Despite growing calls for regional integration, most African air traffic continues to detour through Europe and the Middle East, exposing the continent’s stalled aviation reforms. A glaring example came during the 2025 Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF) in Algiers, where Kenyan and other countries’ delegates flew via Paris, turning a six-hour journey into a 15-hour ordeal […]
A day before the official commemoration ceremonies begin in the country to mark the National Shaheed (martyr) Day observed on the 18th of February, the town of Annaba has already got the ball rolling. In a ceremony attended by the Minister of Mujahedeen (Liberation War veterans) Mohamed-Cherif Abbas, Annaba commemorated the day in style with […]
A member of Libya’s House of Representative, HoR, and her daughter have been kidnapped in the eastern city of Benghazi and taken to an unknown location by forces loyal to rebel commander Khalifa Haftar. Siham Sirgiwa’s kidnapping is viewed as an apparent punishment for her criticism of the eastern military commander’s current offensive on […]
