ADVERTISEMENTFrom air traffic control strikes to extreme weather, last year saw millions of passengers face flight delays across Europe. New data released by European air traffic control organisation Eurocontrol has revealed how airports and airlines performed last year. Delays en route due to ATC strikes were four times higher in 2023 than they were in 2022 with almost all affecting French airspace. Though strikes, weather events and changes to systems made problems worse, capacity and staffing were the main issues that generated delays. The worst airlines for arrival punctuality were TAP (61 per cent), Pegasus (62 per cent) and Turkish Airlines (64 per cent).

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El Hosseiny says the choice of the festival was not an accident, adding that she and her co-founder wanted to create a decentralisation of art. The Luxor festival features multiple segments, including four competitive ones;Feature filmShort filmAfrican diasporaEgyptian student film competitions – all narrative, documentary and animated films which do not exceed 30 minutes. (“We will honour Mali’s cinema through a special film programme and panels featuring its representatives,” El Hosseiny says. “[Luxor festival] is a melting pot of all African cinematic voices,” El Hosseiny says. But we are also an African country with many threads linking us with the rest of the continent,” El Hosseiny says.

Tourists walk past the glass Pyramid of the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, January 15, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/File Photo MADRID, Jan 19 (Reuters) – Global tourism is set to fully recover from the pandemic in 2024 as international tourist arrivals will likely be 2% more numerous than in 2019, the United Nations’ World Tourism Organisation said on Friday. In 2023, travel demand in Europe and Africa almost reached pre-pandemic levels, and surpassed them in the Middle East. Some destinations, such as Mediterranean Europe, the Caribbean and the Central American and North African sub-regions, exceeded their 2019 international tourism arrivals last year. In 2023, international tourism ended at 88% of pre-pandemic levels, with an estimated 1.3 billion international travellers.

“The Secretary will highlight how the United States has accelerated the U.S.-Africa partnership since the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, including in areas such as climate, food, and health security. The department said that the US top diplomat will also reaffirm U.S. commitment to coastal West African partners through the Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability, U.S. partnership with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The tour will be Blinken’s fourth trip to the continent as Secretary of State and his first to sub-Saharan Africa since visiting Niger in March of 2023. It also comes on the heel of his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi’s visit to several countries on the continent, including Côte d’Ivoire. Washington has been struggling to thwart the growing influence of China and Russia in southern Africa.

The US, South Korea and Japan say they have conducted more exercises in the past year as a deterrence response to the increasing frequency of North Korea's military actions, which include multiple tests of its nuclear ballistic missiles and launches of new weapons. All such actions are in breach of UN sanctions.

The Egyptian Ministry of Public Businesses Sector has probed the possibility of establishing a solar power plant with Norwegian Scatec to save clean energy for the operation of Nagaa Hammadi Aluminum Smelter Solar PV Park, according to a statement. The plant is set to be established over two phases with a total capacity of 1,000 megawatt-hour (MWh), 500 MWh each. The project’s first phase could be completed within 18 months as of date of signing, while the second phase could take 24 months. Copyright © 2022 Arab Finance Brokerage Company All rights reserved. Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (Syndigate.info).

International tourism ended 2023 at 88% of pre-pandemic levels, with an estimated 1.3 billion international arrivals, according to the first UNWTO World Tourism Barometer of the year. Key takeaways include:The Middle East led recovery in relative terms as the only region to overcome pre-pandemic levels with arrivals 22% above 2019. Asia and the Pacific reached 65% of pre-pandemic levels following the reopening of several markets and destinations. According to the UNWTO Tourism Recovery Tracker, both international air capacity and passenger demand recovered about 90% of pre-pandemic levels through October 2023 (IATA). International tourism is expected to fully recover pre-pandemic levels in 2024, with initial estimates pointing to 2% growth above 2019 levels.

Egypt’s Paymob, the leading financial services enabler in the Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan (MENAP), has received the Central Bank of Oman’s (CBO) Payment Service Provider (PSP) license, making it the first international fintech company to be fully licensed in the Sultanate. Founded in 2015 by Islam Shawky, Alain El Hajj and Mostafa Menessy, Paymob is an infrastructure technology enabler providing payment solutions to empower digital financial service providers through mobile wallet technology. The PSP license in Oman authorises Paymob to accept and process online and in-store payments, powered by its local integration with CBO’s secure payment infrastructure, OmanNet. Paymob secured the PSP license upon complying with all the regulatory requirements of CBO’s framework. “It is a proud moment for Paymob to be the first international fintech company to receive PSP licensing in Oman.

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Share Comment on this story Comment Add to your saved stories SaveSEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said Friday it has tested a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone in response to a combined naval exercise by South Korea, the United States and Japan this week, as it continues to blame its rivals for raising tensions in the region. AdvertisementThe underwater drone, which North Korea said it first tested last year, is among a broad range of weapon systems demonstrated in recent years as Kim expands his arsenal of nuclear-capable weapons. South Korea’s military says North Korea has exaggerated the capabilities of the drone. North Korea’s military said it conducted the test in the country’s eastern waters in response to a naval drill by the U.S., South Korea and Japan which ended Wednesday in waters south of Jeju island. South Korea is serving a two-year term on the council.

The African operations of Prime Video are about to take a hit. The implications are quite dire, as it will see a scaling down on local content in these regions and laying off of staff. Prime Video will no longer commission original content in Africa, the Middle East and North Africa any time soon — based on an email seen by Variety. Prime Video entered the African market in 2016, introducing itself as a new player to rival Netflix and other streamers. It remains Prime Video’s first African original movie.

By Arezki Daoud:Has the war in Ukraine deter Russia from engagement in Africa? But many analysts have dismissed Russia as an economic partner for Africa. If you believe the data from the Russian Federal Customs Service, business between Russia and Africa is booming. Russian imports from Africa increased by $7.5 billion dollars year over year. But if the statistics are somewhat correct, the myth of Russia focusing only on military commerce may not be true after all.

Morocco intensifies its gatekeeper role in EU migration, stopping 87,000 migrants in 2023. The majority were arrested near Morocco's western coastline, the army stated. "The equation is that the EU supports Morocco's territorial claim, and Morocco supports Europe's refugee policy," Sonja Hegasy told DW. Moroccan claims on Western Sahara are not recognised by the United Nations and the occupation remains illegal under international law. Western Sahara is also home to the Algeria-backed Polisario Front, which represents the local Sahrawi people.

Residential buildings destroyed by Israeli airstrikes in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Azmi also survived the first Israel-Hamas war, which occurred in 2008-2009, about two years after the Islamist movement took over Gaza. Hamas militants in Gaza have continued to fire rockets into southern and central Israel, though less frequently as the war has proceeded. The day Azmi left his home, he filled his own and his wife Jojo’s cars with essential goods. Loading VideoGrowing ShortagesIn Deir al-Balah, airstrikes were not as frequent as in northern Gaza or in Khan Younis.