The Dubai-based Emirates airline will suspend all flights to Nigeria from 1 September after the West African country has failed to repatriate millions of dollars of its funds. The airline said it took the “difficult decision” in order to limit further losses, citing circumstances “beyond our control”, in a statement on Thursday (18 August). Emirates […]
Senegal’s newly elected president Bassirou Faye said he will seek the re-integration of military ruled Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso to the Western African community ECOWAS. The three states have jointly announced their withdrawal from the ECOWAS, in protest over sanctions it imposed on them to pressure for a return to constitutional order. “We can […]
Amid continuing clashes between Mozambique’s federal forces and other African allies against Islamist militants in the Cabo Delgado Province, the country’s president Filipe Nyusi has called on Western energy companies to resume work, assuring them security situation had improved in the conflict-torn region. Addressing the Mozambique Gas & Energy Summit in Maputo Wednesday (14 September), […]
