Transport

Highway number 4 is an important axis for the delivery of Goma, and trucks rotate there all day. The mayor of the city of Goma specifies that the accident was due to a failure of the braking system. There was a horrific accident caused by a truck with the brakes failing. The road is not dangerous. It was the truck that had broken down. Timothée Mwissa Kiense, Mayor of Goma. .

In Chinguetti, Mauritania, an exhibition of photographs returns to the routes of African caravans. These camel rides have crossed the centuries as much as the deserts! Freight convoys are now being replaced by trucks. But an unexpected phenomenon, or rather an unexpected wealth, could well give them another life: the gold mines!…

Third day of consciousness marketing campaign towards coronavirus pandemic within the public transport sector. The Ministry of Transport, which manages the operation, has invited drivers to require customers to put on masks earlier than boarding their autos. as reported from Nouakchott, Salem Mejbour SalemThe directions from…

The long-awaited line, the commissioning of which was delayed by the pandemic, connects the economic capital to Ibadan, a large city in the southwest of the country, and should have enormous economic benefits. The Lagos-Ibadan Railway connects the megalopolis with 20 million inhabitants to Nigeria's third largest city, with more…

Fearing a new wave of contamination with the new coronavirus, the Senegalese authorities have decided to strengthen controls for wearing masks in public and private places, shops and transport. An instruction from the Minister of the Interior to all regional governors and to the security forces, which has not yet been applied in public transport.…

He was expected in Lubumbashi on Saturday, but ex-president Joseph Kabila could not make the trip. Members of his delegation had to leave Ndjili airport in Kinshasa to return to their homes. Meanwhile, in Lubumbashi, his followers mobilized to welcome him trying to interpret this non-arrival. as reported from Kinshasa, Kamanda…

The Congolese government began implementing a stop this week banning motorcycle taxis. Officially, this is a decision to fight accidents and aims to limit contact during this period of the fight against Covid-19. However, the measure does not pass among drivers and civil society. as reported from Brazzaville, Loïcia MartialA…

Djibouti has simply launched the development of an virtually distinctive infrastructure in Africa: a shipyard. For ten years, the nation has strived to turn into a crossroads for worldwide maritime commerce. The authorities hope that the shipyard, whose first stone was laid on Thursday 26 November, will obtain this ambition.…

Asecnatire's workers' union is sounding the alarm when the government wants to hand over the management and renovation of this airport to the Turkish group Damnus. They fear that their jobs will disappear. Asecna representatives , members of the Commission set up by the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation to "analyze the…

The last episode of our series of reports dedicated to the Senegambia Bridge that has changed the lives of Gambians and Senegalese for a year. Inaugurated on January 21, 2019, the Sénégambien Bridge stretches across the Gambia River and allows easy connection of southern Senegal to the north. It replaces the old ferry that required waiting long hours before crossing or even several days for truck…