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Somali Airlines Eyes September Return 35 Years After Halting Operations

Somali Airlines is expected to return to commercial service in September 2026, more than 35 years after Somalia's national carrier disappeared from the skies...

Niger Signs $1.9 Billion Deal for 100,000-Barrel-a-Day Oil Refinery

Niger has signed a $1.9 billion agreement to develop a 100,000-barrel-per-day oil refinery and petrochemical complex in Dosso, advancing one of the country's largest...
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Nigeria’s Ibom Air Set to Receive Third Airbus A220-300 as Fleet Expansion Accelerates

Nigeria’s Ibom Air is preparing to take delivery of another Airbus A220-300, expanding its current fleet of the modern...

Jumia Secures $50 Million From IFC, Axian as African E-Commerce Giant Closes In on Profitability

African e-commerce company Jumia has secured $50 million in fresh equity from investors led by the World Bank Group’s...

Wode Maya Gifts Sierra Leone’s ‘Helicopter Man’ Final $700 to Complete Homemade Aircraft

After decades of working to build a helicopter in Sierra Leone with limited resources, inventor Francis A.S. Tucker may...

Angola Opens $155 Million Julius Nyerere Burn Hospital in Luanda

Angola has opened a $155 million specialised burn hospital named after Tanzania's founding President Julius Nyerere, adding a major...

Nigerian Innovator Khalifa Aminu Unveils Glass V2 for Visually Impaired Users

Young Nigerian tech innovator Khalifa Aminu has unveiled Glass V2, the second generation of his sensory glasses developed to...

Chad Rebuilds Military Ties With France Less Than Two Years After Split

Less than two years after ending a defence agreement that brought to a close 65 years of French military...