Libya: US pulls out troops as fighting rages between GNA forces & rival LNA

US military command for Africa, AFRICOM, have temporally withdrawn US troops out of Libya amid deadly armed confrontation between militia forces aligned with UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) and the self-proclaimed Libyan National Army (LNA) of east-based warlord Khalifa Haftar. The Libyan capital Tripoli has become since late last week the target of Haftar’s […]

Tanzania’s, Kenya’s flag carriers explore new cargo partnership

Air Tanzania Company Limited and Kenya Airways top officials have met to discuss the possibility for a cargo transportation collaboration aiming to increase value and reduce operating coasts. Kenya Airways Group managing director Allan Kilavuka, who visited Tanzania recently, said in a statement that the two airlines could cooperate in different areas, particularly in cargo […]

UAE officially opens a Consulate General in Laayoune

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) officially inaugurated its Consulate General in Laayoune, in the Moroccan Sahara, this Wednesday, November 4. The inauguration ceremony of the diplomatic representation was co-chaired by Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita and the UAE ambassador to Rabat El Assri Al Asri Saeed Ahmed Al Dhaheri. The UAE thus becomes the first […]