Emirates airline today announced an order for 40 A330-900 aircraft, and 30 A350-900 aircraft, in a heads of agreement signed with Airbus. The deal is worth US$ 21.4 billion at list prices. The latest generation Airbus A330neo and A350 aircraft will be delivered to Emirates starting from 2021 and 2024
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Facebook: Eight Ways We’re Preparing For Elections Across Africa
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Read MoreCuba has condemned western interference in the affairs of Venezuela following the illegal announcement of Juan Guaidó purporting to be president. In a statement issued recently, the Cuban government expressed its solidarity with President Nicolas Maduro. “The Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Cuba condemns and energetically rejects the attempt
Read MoreOne of the world’s largest port operators has sued a Chinese state enterprise in Hong Kong over infringement of its exclusive port agreement with a strategically located African nation, in the city’s first court case involving China’s Belt and Road Initiative. FactWire has obtained a legal filing by United Arab
Read MoreUganda Fails Test To Host UN Global Base As Kenya Wins Lucrative Bid
Kenya has beaten 14 African countries including Uganda to host the lucrative United Nationals Global Shared Service Centre. This is according to the Report of the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres titled ‘Global service delivery model for the United Nations Secretariat’ dated 8 January 2019. The report will soon be
Read MoreKenya’s Deputy President Backs Africa’s Borrowing Spree From West, China
Deputy President William Ruto has called on African countries to continue accepting financial help from the West or China as long as it boosts infrastructure on the continent but doesn’t lead to re-colonisation, Daily Nation reports. In a lecture delivered at the UK’s Warwick University on Saturday, Dr Ruto said
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By AFP China on Tuesday decried the "political manipulations" behind the US case against Huawei as Washington indicted the tech giant's chief financial officer and levelled sweeping charges against the company. "For some time, the US has used state power to discredit and crack down on specific Chinese companies in
Read MoreKENYA. When Mr Hassan Abdi Nur, a mobile money agent, was arraigned for the 14 Riverside Drive attack, it must have come as a shock to people in similar businesses that the nature and size of transactions could put them in danger. Investigators are yet to link the transactions to
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