Xi offers African leaders more aid as China challenges US-led global order Xi said China would eliminate tariffs on products from most of the world’s poorest countries, including 33 in Africa, in an expansion of existing exemptions. World 06 Sep, 2024
World Population hits 8 billion, creating many challenges The world's population is projected to hit an estimated 8 billion people on Tuesday, according to a United Nations projection, with much of the growth coming from developing nations in Africa. Nepal 15 Nov, 2022
High-Level Commission calls for urgent action against sexual and reproductive health and rights The High-Level Commission on the Nairobi Summit on ICPD25 Follow-up has launched a groundbreaking new report making sexual and reproductive justice a vehicle for delivering on people’s rights and choices. Nepal 08 Nov, 2022
Samia Suluhu Hassan becomes Tanzania's first woman president Samia Suluhu Hassan, 61, made history Friday when she was sworn in as Tanzania’s first female president two days after the death was announced of her controversial predecessor, John Magufuli, who denied that COVID-19 is a problem in the East African country. World 19 Mar, 2021
