Cape Town to Cairo – and back again The Observer | 'OK guys, we're stuck again. Everybody out." | Xander, nine, was already out – he'd been riding on the outside of the vehicle, hanging onto the roof-rack, feet on the running board for most of the morning. He ran round the back of the vehicle, and unhooked the metal sand ladders. Max, ...
Cape Town to Cairo – and back again The Guardian | Two families, two vehicles, five children – and 25,000 miles up and down Africa in six months: the adventure of a lifetime | 'If you reach Libya, you've gone too far' ... the families make a pitstop on the Great North Road, northern Kenya. Photograph: Robert Adam | 'OK guys, we're stuck again. E...
Five Fishing Boats Impounded All Africa To enforce the ban on bad fishing practices and the use of illegal nets by local artisanal fishermen, the Maritime wing of the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) has arrested five fishing boats along the Kent and Fogbo communities respecti...
The Lost Port All Africa ALTHOUGH the Jinja pier is slowly crawling back to life, as George Bita found out, it still has a long way to go to regain its past glory | ...
Cabotage - Court Convicts Foreign Ship All Africa A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has found a foreign vessel, MT Lovell Sea, guilty of contravening provisions of the Coastal and Inland Shipping Act otherwise known as the Cabotage Act of 2003. | ...
We Need Proper Policing At Our Border, Ports, Agboade All Africa Sir Orimadegun Agboade is the Managing Director and CEO of Orfema Pharmaceutical Industries. In this interview, he explains why there are many fake and substandard products in circulation in Nigerian markets today. | ...
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Somali pirates hijack Libyan ship Al Jazeera | Somali pirates have hijacked a Libyan-owned cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, taking its crew of 17 Romanians and Libyans hostage. | The MV Rim was seized outside the int...
Somali gunmen hijack cargo ship Independent online | Nairobi, Kenya - The European Union Naval Force says Somali pirates have hijacked a North Korean cargo ship with an unknown number of crew on board. | Commander Anders Kallin say...
MADAGASCAR: What will you do when the trees are gone? IRINnews web | ANTANANARIVO, 3 February 2010 (IRIN) - Madagascar's transitional government is allowing the export of illegally harvested precious hardwoods as a source of revenue to keep it...
Arab media: 2 Israeli Navy ships passed through Suez Canal Newsvine | Two Israeli missile boats pass through Egypt's Suez Canal en route to Red Sea, according to Arab media reports; Cairo adopts strict security measures to ensure ships' safety. Egyptian sources estimate vessels headed to Persian Gulf | ...
Gunmen kidnap Indian national in Nigeria's oil region DNA India | Abuja: Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped an Indian national in Nigeria's restive oil producing Delta region, police said today. | The man, who works with a home building and property management company as the general manager, was kidnapped | y...
Gunmen kidnap Indian national in Nigeria's oil region Deccan Herald Abuja, Feb 6 (PTI): | Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped an Indian national in Nigeria's restive oil producing Delta region, police said today. | The man, who works with a home building and property management company as the general manager, was kidn...
Four Gambian ministers go in cabinet changes Independent online | Banjul - Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has axed four ministers in his latest cabinet reshuffle, with the ministers of tourism, local government and lands, fisheries and water and infrastructure being sacked. | No official reason was given in the statement announcing the reshuffle on Friday, but a source close to the presidency said the move was ...
Oil near $75 in Asia amid improved economic data Syracuse | (AP) - BANGKOK - Oil prices headed toward $75 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as regional stock markets snapped a losing streak and economic data suggested U.S. crude demand could improve. | Benchmark crude for March delivery was up 27 cents at $74.70 a barrel at early afternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The...
