June 21
Africa: Middle East War Drives Up Bitumen Costs for African Road Builders
War in the Middle East is pushing up the price of bitumen, the material used to make asphalt and road surfaces - and the effects are being felt across Africa, where few countries… Read more »
Kenya: Global Partnership Brings Hope Amid High Pedestrian Road Deaths in Nairobi
With pedestrians accounting for up to half of road deaths in Kenya, experts say the rapid expansion of the country's capital Nairobi's road network has failed to take into account… Read more »
May 23
Congo-Kinshasa: Travel Restrictions On DR Congo As Ebola Threat Rises to Highest Level
As the World Health Organisation raises its risk assessment for the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo to the highest level, neighbouring countries Uganda and Rwanda… Read more »
May 11
Kenya: Meet the Kenyans On a Roll Manufacturing Electric Vehicles of the Future
Nairobi, Kenya - Electric mobility is emerging as a key issue across the African continent, with cleaner transport high on the agenda at the Africa Forward summit, in Nairobi,… Read more »
May 02
Somalia: Hijackings Off Somalia Raise Fears That Piracy Is Back On the Rise
Reports of multiple hijackings off the coast of Somalia are raising fears that piracy may be reviving after a relative lull over the past decade. Increased traffic round the Horn… Read more »
March 22
Africa: African Michelin-Starred Chef Mory Sacko Designs Meals for Air France
Air France has asked Michelin-starred chef Mory Sacko to create dishes to be served to its first and business class passengers on flights from Abidjan, followed by Dakar and… Read more »
March 21
Kenya: Kenya, Uganda Open Rail Extension Burdened By Chinese Debt
Nairobi (AFP) - The presidents of Kenya and Uganda met near their shared border Saturday to mark the multi-billion-dollar, long-delayed extension of a Chinese-built railway that… Read more »
January 30
Ethiopia: As Tigray Clashes Intensify, Locals Stockpile Food and Airline Cancels Flights
Fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region this week has raised fears of a return to full-scale war, just over three years after a peace deal ended a conflict that killed more than… Read more »
January 08
Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Remembers Fatal Plane Crash in Kinshasa City Centre, 30 Years On
On 8 January 1996, a Russian-built Antonov aircraft crashed into a market in Kinshasha city centre, killing at least 237 people in one of the worst tragedies in African aviation… Read more »
August 07, 2025
Ghana: Ghana Declares Mourning After Ministers Killed in Helicopter Crash
Ghana has declared three days of national mourning after two government ministers were killed in a military helicopter crash on Wednesday. Read more »
November 15, 2018
Morocco: Morocco's Modernisation Drive Marred By Political Repression
Morocco unveiled Africa's first ever high-speed rail line Thursday with King Mohamed VI and French President Emmanuel Macron attending the ceremony. The 1.7 billion-euro project is… Read more »
