On December 7th 2009, EU NAVFOR Netherlands warship HNLMS Evertsen detected a sailing vessel in the Gulf of Aden. The region is considered a hotbed for piracy and is considered too dangerous for lone yachtsmen.
THE Police is intensifying its operations on roads to reduce carnage ahead of the festive season, Kampala metropolitan Police chief Andrew Sorowen said yesterday.
The Kano state government has pledged the donation of a bus to Kano All Stars International Football Club.
The usual excuses are lip-synced whenever a tragic road traffic accident occurs. The driver was either swerving to avoid a pot hole, was driving too fast, or was dangerously overtaking.
BANK of Africa has launched motorcycle loan facility targeting boda-boda operators. The 'Easy ride' loan, launched on Friday, saw 22 motorbikes handed over to a Lira-based boda-boda association.
Lagos State government has taken a delivery of two Bell 412 helicopters to fight crimes and emergency with Governor Babatunde Fashola maintaining that only an improved economy can guarantee a crime free society.
The government has embarked on an ambitious Sh3.8 billion plan to improve traffic management and safety of the Kenyan airspace.
POLICE Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri has urged the force's National Traffic Unit and provincial commanders to improve measures to curb road carnage during the festive season.
Mozambican Public Works Minister Felicio Zacarias admitted in Maputo on Monday that his sector is to blame for the poor quality of roads in the country because of lack of proper maintenance.
RwandAir has secured $40 million from the PTA bank to finance its ten-year strategic plan and a five-year business plan whose implementation started this year.
On November 29, Budiope MP Henry Balikowa died in Mabira forest on Kampala Jinja-highway a place now highly known as a"death trap".
Accidents are finishing us, and we need action from the President because it is a national concern.
Works minister John Nasasira has urged the Sugar Corporation of Uganda Limited (SCOUL) to fix reflectors and lights on their trucks, which ferry sugar cane at night.
Towards effectively being on top of the seemingly unending traffic challenges in the state and reducing carnage on the road this yuletide period, Rivers State command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has flagged off Operation Zero tolerance campaign approach to road traffic accident .
Since his accident 3 years ago, Sunday Nwoye says he has not enjoyed a normal life. The former commercial motorcyclist was the victim of a very bad accident which left him handicapped; he and his pregnant wife were hit by the driver of a Julius Berger truck with a fleet number B6053, in 2006. As a result, he lost his left leg, and for him, life has never been the same again.
Overland Airways has recently introduced two additional routes- Jos-Kano, Jos-Abuja, to its existing network to create more direct links for travelers in the north.
The International Air Transport Association (IATA),this week issued a revised global financial forecast that sees airline losses totaling US$11 billion by the end of the year , up from its previous forecast of US$9 billion. Industry revenues for the year are expected to fall by 15 per cent or about US$80 billion from last year, to US$455 billion owing to rising fuel costs and falling yields.
Handling of human and cargo traffic at border posts is one of the biggest impediments to East Africa's integration, a new survey indicates.
On December 3, President Kibaki was returning home from the Commonwealth Conference in Trinidad & Tobago, Kofi Annan was in town to continue with his nannying-duties on us, Bill Gates came to follow up on his charity activities and Raila Odinga was at a Knut conference.
In a bit to expand its network, the Tunisian "GTT" company established through its new department "Ferries", a regular passenger shipping between Tunisia and Libya through the "Car Ferry Habib".
Education Assistant minister Ayiecho Olweny was Saturday evening injured in a road accident near Othoro on the Kisumu- Oyugis Road in Nyanza Province.
An Eleven-Year-Old Boy Has Been Killed On the Eve of His Twelfth Birthday When the Car He Was Travelling in Slammed Into a Track On South Coast Road, Mobeni, This Afternoon.
Deputy Human Settlements Minister Zou Kota-Fredericks is Being Transferred From George to a Hospital in Cape Town Today for Further Treatment to Injuries Sustained in a Car Crash On 1 November 2009.
The Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe is negotiating bilateral air service agreements to establish new destinations for Zimbabwean airlines and attract more foreign airlines into the country.
Accra, Dec 4, GNA - The General Transport, Petroleum and Chemical Workers Union (GTPCWU) has called on drivers to observe traffic laws and regulations to avoid road accidents during the Christmas festivities.
