Countries Death toll from South African fuel tanker blast rises to 26 Johannesburg – The death toll from a fuel tanker explosion near Johannesburg last weekend has climbed to 26, a... Read more 28 Dec, 2022
Countries Six people, including an infant, killed in ghastly car crash in Limpopo Cape Town – A motor vehicle accident involving a truck and a bakkie killed six people, including an infant,... Read more 27 Dec, 2022
Countries Tanzania signs $2.2 billion railway deal with China Dar es Salaam – Tanzania on Tuesday signed a $2.2-billion contract with a Chinese company to build the final... Read more 21 Dec, 2022
Countries A century on, French-built train in Ethiopia still ‘a blessing’ Dire Dawa – The train pulled out of Dire Dawa station with a creak and disappeared into the pre-dawn... Read more 8 Dec, 2022
Benin Tax-exempt electric motorbikes growing in West Africa Cotonou – Beninese hairdresser Edwige Govi makes a point these days of using electric motorbike taxis to get around... Read more 1 Dec, 2022
Countries Mozambique re-opens key port in restive gas-rich north Maputo – Mozambique on Tuesday, for the first time in two years, re-opened a key port servicing a multibillion-dollar... Read more 30 Nov, 2022
World UN urges shipping industry to cut emissions Geneva – The United Nations (UN) warned on Tuesday that carbon emissions from shipping were growing, calling on the... Read more 29 Nov, 2022
Benin A greener ride: West Africans switch on to electric motorbikes Cotonou – Beninese hairdresser Edwige Govi makes a point these days of using electric motorbike taxis to get around... Read more 24 Nov, 2022
Countries PICS | Limpopo man eyes transport ‘tender’ with donkey cart project Cape Town – A Limpopo man has his eyes set on a provincial government ‘transport tender’ with his donkey... Read more 23 Nov, 2022
Countries PICS | At least 19 killed in Egyptian minibus crash Cairo – At least 19 people were killed and six injured on Saturday when the minibus they were travelling... Read more 12 Nov, 2022