Qatar Airways has acquired a 25% stake in the privately owned South African carrier Airlink. The announcement was made Tuesday (Aug. 20). No financial details of the deal were immediately disclosed. Airlink flies to more than 45 destinations in southern and East Africa. The deal will enhance an existing code-share agreement between the airlines, they […]
The World Health Organization reports that basic public health measures can stop outbreaks of mpox and potentially eliminate transmission of the virus, which has caused 99,176 cases of the disease and 208 deaths globally since 2022. “We know how to control mpox, and, in the European region, the steps needed to eliminate its transmission altogether,” […]
Kenya Airways reported its first half-year profit in over a decade on Monday, with a profit after tax of 513 million Kenyan shillings ($4 million) for January to June, reversing a 21.7 billion shilling loss from the same period last year. The airline credited increased passenger numbers for the turnaround and is optimistic about breaking […]
Efforts to achieve humanitarian access to millions of desperately needy Sudanese are moving forward but cease-fire negotiations remain dormant because the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) still refuse to send a delegation to the U.S.-sponsored peace talks, a U.S. official says. U.S. special envoy for Sudan Tom Perriello told journalists at a briefing Monday in Geneva […]
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in Tel Aviv late Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had accepted an American “bridging proposal” on a Gaza cease-fire deal, and that it was now up to Hamas to agree. Meanwhile, a polio vaccination campaign in Gaza is expected to move forward as planned in late […]
Kenya’s new finance minister says some of the proposed taxes that led to weeks of deadly protests earlier this year will be reintroduced through a tax amendment bill as the country struggles to find revenue to pay off debts to lenders including the World Bank, International Monetary Fund and China. The announcement by John Mbadi […]
Five Nordic countries have committed to strengthening relations with Ghana to increase trade and investments with the West African nation. The five countries; Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, as part of their official visit to Ghana to explore mutually beneficial partnerships, engaged some young entrepreneurs in Accra, on Wednesday, August 14. The engagement was […]
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has described as appropriate the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General’s criticism of the current structure of the Security Council. “It is not just a matter of fairness, but also a necessity for the legitimacy and effectiveness of the UN in maintaining global peace and order,” he noted while delivering a paper […]
Sudan’s government said it will send a delegation to Cairo for discussions with U.S. and Egyptian officials on Monday, keeping open the question of participation in peace talks aimed at ending a 16-month war. The government, controlled by the army which is fighting the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for control of the country, has […]
The United Nations on Monday condemned the “unacceptable” level of violence becoming commonplace against humanitarian workers, a record 280 of whom were killed worldwide in 2023. And it warned that the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is potentially fueling even higher numbers of such deaths this year. “The normalization of violence against aid workers and the […]
