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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Xi Story: A warm greeting in Swahili

BEIJING -- Addressing audiences in Tanzania in March 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping started with the Swahili greeting "Habari," meaning "How are you?" China tightened its belt to help its African brothers build the railway, even during its own period of poverty, Xi recalled during a meeting with visiting Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan in 2022. "Now that China is …

China Africa Railway Chinese African Tanzania Zambia

5 months, 3 weeks ago

TV productions captivate Kenyan audiences

China Daily

Guests applaud after the official signing of an agreement to promote collaboration between Kenya and China in the audiovisual sector on Monday. Kenya's Bliss TV, on the other hand, will add the Chinese drama series A Very Close Relation to the many Chinese TV series, documentaries and entertainment programs they offer. Grace Njenga, CEO of Bliss TV in Kenya, said …

Film China Kenya Series Kenyan Chinese Culture Bliss Tv

1 year, 1 month ago

King Charles III meets with religious leaders to promote peace on the final day of his Kenya visit

Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya — King Charles III met with religious leaders Friday to promote peace and security in Kenya during the last day of his four-day trip. The king spent a rainy Friday morning touring Mandhry Mosque, East Africa’s oldest mosque, before meeting with Christian, Hindu, Muslim and African traditional faith leaders in an Anglican cathedral in Kenya’s coastal city of …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Some Indian ancestry in the genes of mediaeval Swahili people: new study

The Hindu

A study of centuries-old DNA has deciphered the complex ancestry of coastal East Africa's Swahili people, revealing how a cosmopolitan and prosperous medieval civilization arose thanks in large part to women from Africa and men arriving from Persia. The medieval Swahili people in city-states such as Mombasa and Zanzibar exported goods from the African interior including ivory, gold, ebony and …

Indian East Africa East African Study Genetic Persian

1 year, 8 months ago

Doctor decries gun violence after school shooting near miss

Associated Press

A pediatric surgeon who left The Covenant School in Nashville moments before a shooter opened fire, killing six people, says she is horrified by the gun violence that has plagued the U.S. Britney Grayson had just finished regaling children at the small religious grade school about Kenya, where she works on missions, when she drove out of the parking lot …

Gun Violence Children School Grayson

1 year, 11 months ago

Swahili coast tourism features deep history, bright beaches

China Daily

Da Gama was a Portuguese explorer who set out to discover a workable route around the South African Cape of Good Hope so that the Portuguese could partake in, and eventually dominate, Asian maritime trade. During his journey, he spent time on the East African coast, waiting for the monsoon winds that would propel him, with the aid of local …

Portuguese

1 year, 11 months ago

Swahili coast tourism features deep history, bright beaches

China Daily

A tourist walks along the beach next to the Indian Ocean in the resort town of Diani, south of Mombasa, on the coast of Kenya. This cosmopolitan tourist hub stretches for miles, and was the main point of contact between the Swahili people and European, Chinese, Persian, Indian and Arab merchants, explorers, diplomats and conquerors. Among the earliest visitors to …

European

1 year, 11 months ago

Swahili coast tourism features deep history, bright beaches

China Daily

A tourist walks along the beach next to the Indian Ocean in the resort town of Diani, south of Mombasa, on the coast of Kenya. This cosmopolitan tourist hub stretches for miles, and was the main point of contact between the Swahili people and European, Chinese, Persian, Indian and Arab merchants, explorers, diplomats and conquerors. Among the earliest visitors to …

European

1 year, 11 months ago

Swahili coast tourism features deep history, bright beaches

China Daily

A tourist walks along the beach next to the Indian Ocean in the resort town of Diani, south of Mombasa, on the coast of Kenya. This cosmopolitan tourist hub stretches for miles, and was the main point of contact between the Swahili people and European, Chinese, Persian, Indian and Arab merchants, explorers, diplomats and conquerors. Among the earliest visitors to …

European Deep History

1 year, 11 months ago

Swahili coast tourism features deep history, bright beaches

China Daily

A tourist walks along the beach next to the Indian Ocean in the resort town of Diani, south of Mombasa, on the coast of Kenya. This cosmopolitan tourist hub stretches for miles, and was the main point of contact between the Swahili people and European, Chinese, Persian, Indian and Arab merchants, explorers, diplomats and conquerors. Among the earliest visitors to …

European History Bright

1 year, 11 months ago

Fort Jesus, standing testament to rich past of Kenya

China Daily

A visitor poses for a selfie beside a replica of the Omani Arabs who once occupied Fort Jesus in the fort's museum. Cultural melting pot The fort was designed by Giovanni Battista Cairati, an Italian architect hired by the Portuguese to design forts in its colonial possessions in Africa and Asia, and was the first Italian-style bastion constructed outside of …

Fort Portuguese Swahili Fort Jesus

1 year, 11 months ago

Swahili coast tourism features deep history, bright beaches

China Daily

Da Gama was a Portuguese explorer who set out to discover a workable route around the South African Cape of Good Hope so that the Portuguese could partake in, and eventually dominate, Asian maritime trade. During his journey, he spent time on the East African coast, waiting for the monsoon winds that would propel him, with the aid of local …

Portuguese History Bright

2 years, 4 months ago

Facebook fails third time in blocking hate speech

The Hindu

Facebook is letting violent hate speech slip through its controls in Kenya as it has in other countries, according to a new report from the nonprofit groups Global Witness and Foxglove. Each time Global Witness has submitted ads with blatant hate speech to see if Facebook’s systems would catch it, the company failed to do so. In Ethiopia, the ads …

Global English Witness Hate Speech Ads Hate Speech

2 years, 4 months ago

In a 3rd test, Facebook still fails to block hate speech

Associated Press

Facebook is letting violent hate speech slip through its controls in Kenya as it has in other countries, according to a new report from the nonprofit groups Global Witness and Foxglove. “We’ve taken extensive steps to help us catch hate speech and inflammatory content in Kenya, and we’re intensifying these efforts ahead of the election. That’s why we have teams …

Global English Witness Hate Speech Ads Hate Speech

2 years, 8 months ago

A dead city's new life

China Daily

Part of a tomb still stands among the ruins at Gede. The Gede ruins offer insights into East Africa's past and opportunities for its future The Gede ruins, buried deep in a lush forest along Kenya's coast, present one of Kenya's greatest mysteries. The well-built houses, mosques and palaces that stand today debunk the belief that Africa was a place …

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Xi Story: A warm greeting in Swahili

TV productions captivate Kenyan audiences

King Charles III meets with religious leaders to promote peace on the final day of his Kenya visit

Some Indian ancestry in the genes of mediaeval Swahili people: new study

Doctor decries gun violence after school shooting near miss

Swahili coast tourism features deep history, bright beaches

Swahili coast tourism features deep history, bright beaches

Swahili coast tourism features deep history, bright beaches

Swahili coast tourism features deep history, bright beaches

Swahili coast tourism features deep history, bright beaches

Fort Jesus, standing testament to rich past of Kenya

Swahili coast tourism features deep history, bright beaches

Facebook fails third time in blocking hate speech

In a 3rd test, Facebook still fails to block hate speech

A dead city's new life