How politics nearly ruined deal to end S.Africa’s longest strike

A deal between Air Tanzania Company Limited (ATCL) and an Omani investor is expected to be concluded before the end of this year.

Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is Africa’s longest-serving living leaders – he came to power in a coup on August 3, 1979 (AFP Photo/Pius Utomi Ekpei).

Paris (AFP) – Congo votes to amend the constitution Sunday in a referendum allowing President Denis Sassou Nguesso to extend a grip on power that began three decades ago.

Sassou Nguesso took power in 1979 and has been in office ever since, except for a five-year period.

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An informal agreement that could help end the long-running strike in South Africa's platinum sector is put to striking miners

An informal agreement that could help end the long-running strike in South Africa's platinum sector has been put to striking miners

Precision Air and Air Uganda have struck a code-sharing partnership deal. Under the agreement, the two airlines will work together on Dar es Salaam-Entebbe and Kilimanjaro-Entebbe routes.

>Kinondoni District Commissioner Paul Makonda yesterday managed to persuade bus drivers to resume working after assuring them that the government would have acted on their demands by today.

 Reassurance by the Police Force that there will be adequate security and intervention by Tanzania Truck Owners Association (Tatoa) has finally brought normalcy to Nzega-Tabora road on which traffic had been brought to a halt by boycotting lorry drivers.

Although I fully support the teachers’ strike and I would like to see us paid well, I am also keen on a promotion. That is why, last week, when I heard that TSC was conducting a register of all teachers in schools as they prepare the September payroll, I, with a heavy heart, went to school.

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EU and East African Community strike comprehensive trade deal
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Negotiators from the EU and the East African Community (EAC) have finalised a new comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between both regions. The agreement will provide legal certainty for businesses and open a long-term perspective ...
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