Africa Archive

The six carriers, Azman Air, United Nigeria Airline, Arik, Air Peace, and Max Air inked a deal, named Spring Alliance, and vowed to work together and ensure that they engage in interline collaboration to protect their operations and improve service delivery to

African economies, already battling to recover from a Covid-induced recession, face major obstacles as they manage “spillover” effects from the war in Ukraine, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told a media roundtable with global reporters on March 10, 2022.  Answering questions

Ghana’s National Identity Card, the Ghana Card can now be used as an e-passport in 44,000 airports globally. It follows the recognition of the Ghana Card globally as an electronic passport that can be read and verified in all International Civil Aviation

RECOMMENDED Confederation proposal seeks to rekindle Israel-Palestine peace process ISRAEL-PALESTINE-CONFLICT In a landmark move, a Coptic Christian judge was appointed as head of Egypt’s highest court Wednesday for the very first time. Judge Boulos Fahmy is the 19th person to preside

Israeli police deployed NSO Group’s powerful Pegasus spyware to hack the phones of dozens of prominent Israeli public figures, including one of former President Benjamin Netanyahu’s sons, activists and senior government officials, an Israeli newspaper revealed Monday. The bombshell revelation is

U.S. troops in Poland are preparing to help American citizens who may flee to the country if Russia invades Ukraine, U.S. officials said Wednesday. The officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said the troops would not enter Ukraine to evacuate American

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo must ensure civilian protection in the wake of recent deadly raids on camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs), the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on February 2, 2022. “There is significant risk that

As of February 9, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached  11,004,889 while over 218,397,031 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 242,151 and  9,946,755 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported