride, as Egypt seeks to boost its economy and international standing.

Migrant boat capsizes in Mediterranean, at least 25 dead

2015-08-06 10:12:58

A boat packed with up to 700 migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya on Wednesday and many were feared dead.

China-sponsored projects help boost Botswana's agriculture sector

2015-08-05 23:55:53

An agriculture project sponsored by China-Africa People-to-People Friendship Action on Tuesday broke ground in southern Botswana's Kangwe village.

Somali FM mourns Chinese security officer killed in hotel blast

2015-08-05 10:00:25

Somali Foreign Minister Abdusalam Omer on Tuesday issued a statement to mourn Zhang Nan, a security officer for the Chinese Embassy in Somalia who was killed in a bomb attack on July 26.

Factory finds greener way to dry tea and save 60,000 trees a year

2015-08-04 07:42:02

The first thing that strikes you as you enter the Makomboki Tea Factory is the air. It's clear, absent of the dark smoke that billows from the boilers of Kenya's other tea factories.

Slain soldier's remains returned to Shandong

2015-08-03 07:35:57

Large crowd pays final respects to Chinese man killed in Somalia attack

Somali official says friendship between two countries intact

2015-08-03 07:35:57

The recent al-Shabaab terrorist attack in Somalia that killed a member of the Chinese embassy's security staff and seriously damaged embassy facilities will not affect the friendly relationship between China and Somalia, and the Somali government will offer all necessary support to help relocate the embassy to a safe place, Somalia's foreign minister said on Thursday.

Bombed hotel will open again soon, manager vows

2015-08-03 07:35:57

After waiting about a day, we finally received permission to visit the Jazeera Palace Hotel in Mogadishu on Wednesday.

Debris of plane hatch door found on Reunion island

2015-08-02 17:35:30

Debris of plane hatch was found on a beach of La Reunion after last week's discovery of a flaperon suspected of belonging to the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight on the shores of Indian Ocean island, local sources said on Sunday.