Despite a government injection of 10 billion rand ($709 million), the struggling South African Airways (SAA)…
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US arrests two Chinese oil company reps in Africa bribery scheme
US authorities have arrested Hong Kong’s former home affairs secretary and the ex-foreign minister of Senegal…
South Africa eyes BRICS partners to build new $10 billion refinery
South Africa wants the national oil companies of its BRICS partners to help build a new…
Mombasa port traffic up 10 percent in 9 months
Kenya’s main port, Mombasa, handled 10.6 percent more cargo in the first nine months of this…
Algeria picks up 286 boat migrants en route to Europe
Algeria’s coastguard has picked up 286 illegal migrants heading across the Mediterranean to Europe by boat,…
Coffee grounds to help power London’s buses
Waste coffee grounds will be used to help fuel some of London’s buses, Royal Dutch Shell…
Italy holds funeral for 26 Nigerian women drowned in Mediterranean
Italy held a mass funeral on Friday for 26 young Nigerian women who drowned while trying…
Middle East, US crude oil curbs Indian appetite for African supplies
India’s imports of African crude oil in October plunged to their lowest in over four years,…
Kenya Airways narrows pretax loss, plans U.S. flights next year
Kenya Airways reduced first-half losses by 20 percent, helped by cost cuts, and will start flights…
Light aircraft crash kills 11 in Tanzania
At least 11 people were killed in northern Tanzania on Wednesday when a light aircraft flying…