Xiplomacy: How China’s President Xi Jinping’s foreign relations are driven ordinary people’s social and economic needs
During his visit to Tajikistan in September 2014, Xi attended a ceremony marking the commencement of a China-Tajikistan joint thermal power plant in Dushanbe. Seeing the difficulties faced by local people due to shortages of electricity and heating, Xi said he had experienced hardship himself and empathised with them. Projects truly benefiting local people were the best ones, he added.
Linda Mwananchi Movement parliamentary aspirant for Mt Elgon seat Nathan Wasama killed in suspected assassination
A Mount Elgon parliamentary aspirant Nathan Wasama Masai paid with life following a declaration that he would vie for the seat on Edwin Sifuna-led Linda Mwananchi Movement that has eroded the influence of established political parties in western Kenya. The killing, described by locals as an assassination to wad off...
Turkana County, SNV Netherlands partner to support 10,000 youths in fisheries and aquaculture development
CASHA – Creating Shared Value in the Livestock Sector with Young People in Kenya’s ASALs – is a five-year initiative led by SNV aimed at creating climate-resilient jobs for 200,000 youth and women across arid and semi-arid regions.
