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[IPS] United Nations — Thirteen years since becoming an independent state, South Sudan faces profound humanitarian challenges. South Sudan’s first Independence Day was imbued with a great sense of hope. Source

[ANGOP] Luanda — A vegetable and palm oils factory will be opened in Luanda in October this year, with an expected creation of 400 jobs, in a private initiative of the Naval business group. Source

[ISS] To succeed in tackling al-Shabaab, the new peace support operation needs appropriate resourcing and protection from regional tensions. Source

[New Times] Rwanda and Sierra Leone on Monday, August 26, inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the field of internal security and correctional services, according to the Ministry of Interior. Source

[Seychelles News Agency] Popular Seychellois reggae artist, Golty Farabeau, who moved to the United Kingdom some 20 years ago is appealing to fans and well-wishers in the country to help him raise much-needed funds to return to Seychelles. Source

[Premium Times] What began as a spiteful effort to provoke Nigerians has unexpectedly turned into a full-blown campaign for Miss Kwara. Source

[New Times] Bruce Cyemayire, a student with autism, defied expectations as he excelled in his Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE). Source

[Egypt Online] Dr. Rania A. Al-Mashat, the Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation, and OKA Hiroshi, Ambassador of Japan to Egypt, held the annual meeting of Egypt-Japan High-Level Policy Dialogue for development cooperation at the headquarters of the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation in the New Administrative Capital. Source

[allAfrica] Namibia intends to “cull” 21 elephants in the dry north-west of the country where a small population of desert elephants roam Source

[AIM] Tsangano — Daniel Chapo, the candidate of Mozambique’s ruling Frelimo Party for the presidential election scheduled for 9 October, promised that, if he wins, he will bring agricultural mechanization to the fertile district of Tsangano, in the central province of Tete. Source