Flights at the new Dakar international airport in Senegal have been disrupted by an air traffic controllers’ strike, just a week after it opened, BBC Africa has reported. The 24-hour strike, which began at midnight GMT on Thursday, is about working conditions. Hundreds of passengers have been affected. Several flights have[Read More…]
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Senegal Opens Modern Int’l Airport
(JollofNews) – President Macky Sall has commissioned Senegal’s new international airport in the town of Diass, 40 km from the capital Dakar. The modern state-of-the-art Blaise Diagne International Airport was build to accommodate between 10 and 20 million passengers yearly. Thursday’s inauguration was a colourful ceremony in the presence of[Read More…]
Africa, European Union Set To Airlift Nearly 4000 Migrants From Libya
(JollofNews) – African and European leaders have agreed to airlift 3800 migrants trapped in the chaotic African country of Libya, a senior Foreign Affairs official said. The move comes after an investigation by CNN has uncovered the ‘auction of African migrants’ by their jailors as their hopes of a new[Read More…]
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