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Emergency work on the Sena rail line in the central Mozambican province of Sofala, following a major derailment on 23 June, have been concluded, much earlier than initially expected, reports Friday's issue of the Maputo daily "Noticias".
Not a single day, if not hour, passes by without a motor vehicle accident occurring in Namibia. The insurance industry is inundated with claims making that side of business rather unprofitable to say the least.
A new bus operator will begin ferrying commuters in Durban from next month, says Transport Minister Sbu Ndebele.
Government is investing R25 billion over the Medium Term Expenditure Framework period to stabilise and upgrade rail passenger transport services in the country.
Transport Minister Sibusiso Ndebele has vowed to combat fraud and corruption with regards to procurement and tender processes, the Road Accident Fund and issuing drivers' licences.
After consulting with stakeholders in the taxi industry, government is ready to establish a negotiating forum to produce new and lasting solution regarding the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRT).
THE four Chinese locomotives, which cost about N$36 million and arrived in Namibia five years ago, could be used for only 33 months and suffered 265 failures during that time from October 2004 until June 2007, Parliament was told yesterday.
Bike riders in Yaounde are busy going about their business despite rumour about strike.
LONDON Stock Exchange-listed investment firm, LonZim has structured a deal that would see Fly540 Africa airline, commence operations in Zimbabwe by September.
THE Niger-Delta River Pilots Union has petitioned Delta State governor, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, over its disagreement with the management of Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), Warri, urging him to quickly intervene for the ongoing-multibillion naira Federal Government's Escravos-Gas-to-Liquid (EGTL) project not to be disrupted.
Construction giant Julius Berger Plc has resumed work on the abandoned Ota Bridge and road project following the release of N1.5 billion from the 2009 budget.
The Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), Dr. Harold Demuren has said that the agency would not take excuse from any carrier in the country over maintenance of aircraft, training and other safety related issues involved in their operations
The Federal Government has asked the management of the Federal Road Maintenance Agency (FERMA) to immediately take measures to commence "limited maintenance work" on the damaged portions of the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway to ease the present difficulties motorists are currently facing.
Eleven persons, including a two -year old baby, were yesterday feared dead in two separate road accidents in Ogun and Delta states.
EIGHTY motorists were on Wednesday convicted for traffic violations by a mobile court sitting at Federal Secretariat, Abuja. The motorists were sentenced to two weeks imprisonment or asked to pay fines of between N2,000 and N15,000, depending on the number of offences preferred against them.
UGANDA's inland car depot in Mombasa has finally been granted a licence to operate after two and a half years since its completion. The car depot, which can handle 3,000 vehicles daily, sits on five acres.
The Gauteng Provincial Government recently branded buses and taxis using public transportation hubs for ease of recognition and in order to ease Confederations Cup traffic congestion.
Motorists caught repeatedly driving in the bus and minibus taxi (BMT) lane on the N2 during morning peak hour traffic now face arrest.
Tullow Oil, the biggest oil exploration company in Uganda, has said it is ready to open its books once the legislation on oil contracts is in place in Uganda.
A 12-year-old girl, Baya Bakari, who is the only survivor of the Yemenia plane that crashed in Comoros Island has narrated how she was thrown into the ocean and watched her aircraft sink. 152 others are presumed to have perished in the accident.
THE Federal Government, through its Works Minister, Alhaji Hassan Adamu Lawal, yesterday reacted to the deplorable state of federal roads in the country, in particular the Apapa-Oshodi expressway in Lagos, saying "we have to be careful."
DELTA Airlines poor treatment of hundreds of its passengers heading to the US appears to be the standard practice for most foreign airlines that operate into Nigeria.
As part of measures to stamp out armed robbery around Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja area, the airport police command has arrested no fewer than104 Okada riders and impounded their motorcycles in the last two weeks.
A group of freight forwarders under the aegis of National Council of Managing Directors of Licensed Customs Agents yesterday decried the deplorable state of the access road to the ports, saying: "The state of our roads is posing a great danger on the security of lives and property."
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation applauded the U.S. government for taking the final steps to repeal the more than 15-year-old policy banning HIV-positive foreign nationals from entering the United States. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) removed HIV from the list of “communicable diseases of public health significance,” effectively ...
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