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In December 2020, the South Sudan government launched the export of Gum Arabic, also known as Acacia Gum, for the first time to the international market in a bid to reduce the overreliance on oil revenue. The country has large quantities of the Gum Arabic trees in the central, western, and northern parts of the country. Net photo.

South Sudan looks to exploit Gum Arabic amid slump in oil export

Monday, March 25, 2024

Kenya receives new wagons from China for railway freight operations. COURTESY

Kenya receives new wagons from China for railway freight operations

Tuesday, March 05, 2024

Ethiopia launches innovative satellite data service in partnership with China. INTERNET PHOTO

Ethiopia launches innovative satellite data service in partnership with China

Tuesday, March 05, 2024

Cross-border cargo trucks transporting goods from Tanzania to Rwanda. CRAISH BAHIZI

UNECA calls for boosting intra-Africa trade to spur integrated development

Monday, March 04, 2024

Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council. INTERNET PHOTO

Sudan's army chief urges for restoring membership in AU

Monday, March 04, 2024

Vintage cars travel on a highway during a grand vintage car cruise in Cairo, Egypt, on March 1, 2024. (Xinhua/Ahmed Gomaa)

Vintage car enthusiasts join highway cruise in Cairo

Saturday, March 02, 2024

A medical worker administers a dose of flu vaccine to a recipient at a medical center in Rosemead, California, the United States, on Dec. 10, 2022. (Xinhua)

U.S. researchers identify new antibodies targeting "dark side" of influenza virus protein

Saturday, March 02, 2024

Kenyan President William Ruto participates in the groundbreaking ceremony for the Talanta Sports City in Nairobi, Kenya, March 1, 2024. Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday participated in the groundbreaking ceremony for the Chinese-built Talanta Sports City in Nairobi, Kenya's capital.

Kenyan president attends groundbreaking ceremony for Chinese-built stadium

Saturday, March 02, 2024

A train of Lagos Rail Mass Transit Red Line is seen at Ikeja station in Lagos, Nigeria, Feb. 29, 2024. The first phase of a Chinese-built state-of-the-art light rail project in Nigeria's southwestern state of Lagos was inaugurated Thursday by President Bola Tinubu, opening a new chapter in addressing the challenges of traffic congestion and commuting delays that have long plagued the country's economic powerhouse.

Chinese-built light rail project inaugurated in Nigeria's state of Lagos

Saturday, March 02, 2024

Thousands of people are facing extreme drought in Somalia.Internet

Over 58 mln people face food insecure in Greater Horn of Africa: report

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

In 2021, a combined force of UPDF elements drawn from infantry, motorized brigade, artillery, armored and special forces command moved into DR Congo and launched an offensive operation against ADF terrorists.

Uganda on high alert amid worsening tensions in eastern DR Congo

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake jolted southern Türkiye and Syria at midnight on February 6, 2023, followed by a 7.7-magnitude one the next afternoon. In Türkiye, the quakes devastated 11 provinces, killing more than 53,000 people and displacing millions.

Recovery from 2023 Türkiye earthquakes faces many difficulties, says Hatay mayor

Sunday, February 25, 2024

This image provided by Intuitive Machines shows its Odysseus lunar lander and the Earth on Feb. 16, 2024. U.S. company Intuitive Machines' first lunar lander touched down on the moon on Feb. 22, 2024, marking the first American spacecraft to land on the lunar surface in more than 50 years. (Intuitive Machines/Handout via Xinhua)

U.S. makes first lunar landing in over 50 years

Saturday, February 24, 2024

With over 300 dive sites, some of which are recognised globally, dive tourism contributed more than 73 billion pesos (US$1.3 billion) to the Philippine economy in 2023, nearly twice the revenue the industry earned in 2022, the country's Department of Tourism said Friday. The Philippines as an archipelago, at the centre of the coral triangle, is home to biologically diverse marine and aquatic resources.

Diving tourism contributes 1.3 bln USD to Philippine economy in 2023

Saturday, February 24, 2024

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly (C) witnesses the signing of an agreement between Egypt and the United Arab Emirates in New Administrative Capital, Egypt, on Feb. 23, 2024. Egypt and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed the deal on Friday to build a new city on Egypt's northern coast, with the aim of boosting tourism, investment and foreign currency reserves. (Str/Xinhua)

Egypt, UAE sign deal to develop new city on Egypt's northern coast

Saturday, February 24, 2024

Bond trading at the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) has hit a record high, boosted by foreign investors seeking to cash in as yields on the securities rise.

Foreign investors push Kenya's bond market trading to historic high

Saturday, February 24, 2024

China's envoy to South Sudan, Amb Ma Qiang, speaks during the opening ceremony of the Teacher Training Programme under the China-Aided Phase II Technical Cooperation Project of Education in South Sudan on November 15, 2023. Net

South Sudan sends third batch of teachers to China for training

Saturday, February 24, 2024

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El Nino rains leave Kenya's arid areas grappling with diseases

Friday, February 23, 2024