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Kenya plans to ask China for a longer repayment period on $5 billion of loans it used to build a new railway line, Transport Secretary-designate Kipchumba Murkomen said. Servicing the Export-Import Bank of China loans, which mature in 15 to 20 years, is choking the economy, Murkomen told lawmakers Wednesday at a confirmation hearing...

Kenya's military delegation has visited the Indian Military Academy, as part of measures to strengthen Indo-Kenya ties and defence cooperation. The delegation was led by Maj Gen FG Ahmed, Commandant who was accompanied by a high-level delegation comprising five members from Kenya Military Academy.Maj Gen FG Ahmed is the first woman to hold the rank...

A delegation from the Horn of Africa Initiative (HoAI) Secretariat will travel to Juba on Sunday 11th to 16th September 2022, to complete the onboarding process of Republic of South Sudan into the Horn of Africa Initiative. The delegation will be composed of Mr. Iradj Alikhani, Team Leader, Mr. Danilo Desiderio, Trade Expert, and...

On the occasion of the Africa day commemorated which is on May 25th of every year, the International Relations of the National Assembly of People’s Power of the Cuba released a statement to put particular stress on the importance of exchange and at the parliamentary level in the development of ties between peoples and governments.

Several students in Pakistan participated in a march this week to mark the 38th anniversary of the ban on student unions imposed by former president General Ziaul Haq, reported local media. The protesters asked all political parties to unanimously pass legislation in parliament to decriminalise student politics, reported Dawn. Criminalising politics...

India and France have announced plans to enhance scientific cooperation in marine science and technology and also exchanges of students and researchers with aims to monitor, protect and sustainably use marine living and non-living resources and the biodiversity of the seas and ocean. The two countries have agreed on a roadmap on blue economy...

BEIJING, May 11 (Reuters) - A United Nations Weibo post on the World Health Organization chief's comments that China's zero-tolerance COVID-19 policy is not sustainable was removed from the Chinese social media platform on Wednesday morning shortly after being published. WeChat, another Chinese social media platform, disabled the sharing function of a similar post...

The Taliban regime has now banned students and teachers from wearing neckties in schools. The fresh move coming weeks after the regime that swept into power late last year banned girls from attending secondary school in what has sparked international condemnation. A spokesperson at the Ministry of Education of the Islamic...

After three years of repeated attempts to get her digital national identity card, Rubina, a woman from Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi, decided to take her battle to court, winning a landmark victory. Until then, Pakistanis had not been able to get the Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) unless they presented their father’s ID...

SAN FRANCISCO —  Australia's already cool relations with China have declined again during the past few weeks over a new spate of incidents, experts in the Asia Pacific say. Canberra announced Thursday it would add military personnel to work more closely with allies despite China's objections in late 2021. In February...