The Ghanaian government has announced plans to further liberalize its Freedoms of the Air as President Nana Akufo-Addo’s administration seeks to bolster the country’s role as West Africa’s key aviation hub. While it already offers generous 5th Freedom traffic rights to multiple foreign carriers using AccraKotka International Airport, Deputy Minister of Aviation,
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Ethiopian inaugurates second Addis Ababa cargo terminal
Africa’s largest cargo operator, Ethiopian Airlines, has inaugurated its Cargo Terminal-II facility at home hub Addis Ababa The ceremony was attended by Ethiopia’s prime minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, transport minister Ahmed Shide and Ethiopian Airlines Group chief executive Tewolde GebreMariam, along with participants from the ICAO Cargo Forum being held in Addis Ababa. Desalegn said: “Today,
The World’s Food Supply Depends On 14 Critical Chokepoints,
A new report has found that global food supply chains are highly vulnerable to disruption, price spikes and uncertainty. The London-based Chatham House, a strategy think tank, has analysed the world’s food trade routes and has uncovered 14 ‘chokepoints’, each of which could have a seriously negative impact on global supplies. The research
How Customs, Rice Farmers will stop smuggling rice into Nigeria
NIGERIA Customs Service and the Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to stop rice smuggling through land border into the country. President Rice Farmers Association of Nigeria (RIFAN), Alhaji Aminu Goronyo, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja. He said even though the importation of rice through
Turkish Cargo launches freighter flights to Johannesburg and Madagascar
Turkish Cargo is launching scheduled Airbus A330 freighter flights to Johannesburg in South Africa and Madagascar, off the southeast coast of Africa. South Africa sees the majority of its exports going to European and the Americas. These generally consist of machinery, electronic equipment, chemicals and automotive parts. Madagascar exports a wide range of goods, mainly
Air cargo growth requires renewed commitment to Lomé Declaration
Implementation of the Lomé Declaration is a crucial lever for realising the technological innovation, regulatory reform and investment in infrastructure demanded by Africa’s tremendously promising growth in air cargo, declared the President of the ICAO Council, Dr. Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu. The key objective of the Lomé Declaration is the unobstructed flow
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Air Safety in Africa Has Improved, IATA Regional Chief
…Improvement noticeable since the Abuja Declaration In a special interview granted Thisday Newspaper during the IATA AGM, held recently in Cancun, Mexico. Vice-President, International Air Transport Association, African Region, Raphael Kuchi declared that there has been significant improvement in air safety on the continent and urged a downward review of taxes
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Illegal trade: FOU seizes 384 parcels of hard drugs
The Federal Operations Unit, FOU, Zone ‘A’ Lagos, of Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, has arrested 10 suspected smugglers on illegal trade, even as the Unit seized 384 parcels of hard drugs, along Iyana-Ipaja road, concealed in six bales of second hard clothing, imported into the country from Ghana. The Customs Area