From the US to Africa: how China sees the world as Xi’s third term begins

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Geopo­lit­i­cal rela­tions China’s pres­i­dent will have to nav­i­gate as coun­try reopens after three years of iso­la­tion As Xi Jin­ping starts his third term as China’s pres­i­dent, high on his agen­da will be strength­en­ing the country’s posi­tion on the world stage. After three years of iso­la­tion as Bei­jing tried to impose a harsh zero-Covid pol­i­cy, China…

Opinion: Africa’s Long-term Development Depends on Africans

Around the World, Business and Finance, East Africa

Edi­tor’s Notes: Julius Nyerere was an African vision­ary and pres­i­dent of Tan­za­nia from 1964 to 1985. Pre­vi­ous­ly he served as prime min­is­ter from 1961 to 1964. Nyer­ere’s phi­los­o­phy of Ujaa­ma and African self-reliance has often been cit­ed by pan-African­ists and schol­ars around the world. Benard Semen reminds us that Africans, any­where in the world, need…

What Joint Drills With South African, Russian Navies Mean for China 

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South Africa is under fire for host­ing joint naval exer­cis­es with Rus­sia dur­ing the one-year anniver­sary of the inva­sion of Ukraine, with crit­ics say­ing it will be a pro­pa­gan­da vic­to­ry for Moscow. But what does the third par­tic­i­pant in the drills, Chi­na, have to gain from the tri­par­tite exer­cis­es tak­ing place this week? Some ana­lysts told…

Canada Welcomes Record Number of Immigrants, Seeks More

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Cana­da is tout­ing the arrival of a record num­ber of new per­ma­nent res­i­dents in 2022, con­sol­i­dat­ing its sta­tus as one of the most wel­com­ing coun­tries for fam­i­lies and indi­vid­u­als seek­ing to make a new life in a for­eign land. That image is rein­forced by polling show­ing that, not only do Cana­di­ans strong­ly sup­port high lev­els of…

France’s Baguette Becomes Another Ukraine War Casualty

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The fall­out of the war in Ukraine is hit­ting even France’s icon­ic baguette, which was recent­ly added to UNESCO’s World Her­itage list. On Mon­day, French bak­ers took to the streets of Paris to protest soar­ing ener­gy and oth­er prices they say are imper­il­ing their trade. Denis Durand begins his work­days at 3:30 a.m. to bake the…