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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 […]

Nigeria’s oil production hampered by theft

Nigeria is reinforcing security to tackle oil theft and the vandalism targeting its onshore pipeline and oil fields, but the issue is still far from being resolved. In April, Nigeria recruited 1,486 personnel to boost internal security operations in the country’s crude production heartland, according to local media sources. Nigeria is Africa’s largest oil producer […]

Burkina Faso: US Ambassador tested positive to coronavirus; cases in Africa jump to 1662

US ambassador to Burkina Faso has tested positive to the Coronavirus and announced the isolation of the mission staff diagnosed with the disease, Anadolu news agency reports. “I received a positive test for COVID-19,” Andrew Young said on Twitter. The West African country has confirmed 99 cases, including 4 members of the cabinet namely education […]