South Sudanese President Salva Kiir (right) talks with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in Juba, South Sudan, Dec 26, 2013. [Photo/Icpress.cn]
An unusually heavy downpour hit Durban for two days before the BRICS summit's debut on African soil, but interest for a better platform for emerging markets were still sparked at the summit.