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GOODS ONLY

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Ever heard of a goods train? Have you ever come across a ‘goods only’ truck or trailer? You can’t miss it, just as it says; these carriers take only...

RWANDA-UGANDA: Cross-continent truckers risk more than HIV

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81082

Saturday, November 22, 2008

KATUNA Thursday, October 23, 2008 (IRIN) - Edward Oboth Ofumbi is glad his days as a long-distance truck driver are over; glad to have left a life...

How Costly Birds Can Be

http://www.addisfortune.com/How Costly Birds Can Be.htm

Sunday, November 16, 2008

A cancelled cargo flight with about 76 tonnes of flowers for export on board, which was due to fly from Addis Abeba to Brussels, Belgium on October...

SOUTH AFRICA-ZIMBABWE: Ship of shame adrift in controversy

IRIN http://www.irinnews.org

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

There were conflicting reports about the whereabouts of a Chinese ship, laden with a cargo of small arms destined for Zimbabwe, after it was turned...

DRC: Likasi residents told to avoid radioactive river

IRIN

Monday, November 12, 2007

The DRC government has ordered residents of Likasi, a large town in the mineral-rich Katanga province, to stay away from their local river, the...

Dozens killed in Congo plane crash, transport minister fired

Wikinews

Monday, October 08, 2007

More than fifty people have been killed after a plane crashed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, causing president Joseph Kabila to fire his...

13 dead as cargo plane crashes in Congo

Wikinews

Monday, August 27, 2007

An Antonov cargo plane has crashed in Congo, killing thirteen people on board. The plane had just taken off from Kongolo, Katanga with a cargo of...