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Xinhua Journalists Cover Africa

Africa Feature: Chinese medical teams enjoy reputation in Africa


    NAIROBI, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- A 34-year-old Cameroonian lady has experienced a miracle on herself in the recent two months.

    She had desperately taken it as destiny to spend the rest of her life in bed after a four-month treatment in a French hospital failed to cure her hemiplegia and alogia, all sequelae of a stroke.

    To her amazement, only five times of acupuncture treatments by a Chinese doctor in the maternity hospital of Yaounde, Cameroonian capital, has enabled her to walk with a cane and talk once again.

Feature: A new dawn at Merowe: Sudan's path to prosperity on the Nile


  MEROWE, Sudan, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- Have you ever been to Merowe, Sudan, where Africa's largest hydropower project is being built on the Nile?

Focus: African countries invest heavily in education


  NAIROBI, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- African countries, with the help of international community, have invested heavily in the development of education, as more and more people in the continent realize that education is the key to economic growth and poverty reduction.

Africa Feature: China, Africa tied by sports


  NAIROBI, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Kenya's James Kwambi Kipsang took the men's title while China's Sun Weiwei won the women's race in the Beijing International Marathon held earlier this month.

Sino-African trade to hit 50 bln U.S. dollars in 2006


  BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- Trade between China and African countries is expected to surpass 50 billion U.S. dollars in 2006, a Ministry of Commerce official said here Wednesday.


China has educational exchanges with over 50 African countries


  BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- China has established educational exchanges and cooperatiove relations with more than 50 African countries, the Ministry of Education (MOE) said here Wednesday.


China to continue to send medical teams to Africa


  BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- China will continue to send medical teams to African countries to assist them in developing the healthcare sector, the Ministry of Health announced here Wednesday.


African nations without diplomatic ties with China invited as observers to Beijing summit


  BEIJING, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese government has invited five African nations, which do not have diplomatic ties with China, to participate in the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) as the observers, organizers of the forum said Wednesday.


Mauritian PM optimistic about first China-Africa summit


  TANANARIVE, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) -- Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam said on Tuesday that he expects the first Beijing summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), scheduled for Nov. 3-5, to be a very successful meeting.


Ethiopian PM: China not looting Africa


  ADDIS ABABA, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said on Monday China is not looting Africa and the Asian country cares about long-term economic cooperation.

Uganda to start petroleum production in 2009


    KAMPALA, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) -- Uganda is planning to begin petroleum production with a mini refinery as early as 2009, making its first step of shifting from a fuel importer to a self-reliant country.


Ugandan first lady launches family planning device


    KAMPALA, Oct. 8 (Xinhua) - Uganda's First Lady Janet Museveni has launched a new family planning device called Moon Beads over the weekend to help women control their pregnancies.


From "brothers" to "partners": China, Africa building strategic ties 


    BEIJING, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- "It is our African brothers that carried us into the United Nations." Zhang easily recalled late Chinese leader Mao Zedong's famous assertion when talking about China's connections with Africa...During a state visit to Nigeria, Chinese President Hu Jintao outlined China's Africa policy, saying that China hopes to improve cooperation with Africa in politics, economy, culture, security and international affairs to develop a new strategic partnership.

Multinational firms implicated in graft in Africa


    NAIROBI, Oct. 4 (Xinhua) -- Overseas bribery by companies from the world's export giants is still common, despite the existence of international anti-bribery laws criminalizing this practice, a leading anti-graft watchdog said in a new survey published in Nairobi Wednesday.


Minister: Egypt keen on developing stronger ties with China


    CAIRO, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's Minister of Trade and Industry Rachid Mohamed Rachid said his country was keen on "benefiting from China's great and important experience" in developing Egypt's economy and developing stronger trade and economic ties with China in the coming years.

Focusing on Africa: Chinese community increasingly integrated into "rainbow nation"


    JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese community in South Africa, which has come into being since the early 20th century, is increasingly integrated into the "rainbow nation" of diverse ethnic groups and cultures.

Focusing on Africa: Confucius Institute in S Africa organizes China Month

    JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Confucius Institute in South Africa's Stellenbosch University is organizing a "China Month," which is scheduled to be held from October 4 to 27, to celebrate Chinese culture.   

Xinhua launches Focusing on Africa news coverage program


    NAIROBI, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Xinhua News Agency, China's state news agency, kicked off a special news coverage program, Focusing on Africa, on Sunday as four of its staff reporters departed for Johannesburg, South Africa, from the Xinhua Africa Regional Bureau in Nairobi. 
 

Full text: China's African Policy

   
    The first few years of the new century witness a continuation of complex and profound changes in the international situation and further advance of globalization. Peace and development remain the main themes of our times. Safeguarding peace, promoting development and enhancing cooperation, which are the common desire of all peoples, represent the irresistible historical trend. On the other hand, destabilizing factors and uncertainties in the international situation are on the rise. Security issues of various kinds are interwoven. Peace remains evasive and development more pressing.

Profile of Journalists Covering Africa

              

Chen Yao

Wang Lulu

Zhang Chongfang

Feng Xue

             

Wang Ying

  Wang Hongda

Yuan Ye

Cheng Zhiliang

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