Free Public Transport - Africa

ABUJA, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Cost increases and uncertainty in Nigeria’s crucial energy sector could lead to a 35% decline in oil output over...

Lagos has a world-wide reputation for its infamous traffic jams and poorly maintained roads, and the ban will only increase the problems f...

In its latest report on Africa’s energy outlook for 2020, the African Energy Chamber, an inter-professional grouping of energy and mining...

“All these are in the law but they are not being implemented and we have to start implementing them. Advocacy will be carried out. With it...

Billions of dollars are being spent on new roads across Africa but little is being spent on protecting the majority of people who use them...

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday launched the new buses under the Bus Reform Initiative (BRI) with free service on five routes, ass...

Catastrophic trends are converging in unfathomably dangerous ways and will soon collide with the rudderless geopolitics of our era. Absent...

iol.co.za/news/south-africa Cape Town - There has been a noticeable increase in cockroaches in Cape Town this year due to the drought, sai...

bereamail.co.za/  PEOPLE Against Petrol and Parafin Price Increase (PAPPPI) has called on government to introduce transport coupons for se...

Everything they told us about Somalia wasn't true. Somali "Pirates" are fishermen who've watched for years as the West, Eu...

REDD-Monitor : "On 1 February 2018, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s forests were dealt a double blow. First, DRC’s Minister of Envir...

Slate Afrique : "lusieurs milliers de personnes ont manifesté dimanche à Niamey et dans les grandes villes du Niger pour demander ...

About Energy : "Energy potential, foreign investments, political choices in the oil & gas sector, and future projects of Nigeria,...

climate change news : "The long rains, one of two wet seasons that quench the thirst of the East African region, failed this year for t...

YEN.COM.GH : "- Government has put out steps to reward all senior citizens in the country - This will see such persons given free pas...

Global Justice Now : " “There’s such a powerful narrative in Western societies that Africa is poor and that it needs our help. This res...

The New Yorker : "At the moment, seventeen hundred members of the Special Forces and other military personnel are undertaking ninety-si...

Africa Science News : "Environmental summits keep calling for actions which governments adopt or not. There were many of those summit...

BusinessDay : "While these limitations are real, my submission is that, Lagos roads and highways are too accessible to all manners of p...

GRAPHIC: Colonial control over Africa in 1914 pic.twitter.com/AnYDg9Wr60 — The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) February 20, 2017 Wes...

Scrapping Nigerian superhighway buffer isn’t enough, say conservation groups : "The six-lane superhighway, which would connect the inla...

The Data Blog : "The typical household in many African cities cannot afford public transport fares. According to a new report, public t...

The Bush Chicken : "“For women and girls worldwide, the freedom to move safely around cities is greatly restricted, whether by gender-b...

allAfrica.com : "Nairobi — A new policy research working paper by the World Bank indicates that economic opportunities in Nairobi can d...

Al Jazeera : "Sudanese police forces have fired tear gas at about 300 Sudanese protesters demonstrating against a government decision t...

Ghana News : "“We will ensure that even public transportation would be made progressively free for all Persons with Disabilities.” The...

The Guardian : "“I’m in trouble if I leave my house around 6 or 6.30am,” Ampofo says. “I then won’t arrive at work until nine or 10a...