China pledges $60 billion development fund for Africa
Chinese President Xi Jinping, addressing African leaders in Johannesburg on Friday unveils a $60 billion fund to promote cooperation and support development efforts in Africa. […]
South Sudan
Africa is ‘tired of being in the dark’ AfDB Boss tells Paris COP21 Summit
President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, who pledged to bring electricity to the poorest parts of the continent within a decade, said on […]
South Sudan: Cargo plane crash kills at least 41
Russian-made Antonov cargo plane with passengers on board crashed on Wednesday after taking off from the airport in South Sudan’s capital, killing at least 41 […]
UN hostages freed in South-Soudan
Thirteen United Nations workers kidnapped by rebels in southern Sudan a week ago have been released, UN said in a statement on Monday. On October […]
South Sudan: Rebel group to ratify peace deal
South Sudan’s rebel leader, Riek Machar, said his group will ratify the recently signed peace agreement on Tuesday as part of efforts to restore peace […]
South Sudan: Kiir fails to endorse peace plan on deadline
South Sudan’s president refused to sign a peace deal with the country’s main rebel leader, Riek Machar, by a Monday deadline set to end a […]
SABMiller may be forced to close South Sudan Unit – officials
SABMiller Plc., the world’s second-biggest brewer, may be forced to halt operations in South Sudan unless it’s able to access foreign currency and fuel needed […]
Obama’s talks in Ethiopia focus on security, human rights
After a landmark trip to Kenya, his father’s birthplace, the US President Barack Obama flew to Addis Ababa late on Sunday on the first visit […]
China Wu Yi Co to build roads in Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia for $ 73 million
The construction firm China Wuyi Co Ltd announced on Monday it had won $73.2 million worth of contracts for the construction of roads in Kenya […]
South Sudan: Rebel group accuses China of destabilization with weapon supply
Peter Mabior Riiny, deputy head of the youth wing of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-in-Opposition (SPLM-IO), a rebel group, has claimed that China is supplying […]