KAMPALA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Embassy in Uganda on Friday held a send-off ceremony for 39 Ugandan students set to pursue studies in various disciplines under Chinese government scholarships.

ALMATY, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Construction of Kazakhstan's first nuclear power plant has officially begun near the village of Ulken in the Almaty Region, the country's Kazinform News Agency reported ...

CAPE TOWN, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- South Africa's Department of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment has upheld the environmental approval for a new nuclear power station to be built near Cape Town.

LUSAKA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Zambian government has taken immediate steps to engage the United States, following the latter's decision to impose a deposit requirement of up to 15,000 U.S. dollars on ...

The 2025 tobacco marketing season, which opened in March, closed on Thursday with sales surging to 1.2 billion U.S. dollars, the country's tobacco industry regulator said in a statement on Friday, ...

ACCRA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama on Thursday night urged national unity as the country mourned the victims of Wednesday's military helicopter crash.

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia on Friday began the first air shipment of fresh durians to China, a Ministry of Commerce official said. Buon Sarakmony, a secretary of state at the Ministry of ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday certified Kenya as having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis, also known as sleeping sickness, as a public health challenge, making it the 10th ...

NAIROBI, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- Some 160 rural youth from Nyamira County in western Kenya graduated Friday from a digital skill training program sponsored by Chinese telecoms firm Huawei, boosting their ...

LUSAKA, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- The African Union (AU) on Friday called on members to make deliberate and bold decisions to address the challenges hindering the growth of the agricultural sector across the ...

KISUMU, Kenya, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- At least 21 people were killed in a road accident in Kisumu County, western Kenya, on Friday evening, police confirmed. ■ ...

China on Friday stepped up support for its northwestern Gansu Province, which has recently been hit by flooding. The country's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on Friday said that it ...