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Qatar Airways, first non-African airline to operate in Botswana

Qatar national carrier will launch in the autumn its first flights to Botswana’s capital, Gaborone, becoming the first non-African airline to fly passengers in and out the Southern African country, Simple Flying reports.   The inaugural flight will take place October 27th, via Johannesburg, South Africa. The airline will run three weekly flights, Sundays, Wednesdays […]

Congo’s president and Blinken discuss escalating tensions with Rwanda

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken who arrived in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday (9 August), is expected to raise concerns about tensions with neighboring Rwanda that could spread instability in the region and also about Russia and China’s access to rare earth minerals in the central-west Africa country. Blinken’s trip to Congo […]

Algeria offers setting for an anti-Saudi film

Algeria, a country notorious for its inaccessibility to filmmakers and foreign journalists, has surprisingly allowed the shooting of Goat Life, an Indian movie that paints a very derogatory image of Saudi society. The film was banned by the Saudis because it tells a one-sided story depicting the Saudis as slave owners. While the movie has […]