Violence has broken out in Onitsha, Anambra State, after a policeman shot dead a bus driver who refused to pay a tip, heightening ethnic tensions in the commercial city. Read more »
MPs receiving more than Shs100 million each for cars has drawn much condemnation with civil society leaders describing the MPs gleeful acceptance of the cash as "greed of the ... Read more »
Emirates has started flying into Harare, and could increase its flights into Harare from five to six days a week if the current load factor is maintained. Read more »
South Africa's state-owned freight transport firm Transnet plans to build a U.S.$2 billion railway through Swaziland to create a new link to Indian Ocean ports. Read more »
The government intends to roll out a three month strategy to hasten harbour procedures in order to stem extra costs on imports. Read more »
The crew of a tiny skiff took on a Spanish warship off the Somali coast on Thursday. Predictably they lost. But a new study reports that about one-third of pirate ransoms are ... Read more »
Congestion at the Mombasa port is hurting tea exports, leading to loss of key markets, as buyers of Kenya's tea in Pakistan are opting for orders from Asia. Read more »
Transportation fares have been hiked across the country following the announcement of the removal of the fuel subsidy. Read more »
Freight costs and insurance premiums are expected to drop if the decreasing risk of pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden is sustained. Read more »
ACUTE transport problems left hundreds of commuters stranded in Harare when a joint council and police blitz on kombis and vendors got underway. Read more »
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