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In March 2023, Tropical Cyclone Freddy hovered over the Mozambique Channel for 35 days, making landfall twice and inflicting $1.53 billion in structural damage across ten provinces, according to a …

A two-storey mud tower with a rounded granary sitting on top like a helmet is not a folly. It is a home, a fortress, a temple and a farm building, …

Nigerian travel agents can already sell a single ticket that starts in Abu Dhabi and ends in twenty cities across Nigeria, West Africa and Central Africa, months before Etihad Airways …

Luanda is no longer just a refuelling stop for oil executives. Between 31 October and 1 November 2026, the city tests whether it can pull a different kind of visitor: …

For years, a traveller moving between Northern Nigeria and much of Francophone West Africa has had to think in terms of connections rather than proximity. ASKY Airlines is now changing …

Angola earns close to 94% of its export revenue from crude oil, yet tourism has historically contributed an estimated 0.01% to the country’s GDP, according to a 2025 report by …

Ghana has done something most African nations with transatlantic heritage sites have not managed: turned a diplomatic relationship into a costed, five-year rescue plan for its most vulnerable monuments.  According …

Zambia’s aviation regulator just digitised its safety reporting system, a seemingly routine tech upgrade that carries massive weight for the country’s skies. After drawing a record 2.2 million international visitors …

Liberia has stopped waiting on foreign loans to rebuild its only international airport. This time, the government wants a private company to pay for the work outright, run the facility …

A one-way ticket from Nairobi to Lagos costs close to $900. A passenger flying from Nairobi to Dubai, a route nearly three times the distance, pays around $675, according to …