South Sudan: Conference examines concern over lack of oil sector transparency
They will also look at accountability around the operations of the extractive industries.
The one day conference held in Juba is part of a plan for South Sudan to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) the body that oversees fair play in the global oil and gas sector.
In Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has said he will no longer seek a two-year extension to his term in office. The move had been viewed as political and sparked clan-based fighting in Mogadishu between soldiers supporting and opposing him.
And, we hear about the mobile grocery store helping residents in Johannesburg
(Image: An abandoned oil treatment facility at Thar Jath in Unity State. Credit: Getty Images)
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