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China Unicom confirms involvement with bidder for Nigerian Telecommunications

China Unicom last night released a report, confirming its involvement in the recent privatization of Nigerian Telecommunications Plc. China Unicom (Europe), a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Unicom, ... Read More

China hopes for early restoration of Niger’s constitutional order

China hoped the constitutional order in Niger could be restored as soon as possible, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said in Beijing Tuesday. China was concerned about the situation in Niger and a... Read More

Chinese in Niger return home as situation calms down

As the situation in the capital gradually calmed down after the coup, the more than 100 Chinese who have been living in Niger’s Chinese embassy began to return home on Monday. An embassy officia... Read More

Tullow partners with CNOOC, Total to develop oil sector in Uganda

Tullow Oil has decided to partner with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and France’s Total to develop oil sector in western Uganda, a Ugandan official said on Wednesday. Fred Kaba... Read More

Chinese in Nigeria hold gala to celebrate lunar New Year

More than 800 Chinese and their foreign friends gathered in Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial and largest city, on Sunday to celebrate the first day of Chinese lunar New Year with dragon dance, delici... Read More

Tanzanian first lady commends Chinese community’s contribution to local development

Tanzanian first lady Salma Kikwete on Sunday highlighted Chinese community’s contribution to the local development, noting that Chinese community in Tanzania is part of the local society and the... Read More

Nigeria willing to enhance tourism co-op with China

Nigeria is willing to enhance cooperation with China in the tourism sector, an official of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC) said on Friday. Olusegun Runsewe, director-general of the... Read More

Saudi Arabia, Angola, Iran remain top 3 oil suppliers to China

Saudi Arabia, Angola and Iran remained the three largest oil sources for China in 2009, with the three supplying 47.7 percent of China’s total imports, according data released Wednesday by the G... Read More

China calls for int’l efforts to push Sudan issue settlement

China said Friday it would like to work with the international community to strive for proper settlement of the Sudan issue, with the precondition of ensuring peace and stability in the country. Forei... Read More

Chinese vice premier meets African Development Bank president

China hopes African Development Bank (ADB)maintain its efforts to further the Sino-African friendship of cooperation,Vice Premier Wang Qishan said in Beijing Thursday. Meeting with the visiting ADB Pr... Read More

Africa, China need each other: Gabonese president

The partnership between China and Africa should be further strengthened, as the two sides need each other, Gabonese President Ali Bongo said Monday in an exclusive interview with Xinhua. Bongo is here... Read More

China reschedules Zimbabwe steel maker debt

China has rescheduled to 2013 the debt of Zimbabwe’s biggest iron and steel maker following a request by the Zimbabwean government, according to official sources. Zimbabwean Industry and Interna... Read More

ZTE inks 378 mln USD deal with South Africa’s Cell C on network turnkey supply

ZTE Corporation, China’s largest telecom equipment producer by market value, said it signed contract with Cell C (PTY) Ltd., a mobile telecom operator in South Africa, to provide telecom facilit... Read More

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