LONDO MNCUBE | Africa should be following in China's footsteps instead of spreading unfair and unnecessary hatred.
Not only is the current finger-pointing and contempt without investigation of the facts misleading, it has served to highlight a crippling ignorance of the changing nature of information warfare.
There is a growing offensive on China that seeks to discredit and attack the bilateral and beneficial relations between China and African countries.This undermines the real scope of China's influence in Africa and the cooperation between China and Africa that is based on mutual respect for the benefit of both parties.
Against this backdrop, the Guangzhou municipality government has been taking upgraded measures, including a compulsory 14 days of quarantine isolation in designated places for Chinese and foreign nationals, upon their entry to China. Nigerian foreign minister Geoffrey Onyeama issued a statement about the incident in China being misinterpreted by many Africans as"targeting", when in fact the Nigerians selected by the Chinese had tested positive for Covid-19 and needed to be quarantined, as per the requirements of the World Health Organisation .
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