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Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said on Thursday that China's aid to Africa sticks to a principle of non-interference in countries' internal affairs, "no political strings attached, and never offering blank promises".
China Communications Construction Co (CCCC) announced that the company will build a standard gauge railway across the whole of Kenya to Malaba, where Kenya meets Uganda, and will also invest in an industrial park at the starting point of Mombasa.
Three suicide bombers attacked the island of Koulfoua on the Chadian side of Lake Chad on Saturday, killing around 30 people and injuring 80, two security sources told Reuters.
A Molotov cocktail hurled at a Cairo restaurant killed 12 people and wounded six on Friday, Egyptian security officials said.
South Africa's top appeals court ruled on Thursday that paralympian Oscar Pistorius' conviction be scaled up to murder from culpable homicide for killing his girlfriend.
African officials and scholars have urged developed countries to help the continent, one of the most vulnerable victims of climate change, to address global warming by offering finance and technology.
It remains a cornerstone of China's foreign policy to consolidate relations with Zimbabwe and other African nations despite the constant profound and complex changes in the international landscape.
Bilateral relations between China and Zimbabwe have been stable and friendly, observers say, and the upcoming state visit by President Xi Jinping is undoubtedly going to elevate the tie to a new high.
I want to commend the hard working Chinese farmers and engineers. They are doing great work for African people. Their hard work will bring a bright future to Africa.
As President Xi Jinping makes his visit to Africa, one can only hope that the Sino-African relationship will grow stronger, healthier, and bear even greater fruit.
South Africa will host the inaugural Sino-Africa Media Leadership Summit, which will bring together some 200 professionals from the continent and China.
The upcoming summit of the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) due to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, in early December, will take the Sino-Africa relations to a new height, La Yifan, Chinese Ambassador to Ethiopia, said on Monday.