By Mpho Tebele Gaborone-Botswana and China are headed for a diplomatic showdown with Beijing warning Gaborone not to allow the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama,…

By Timo Shihepo WINDHOEK – The Namibian government has said that the country’s relations with China are still sound despite government agencies issuing warnings about Chinese nationals, especially…

By Haley J. Swedlund In keeping with a two decades long diplomatic tradition, the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi chose Africa for his first overseas visit of…

BEIJING – China has expressed doubts about exorbitant tariffs imposed by the European Union (EU) on steel products from China, calling for an end to such unfair…

>Lahja Nashuuta WINDHOEK-CHINESE nationals involved in criminal activities in Namibia are straining diplomatic relations between the two countries, The Southern Times has learnt. Namibia and the East…

Ross Harvey CHINA HAS published a notice that the processing and sale of ivory and ivory products “will be stopped by December 31, 2017”. China’s credible commitment to this…

By Lyndal Rowlands UNITED NATIONS - NINE of the world’s top 10 arms exporters will sit on the UN Security Council between mid-2016 and mid-2018. The nine…

By Mpho Tebele GABORONE-CHINA’S popularity in Africa and influence in the continent is very strong, a report released by Afro barometer revealed this week. The report states that…

By  Andreas Thomas Windhoek – Namibia and China have enjoyed a healthy diplomatic relationship for many years. This relationship dates back to early 1960 when China provided political…

By Lovemore Ranga Mataire DECADES after European imperialists parcelled out Africa for their own imperial needs, the continent is once again at the centre of a struggle for…

By Mpho Tebele Gaborone - Former Permanent Secretary to the President and High Commissioner to Australia, Ambassador Molosiwa Selepeng has urged Botswana to engage with Eastern countries like…

IF THERE is a modern gateway from the east to Africa, it is arguably Addis Ababa’s airport. Passengers passing through its dusty terminals on their way to…

By Tichaona Kurewa HARARE - CHINA has remained the top importer of Zimbabwe’s tobacco in 2016, figures out this week showed. The Tobacco Industry and Marketing Board (TIMB)…

By Lily Kuo When Lamin Ceesay, an energetic 25-year-old from Gambia, arrived in China last year, he thought his life had made a turn for the better. As…

Beijing – Chinese President Xi Jinping’s state visits to Serbia, Poland and Uzbekistan, will significantly boost China’s relationship with Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and Central Asia,…

LONDON – Aluminium hit a six-month peak on Wednesday as the appetite for risk increased among investors who took a more upbeat view on the Chinese economy…

By Chandra N Mohan Thanks to tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, major oil producers could not come to an agreement in Doha to freeze their output…

The US dollar traded mixed early Wednesday after the previous day’s sharp decline. The AUD/USD and NZD/USD had trouble following through to the upside after posting strong…

By Carlos Lopes With a land mass of over 30 million square kilometres, Africa is as big as India, China, the US and most of Europe combined.…

By Mpho Tebele Gaborone- Botswana has revealed that it has applied to benefit from China’s US$60 billion development package earmarked for Africa over the next one year. Responding…