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(FEATURE) A Chinese agronomist’s 18-year dedication to sowing hope on Madagascar’s rice dream

BY XINHUA ANTANANARIVO, June 5 (Xinhua) — As usual, 67-year-old Chinese agronomist Hu Yuefang started his day at dawn, donning a wide-brimmed hat and draping a towel over his shoulders….

(FEATURE) How Mauritania banks on Chinese desert control method to curb spread of Sahara

BY XINHUA: Si Yuan NOUAKCHOTT, June 3 (Xinhua) — Under the scorching sun, rows of drip irrigation lines lay neatly across a stretch of sandy fields in Bir El Barka,…

Court acquits Onyango Oloo, 11 others in LBDA housing project corruption scandal

BY MANUEL ODENY The Anti-Corruption Court has acquitted former TNA leader, Onyango Oloo, and 11 others, in a corruption case involving the LBDA housing project in Mamboleo, Kisumu This comes…

Ethiopia reports first mpox case at Moyale, near Kenyan border as Africa CDC urges aggressive action against outbreak

BY XINHUA ADDIS ABABA, May 30 (Xinhua) — The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has called for aggressive efforts to control mpox in southern Ethiopia to…

Trump escalates war with Harvard with 15% cap on foreign students remarks

BY XINHUA WASHINGTON, May 28 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that there should be a cap of around 15 percent on foreign students at Harvard University,…

Billionaire Elon Musk leaving U.S gov’t role

BY XINHUA NEW YORK, May 28 (Xinhua) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that he is leaving his government role as an adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump. “As…

African military chiefs all for unity to confront emerging security threats in continent

BY XINHUA NAIROBI, May 28 (Xinhua) — Military chiefs from Africa on Wednesday rallied behind the call for solidarity to improve the response to new forms of security threats, including…

Activists call for safe abortion, end of stigma during burial of Ulanda Girls student who died in botched abortion

BY MANUEL ODENY Gender activists have called on end of restrictions and stigma on access of abortion in Kenya after a high school student in Migori county died while trying…