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A Long March-4B carrier rocket carrying the Gaofen-11 05 satellite blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province on July 19, 2024. (Photo by Feng Yang/Xinhua)
International
PHOTOS: China launches new Earth observation satellite
Customers visit a store of Chinese automotive brand Neta in Nairobi, Kenya, July 5, 2024. Chinese automotive brand Neta announced its entry into the Kenyan market on June 26, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)
Africa
PHOTOS: Customers visit Chinese automotive brand Neta’s store in Kenya
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, also the leader of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), delivers a speech after a meeting of the ANC's National Executive Committee in Johannesburg, South Africa, June 6, 2024. South Africa's ANC said Wednesday that it has started engagements with major political parties in the country to form a national unity government after losing an outright majority of seats in the National Assembly in the just-concluded general elections. (Photo by Shiraaz Mohamed/Xinhua)
Africa
South Africa's ANC starts engagements with other parties to form unity government
Photo taken on June 3, 2024 shows the first African high-level forum on Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University of Morocco in Sale, Morocco. The first African high-level forum on Artificial Intelligence (AI) wrapped on Wednesday in Sale, northwestern Morocco, with reaching the "Rabat Consensus" on AI application in Africa. (Xinhua/Huo Jing)
Africa
First African high-level forum on AI wrap up with "Rabat Consensus"
This file photo taken on Jan. 14, 2024 shows Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly speaking at a delivering ceremony of the office building of the Central Business District (CBD) project in the new administrative capital, east of Cairo, Egypt. (Photo by Li Binghong/Xinhua)
Africa
Egypt's PM tasked with forming new gov't after cabinet's resignation
A staff member of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) works at the National Results Operations Center in Midrand, South Africa, on May 31, 2024. The ruling African National Congress (ANC) is currently leading in South Africa's 2024 national and provincial elections, with about 42 percent of the votes, as the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) has counted over 60 percent of the ballots by Friday noon. (Xinhua/Zhang Yudong)
Africa
ANC leads at 42% as over 60% of votes counted in South Africa elections
Students perform during a joint conference of African Confucius institutes at the University of Nairobi in Nairobi, Kenya, on May 30, 2024. The 2024 Joint Conference of Confucius Institutes in Africa commenced Thursday in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss the cooperation and development of Chinese language training centers across the continent. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)
Africa
Kenya hosts joint conference of African Confucius institutes
Malagasy President Andry Rajoelina (R) casts his vote at a polling station in Antananarivo, Madagascar, on May 29, 2024. The parliamentary election in Madagascar took place on Wednesday, with citizens voting to elect 163 deputies to the National Assembly. (Xinhua/Sitraka Rajaonarison)
Africa
Madagascar holds parliamentary election
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa casts his ballot at a polling station in Soweto in Johannesburg, South Africa, on May 29, 2024. South Africans began to cast their ballots on Wednesday morning in the country's 2024 general elections. (Xinhua/Zhang Yudong)
Africa
South Africans begin to cast ballots in general elections
A corn field is seen in the suburb of Harare, capital of Zimbabwe, April 3, 2024. (Photo by Shaun Jusa/Xinhua)
Africa
Drought-hit Zimbabwe raises aid appeal to 3.3 bln USD
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (Front) speaks at a Security Council meeting at the UN headquarters in New York, on May 23, 2024. Guterres said Thursday that there is a need to embed African participation and leadership across the global peace and security architecture. (Manuel Elias/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)
Africa
UN chief calls for African role in global peace and security architecture
Vital Kamerhe, deputy prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), was on Wednesday elected president of the National Assembly, the country's lower house of parliament. Internet
Africa
Kamerhe elected speaker of DR Congo lower house
People check in at the newly-built domestic passenger terminal at Bole International Airport in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on May 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)
Africa
Ethiopian Airlines inaugurates Chinese-built terminal, doubling passenger capacity
A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying four satellites blasts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, May 20, 2024. (Photo by Zheng Bin/Xinhua)
International
China sends four satellites into space
A person shows a new currency Zimbabwe Gold banknote in Harare, Zimbabwe, on May 15, 2024. (Photo by Shaun Jusa/Xinhua)
Africa
Zimbabwe cracks down on illegal money traders to stabilize new currency ZiG
The Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) has postponed the next two rounds of the country's top league due to severe floods. Internet
Football
Brazil halts top football league as flooding death toll rises
People experience an electric taxi during a pilot program ceremony in New Administrative Capital, Egypt, on May 15, 2024. Egypt kicked off the pilot program on Wednesday for operating the country's first fleet of electric taxis in its newly-built New Administrative Capital (NAC), aiming to provide eco-friendly and smart transportation options. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)
Africa
Egypt trials 1st fleet of electric taxis in New Administrative Capital
Minister of Water and Environment Sam Cheptoris told reporters that the water level of Lake Victoria, has risen to its highest level. Internet
Africa
Uganda warns of rising water levels in lakes, rivers

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