At a meeting held yesterday (27 November 2019) between the Rades port authorities and local stakeholders, it was decided...
On 29 October, the port authorities have made some amendments to the internal regulations of Rades port.
If you require assistance from our offices in Port Gentil or Libreville, please be advised that Raissa Ndong's telephone number has just been changed from +241 04 28 01 10 to +241 74 28 01 10.
Although the Compagnie des Voies Maritimes (CVM) announced in the evening of 24 September 2019 that their strike had come to an end, we are receiving reports that pilot services are still disrupted in Matadi and Banana.
Budd's Cameroon office has issued an updated port profile which includes important new information regarding armed guards at anchorage.
A recent regulation from the China Maritime Safety Administration updated the official list of polluting and hazardous liquid bulk cargoes.
The indefinite strike which brought Nigerian ports to a standstill from the morning of 3 July was suspended on 5 July pending the outcome of talks scheduled for Monday, 8 July 2019.
As of yesterday, 3 July 2019, all Nigeria’s dockers have been on strike.
Africa’s oldest republic, Liberia, was first declared a nation in 1847 by the freeborn and freed black Americans who had...
In Tunisia, 4, 5 and 6 June 2019 have been declared public holidays to celebrate the end of Ramadan.
The CGT workers’ union has announced one-day strikes in the port of Marseille-Fos.
As reported widely in previous years, vessels calling in Dakar may be subjected to Customs fines and/or detention for any alleged inaccuracies in the following documents and declarations:
A sit in which started at the port of Gabès on Tuesday, 19 March 2019, has effectively prevented any vessels from discharging the pet coke which fuels local cement works.
In the aftermath of another Friday of demonstrations in Algeria protesting against the continuing presidency of Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Budd’s Algiers office reports that to date, there have been no major effects on the country’s ports.
Following a series of postponements in 2018 (see our web news of 15/02/18, 09/04/18 and 03/08/18), the Indonesian govern...
Angry crowds return to the streets of the capital to denounce the election of Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
Babagana Aliyu spent eight years in prison without being convicted of a crime.
Watford's Ismaila Sarr says his Senegal team-mate Sadio Mane has helped him settle in to life in England after a difficult start.
Former Tanzania Football Federation president Jamal Malinzi is found guilty on one of the 20 corruption charges he was facing.
Take our quiz to test your knowledge about the effects of climate change on the continent.
People in countrywide protests have long called for a new kind of politics, not just a new president.
Kenya's Wilfred Bungei, who won Olympic 800m gold in Beijing, shares his story of battling alcoholism in a bid to "save someone".
Algerian students put their lives on hold as they call for a poll boycott and complete political change.
The 26-year-old from South Africa has been described as being "a proud advocate for natural beauty".
Using chalk and markers, women and girls in Nairobi document their experiences of street harassment.
An refugee doctor would love to work in the UK, and the NHS would love to have him - but there's a hitch.
The Seychelles has swapped 5% of its national debt for a cash injection to fight climate change and save its ocean.
A climate system in the Indian Ocean, known as the dipole, is behind extreme weather events in East Africa and Australia.
Kenyan John Kieti campaigned to stop a factory belching out toxic fumes by sharing pollution data.
Kenyan Stanley Ngara gives out free condoms in his bid to encourage safe sex and lower HIV rates.
As Algeria prepares for the first presidential election since the removal of Abdelaziz Bouteflika, protests have intensified on the streets.
Fashion designer Lily Alfonso talks about her struggles as an entrepreneur in Malawi.
Herero people commemorate their battle with their German colonial rulers with a ceremonial dress.
South African Lucky Mashudu's smart glove translates sign language into speech.
Ethiopia has lost most of its trees, making it vulnerable to longer droughts and intense bursts of rain.
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