The 29th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) opened here on Wednesday, bringing together about 20,000 representatives from political, business and academic circles from more than 100 countries and territories. The four-day event, themed “Pragmatic Dialogue: The Path to a Stable Future,” focuses on fostering new models of globalContinue Reading
Betting on “Taiwan independence” has no future and will only cost Eswatini its development opportunities, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Wednesday. According to media in Africa and the Taiwan region, before and after Lai Ching-te’s visit to Eswatini, the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities provided theContinue Reading
CGTN The world’s largest offshore converter station, known as the “Heart of Offshore Wind,” has arrived at the installation site of the Qingzhou offshore wind farm in Yangjiang, south China’s Guangdong Province. Offshore float-over installation operations are scheduled to begin on Thursday. The “Heart of Offshore Wind” is theContinue Reading
China is steadily expanding the opening up of the telecom sector, with 166 foreign-funded enterprises having received approvals for pilot operations in value-added telecom services since the first batch of such approvals was issued in February 2025, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology said on Wednesday. These enterprisesContinue Reading
The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday elected Austria, Kyrgyzstan, Portugal, Trinidad and Tobago and Zimbabwe to the 15-member U.N. Security Council for two-year terms starting on January 1, 2027. Germany, which had lobbied hard for a seat, came third for the two places contested by the Western EuropeanContinue Reading
By our Correspondent Barely weeks into his tenure, the new Minister of Power, Mr. Joseph Tegbe is already recording tangible operational wins, as the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) and key generation firms execute long-delayed improvements across the national grid. In a series of developments underscoring a more responsiveContinue Reading
By our Correspondent China’s Assistant Foreign Minister and Director-General of the Protocol Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hong Lei, received the copies of credentials presented by Nigeria’s newly appointed Ambassador to Beijing, Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau. Dambazau, a retired top Nigerian military general, will be Nigeria’s 15th envoyContinue Reading
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday said China hopes the British side will provide Chinese enterprises with a fair, just and non-discriminatory business environment, and foster a sound atmosphere for the development of bilateral ties and the deepening of cooperation between the two countries. Wang, also a memberContinue Reading
Economic and investment co-operation will be the main theme of the third Russia–Africa Summit, which will be held in Moscow in October. Tatyana Dovgalenko, Director of the Department for Partnership with Africa of the Russian Foreign Ministry, said this, according to an African Initiative correspondent. SSpeaking during a conferenceContinue Reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with Tanzanian leader Samia Suluhu Hassan on June 3 while on state visit. A source close to the leadership of the African country told African Initiative. The Tanzanian presidential delegation is expected to include Foreign Minister Mahmoud Thabit Kombo, Minister of StateContinue Reading
