AFRICA

South Sudan leaders discuss ties, peace implementation with Ethiopian PM Juba, South Sudan | Xinhua |  South Sudan President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar on Monday met with visiting Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali to discuss bilateral ties and outstanding issues in implementing a 2018 peace …

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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The M23 rebels have announced their readiness to withdraw and hand over five positions in Masisi territory, North Kivu province, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. In his statement issued on Saturday afternoon, Lawrence Kanyuka, the M23 police spokesperson, said they are set to withdraw from …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Eleven countries in eastern and southern Africa are currently experiencing an exponential rise in cholera cases amid a surge in deaths, said the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Friday. UNICEF said the 11 countries are experiencing an extremely worrying cholera outbreak with 67,822 cases and 1,788 estimated …

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The Chinese Embassy in Ethiopia on Friday inaugurated the China visa application center in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. According to a statement from the Chinese Embassy, the newly inaugurated visa application center is responsible for handling some consular document applications and consular authentication, as …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | The Kenyan shilling hit the lowest level ever against the U.S. dollar this week as the East African nation grapples with a dollar shortage crisis, the Central Bank of Kenya said in its update of the financial markets released Friday. The shilling traded at an average of …

Lilongwe, Malawi | Xinhua | The World Health Organization (WHO) has described Malawi’s cholera outbreak as the largest in Africa as the country has so far contributed nearly 40 percent of total cases recorded in 12 countries across the continent. WHO Regional Health Security Advisor Ambrose Talisuna said this during his presentation …

Kinshasa, DRC | Xinhua | A delegation of the UN Security Council arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Thursday to embark on a working visit until Sunday to assess the security situation on the ground and the mandate of its peacekeeping force. In a statement to the press …

Kinshasa, DRC | Xinhua | Uhuru Kenyatta, former president of Kenya, is to pay a 48-hour working visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from Friday, the Congolese presidency has announced. According to the Congolese presidency, the visit of Kenyatta, who is also the facilitator of the East African Community …

Long clichéd as a no-rush continent, Africa is turning into a fledging market for luxury timepieces on the back of rising consumer spending on luxury goods and the investment opportunity associated with pre-owned top-brand watches Johannesburg, South Africa | BIRD AGENCY | From “no rush” to “time is precious”, a …