diplomacy&development

The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Félix Tshisekedi met on Tuesday March 24 at the Cité de l'Union Africaine in Kinshasa with the Chinese ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ambassador Zhu Jing. On this occasion, the chinese diplomat has announced to the congolese head of state the arrival of 64 tonnes of medical protection and screening equipment on Congolese soil. According to the WHO, this aid initially intended for the fight against Ebola will be used for the treatment of patients with the new coronavirus in health facilities. The donation includes surgical gowns and masks, protective aprons and thermal imaging cameras. It should be also noted that, of the 7 new patients diagnosed, 5 had stayed in Europe, according to the Ministry of Public Health. According to a clarification given on the Facebook page of the Presidency of the DRC, this batch of medical equipment was intended for the fight against Ebola. Cassien Tribun

According to the communication service of the Presidency, the latter carried a facilitation message from the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sissi meeting was in order to sweep away the dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia over the great Renaissance dam. Note that after the failure of the last round of negotiations, conducted in Washington DC between the delegations of Egypt and Ethiopia, under the aegis of the United States and the World Bank, Cairo has just decided to launch a major diplomatic offensive against European, Arab and African countries, to explain its position on the dispute that opposes it in Addis Ababa over the filling of the reservoir of the Great Dam of the Ethiopian Renaissance (GERD). The Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sameh Shoukry has embarked on Tuesday, March 17, an African journey that will take him to several African countries including South Africa, Tanzania, Sudan, Burundi, Niger and Rwanda. It should be noted that the Great Renai

Foreign Minister Marie Tumba Nzeza and her health colleague Eteni Longondo received the package on Wednesday in the presence of the Chinese ambassador to the DRC. Faced with the spread of the epidemic, China, which was the first country to face the disease, sent aid to the DRC consisting of 66 tonnes of medical materials and equipment. According to the WHO, this aid initially intended for the fight against Ebola will be used for the treatment of patients with the new coronavirus in health facilities. The donation includes surgical gowns and masks, protective aprons and thermal imaging cameras. This aid was received when the country went from 7 to 14 cases tested positive in Kinshasa this evening. Of the 7 new patients diagnosed, 5 had stayed in Europe, according to the Ministry of Public Health. It is in this context that President Tshisekedi is about to speak this evening to address the nation. The head of state who chaired a crisis meeting on Tuesd

Alibaba Group President, Chinese billionaire Jack Ma, announced a donation of 20,000 coronavirus test kits and more than 100,000 masks to African countries to help them fight the spread of the coronavirus. Jack Ma made the announcement during an audience with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Sunday March 15. He also said that the package includes a practical guide that provides information on how to treat patients with the virus. It should be noted also that The United States is facing a shortage of testing kits and medical face masks as the coronavirus continues to spread, but Alibaba billionaire Jack Ma has stepped in to help. In a statement released by his charitable foundation Friday, Ma said he worked to collect the scarce medical supplies for weeks. While the statement did not specify where in the United States the tests and masks would go, they could help alleviate a shortage of testing materials that has contributed to the US falling behind other nations on the

A week ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) decided to classify the epidemic caused by the new coronavirus COVID-19 as a pandemic. This is an important decision in the face of the rapid spread of the virus around the world.  Despite prevention and control measures, the number of infections continues to increase and more and more countries are affected. More than 190,000 people are infected, including 7,000 dead, in 159 countries and regions of the world, according to figures recorded on March 18.  On the African continent, Covid-19 has infected more than 450 people in 30 countries. While most of the cases have come from outside and the people infected have been put in isolation, local transmission has appeared in some countries. In addition to the human casualties, the Covid-19 has caused major shocks to the global economy, with falling stock markets, falling commodity prices and slowing international trade. Almost all international institutions have downgraded th