Rival pirate groups have reportedly fought over the custody of old British couple who were kidnapped nearly two weeks ago off the coast of East Africa and currently held near a Somali coastal town.

Hundreds of port workers in the Somalia's restive capital have staged demonstrations against closure of the port activities over dispute between Somali government and the business community, workers and officials said.

Residents of central Somali village of Bahdo in Galgudud, some 125-miles northeast of the notorious pirate haven of Haradheere, have reportedly clashed with Somali pirates holding a UK couple.

The government has come up with two very important measures to improve on infrastructure.

THE Foreign affairs ministry diverted sh8.5b of the budget for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to finance the construction of the Northern Bypass, members of Parliament learned yesterday.

There was panic and pandemonium amongst passengers when an Air Zimbabwe plane was forced to make an emergency stop on the runaway on Tuesday night, after it allegedly 'hit a warthog' at the Harare International Airport.

A dispute between the Somali government and the business community has halted trade at the main port in the war-torn capital, Mogadishu.

Kenya will start importing crude oil using large tankers with a capacity of a million barrels upon completion of dredging the navigation channel at the Port of Mombasa.

The Ministry of Works and Transport has retrenched 513 workers in a new move geared at streamlining the ministry to become more productive. The workers, who include engineers, mechanics, typists, drivers and support staff, were ordered to surrender all ministry

Indigenous technicians and engineers have been challenged to work towards the local manufacturing of tricycles in the country.

Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane described the Operational Control Centre (OCC) located at the Gautrain depot in Midrand as the "heartbeat of the Gautrain system".

AIRLINES that between them carry more than 85% of the passengers arriving in SA have signed on to an electronic system to enable immigration officials to identify dodgy passengers at the point of check-in, before they even board an aircraft

The Deputy President of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Sen. Ekweremadu has joined the House of Representatives to condemn the installation of the speed breakers on roads and highways of the Federal Capital Territory.

The Minister of Transport, Ibrahim Isa Bio, has denied allegations that he breached due process in the award of some contracts.

Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, yesterday said the National Assembly may consider a legislation to grant the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) powers to retain part of its internally generated revenue, to augment funds from statutory allocation.

Lagos-Ore Benin expressway (no former expressway) remains the undisputed busiest road in Nigeria. Built almost 35 years ago, the road is now the most dangerous road in the whole of Africa.

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has said the state government can't stop the operation of commercial motorcycles, popularly called Okada, across the metropolis until it is able to provide alternative and efficient transportation system for the residents.

Zamfara State Agency for Poverty Alleviation (ZAPA) has received 6,635 units of motorcycles for distribution as loan to the people of the state.

Tragedy struck Sunday along the Abuja/Keffi expressway when a loaded tipper veered off the road and crushed two teenage hawkers and a man, killing one of the hawkers called Zainab on the spot.

THE Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) has threatened to cancel Zzimwe Construction Company's sh1.9b contract to rehabilitate the Arua-Koboko-Oraba road over poor performance.