General Farah Ahmed Omar alias General Farah Qare, the Commander of the Somali Coat Guard has expressed hopelessness against pirates.

City commuters in Kigali will continue facing transport problems unless government waives taxes on passenger service vehicles, an investor in the sector has warned. The investor reasons that waving import duty on buses, coasters and minibuses will attract more investors

A Kigali bound Tanzanian registered bus was on Saturday involved in an accident that instantly killed two Rwandan passengers.

THE call by stakeholders that the Road Transport and Safety Agency (RTSA) displays its toll free numbers in public service vehicles must be considered seriously by the agency in its quest to improve safety on the roads.

MASTERS energy, an indigenous operator in the downstream sector has announced the arrival of its maiden vessel, Victory 1, laden with about 50000Metric tonnes of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) also called diesel.

Mozambique has decided to pull out of a project to establish a shipping route from landlocked Malawi to the Indian Ocean, along the Shire and Zambezi rivers.

Owners of motorcycles have up to December 31 to switch to the new series of number plates.

Two traders, one Ugandan and a Sudanese, died this morning while six people sustained serious injuries after a road accident in Gulu District.

As the cause of 1 death every 6 hours (with the economically active at most risk) and costing an equivalent to 1.6% of Ghana's GDP, road carnage presents a significant barrier to Ghana's development agenda. It is the gravity of

The Minister of Public Works Samuel Kofi Woods has acknowledged that the lack of maintenance is seriously hampering road rehabilitation activities in the country.

Hundreds of pilgrims for this year's Hajj in Saudi Arabia were at the weekend stranded at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, as their agents could not be found.

More than Shs3.3 billion spent on hiring private vehicles to support Chogm transport is unaccounted for amid mounting concerns from the lawmakers that the money was spent on redundant vehicles.

Enugu State Government has said the task of curbing incidences of road accidents on roads and saving lives and property calls for active collaborative efforts of both motorists, pedestrians and traffic warden operators.

Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) managed airports have recorded higher passenger and aircraft traffic in the first quarter of 2009 in comparison with figures for the same period in 2008.

Over 200 medical doctors, nurses and pharmacists have been deployed to Saudi Arabia by the Federal Government to cater for the immediate health needs of the intending Pilgrims to the holy land.

World airline body, International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced the signing of a Multilateral Statement of Policy Principles regarding the Implementation of Bilateral Air Service Agreements by seven states and the European Commission.

Air Mid-West Nigeria is set to fly the nation's airspace shortly with the delivery of its Boeing737-500 expected in the country in the fortnight.

Senegalese authorities have detailed initial plans for a new national carrier, Senegal Airlines, aimed at succeeding the troubled Air Senegal International venture early next year.

South African Airways (SAA), has introduced a promotional fare of $311 (N46, 650) for its economy class passengers on the Lagos-Johannesburg-Lagos route to mark 11 years of flight operations in Nigeria.

Dana Motors Limited, sole distributor of the Kia range of automobile in Nigeria, has described its decision to appoint Germaine Motors as its sales and service dealer in Lagos as a strategic alliance in furtherance of its mission to deliver