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Rail supplier news from Hitachi Rail and HID (July 10)

Rail supplier news from Hitachi Rail and HID (July 10)

Rail News Home Railroading Supplier Spotlight 7/10/2025 Rail News: Railroading Supplier Spotlight Hitachi Rail supplied automated train operation technology to a DB Cargo locomotive to test and develop an automated freight-rail system in Europe,....

AFRICA - "Neocolonialism in fishing": The fishing industry in  West African countries is in crisis

AFRICA - "Neocolonialism in fishing": The fishing industry in West African countries is in crisis

photo nigrizia.it by Cosimo Graziani Banjul (Agenzia Fides) - In West African countries, the local fishing industry is in crisis. European countries are also to blame for this. Gambian activist Mustapha Manneh also spoke out at the United Nations...

AFRICA/DR CONGO - Goma: Relics of Blessed Floribert transferred to the Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament

AFRICA/DR CONGO - Goma: Relics of Blessed Floribert transferred to the Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament

Thursday, 10 July 2025 Goma (Agenzia Fides) - Less than a month after the beatification ceremony at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, the mortal remains of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi were transferred from the city cemetery...

Promoting West Africa through Travel, Trade

Promoting West Africa through Travel, Trade

Recently West African leaders met in Abuja for the inauguration of West African Economic Summit where Nigeria pushed for the removal of structural and policy bottlenecks in travel and trade in order to boost economic growth of the sub-region....

Box overboard! World Shipping Council’s 2025 report shows increase in lost cargo with conflict around major shipping lanes

Box overboard! World Shipping Council’s 2025 report shows increase in lost cargo with conflict around major shipping lanes

The World Shipping Council (“WSC”) recently released its Containers Lost at Sea Report 2025 compiling global data on cargo lost at sea from the previous year and promoting loss prevention recommendations for the maritime industry and governing...

The shattered mirror of Namibia: A Pan-Africanist analysis of economic decline and the urgency of sovereignty

PAUL T. SHIPALE (with inputs by Folito Nghitongovali Diawara Gaspar) There are realities whose poignancy transcends mere numerical quantification. Namibia’s recent downgrade by the World Bank’s classification – a global singularity, being the only...

US President’s confidence appears unfounded after militants sink two vessels on critical Red Sea shipping route

US President’s confidence appears unfounded after militants sink two vessels on critical Red Sea shipping route

The attacks – broadcast to the world in slick Hollywood-style videos – have once again led to traffic dropping and insurance costs surging in one of the world’s main marine arteries. Between November 2023 and December 2024, the Houthis targeted...

China earns praise for Africa's green transition

China earns praise for Africa's green transition

Vegetable seedlings grow at the China-Africa Green Technology Park in Mauritania. SI YUAN/XINHUA As momentum builds around green finance and climate cooperation between China and Africa, experts are emphasizing the significance of mutual...

Lekki port trans-shipment operations increased over stronger naira, says deputy MD

Lekki port trans-shipment operations increased over stronger naira, says deputy MD

Daniel Odibe, the deputy managing director of the Lekki deep seaport says its trans-shipment operations have increased substantially due to a stronger naira. Odibe spoke during an interactive session with journalists in Lagos on Thursday. He said...

Malawi’s Alex Chakhota set to shine at African Aviator Legends tourney

Malawi’s Alex Chakhota set to shine at African Aviator Legends tourney

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-Malawi’s very own Alex Chakhota has been named the country’s representative at the prestigious African Aviator Legends tournament, following his impressive win at the Aviator Legends Tournament in Malawi. Chakhota’s...

Trump hails Africa’s mineral wealth

Trump hails Africa’s mineral wealth

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump hailed West Africa’s rich natural resources as he hosted five of its leaders Wednesday for a White House summit aimed at fostering trade to counter the growing influence of Russia and China. Trump’s...

Revolutionary Technology: How SPRIBE’s Aviator Redefined iGaming Through Innovation and Social Integration

Revolutionary Technology: How SPRIBE’s Aviator Redefined iGaming Through Innovation and Social Integration

SPRIBE’s development of Aviator represents a convergence of advanced technology, social gaming principles, and user experience design that has established new benchmarks for the iGaming industry. Technological Foundation Drives Gaming Innovation...

Woman alleges home destroyed by fire truck hitting water main

Woman alleges home destroyed by fire truck hitting water main

A Hollywood woman has formally sought dismissal of a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles in which she alleged an LAFD truck damaged a leaking water main in 2023, resulting in a geyser that destroyed the roof of her home and damaged or...

Building Trust through Effective Service Delivery in Africa

Building Trust through Effective Service Delivery in Africa

MONROVIA, July 10, 2025 – The World Bank’s annual Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report for Sub-Saharan Africa, released today, reveals that despite a stable average CPIA score for the region, there is an urgent need for...

Report stresses the need for Effective Service Delivery in Africa.

Report stresses the need for Effective Service Delivery in Africa.

MONROVIA, July 11, 2025 – The World Bank’s annual Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) report for Sub-Saharan Africa, released Thursday, reveals that despite a stable average CPIA score for the region, there is an urgent need for...

Lekki Port Eyes 500,000 TEUs in 2025, Ramps Up Transshipment to West Africa

Lekki Port Eyes 500,000 TEUs in 2025, Ramps Up Transshipment to West Africa

Oluchi Chibuzor The $1.5 billion Lekki Deep Seaport is fast establishing Nigeria as a maritime hub for West and Central Africa, with expanded international transshipment operations to key regional destinations including Togo, Benin Republic,...

Inside the cross-border network exposing the environmental crisis facing Africa’s longest river

Inside the cross-border network exposing the environmental crisis facing Africa’s longest river

In 2017, inside a modest media nonprofit office in Kampala, Uganda, a collaboration between Ugandan journalist Fredrick Mugira and American journalist Annika McGinnis gave rise to InfoNile, one of Africa’s most ambitious environmental journalism...

Rwanda invests USD500 million more in Bugesera Airport as it promotes an African sporting nirvana

Rwanda invests USD500 million more in Bugesera Airport as it promotes an African sporting nirvana

Rwanda's new Bugesera International Airport is a teenager already - and it hasn't even been built yet. The government has been forced into a further USD500 million cash injection in it for this fiscal year, supported by a Development Bank loan,...

Adeniyi’s Customs reforms elevate Nigeria, amplify Africa’s voice at WCO

Adeniyi’s Customs reforms elevate Nigeria, amplify Africa’s voice at WCO

By Uche Usim If there is one appointment made by President Bola Tinubu that gladdens stakeholders’ hearts, it is elevating Adewale Adeniyi to the position Comptroller-General at the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) in June 2023. While expectations...

Goal and Highlights Botswana 0-1 Nigeria in Women's Africa Cup of Nations

Goal and Highlights Botswana 0-1 Nigeria in Women's Africa Cup of Nations

July 10, 2025, 5:20 pm ET2 hours ago⏱️ 90'+ 20 The match ends The match ends, and the Nigerian national team takes the win after a great finish, taking home all three points from Week 2. The Nigerian team looked much better at times, and that's...

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