ICAO leaders affirm global aviation priorities with Canadian PM and Ministers

Updated at 1512 EAT on Wednesday 05th June 2024 Montréal and Ottawa – International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Council President Salvatore Sciacchitano and Secretary General Juan Carlos Salazar held important discussions yesterday on key civil aviation priorities with the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly, and Minister of Transport…

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Veronica Nduva set for swearing-in as EAC Secretary-General on Friday.

Veronica Nduva, President William Ruto’s nominee for the Secretary-General of the East African Community (EAC), will be inaugurated on Friday during the bloc’s Heads of State Summit. Kenya’s nominee judge for the East African Court of Justice Zablon Muruka Mokua will also be appointed to the First Instance Division on the same day. Mr Mokua,…

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Behind the ‘Zuma tsunami’ in South Africa.

Elected, accused of corruption. Fired, accused of rape. Acquitted, elected president. Accused of corruption again. Denied again, ousted, imprisoned for contempt of court. Freed, barred from becoming an MP. For most politicians almost any of these punches would have proved fatal to their career, but not for South Africa’s Jacob Zuma. Like a resolute prize-fighter,…

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Biden imposes asylum restrictions to effectively manage the border.

President Joe Biden has issued sweeping new executive actions aimed at curbing record migrant arrivals at the US-Mexico border that have left him politically vulnerable in an election year. Under the new actions, officials can quickly remove migrants entering the US illegally without processing their asylum requests. That will happen once a daily threshold is…

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Nigerian unions shut down power grid with indefinite minimum wage strike.

Nigeria’s main labour unions on Monday shut down the national grid and disrupted flights across the country as they began an indefinite strike over the government’s failure to agree a new minimum wage. This strike is the fourth embarked upon by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC), two of the…

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Gaza ceasefire plan turns into deadly game of survival.

For the leaders of both Hamas and Israel, ending the war in Gaza has become a deadly game of survival. The terms on which the war finally ends could largely determine their political future and their grip on power. For Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, even his physical survival. It’s partly why previous negotiations have failed….

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Inside the ‘new’ Kampala train.

      Five O’clock found me at the station ready for the 5.30pm train, which leaves Kampala city heading eastwards to Namanve, 16 kilometres away. The Kampala train station, established in the 1920s, hosts the offices, service centre, and waiting and boarding areas, and has worked as the main office for passenger and cargo train over…

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