Africa’s air links are poor: can the G20 push for more direct flights to improve tourism and trade?

By Kaitano Dube, Faculty of Human Sciences Acting Research Professor, Vaal University of Technology

In Africa, less than one in five continental airline routes are direct. Air connections are decided by factors like trade levels, diplomatic relations, and whether there’s enough demand to make a route financially worthwhile. Because there are so few direct connections in Africa, getting from one country to another often requires travellers to fly to Europe or the Middle…

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~	Thai villagers have moved four times to escape rising sea levels – life on the climate-change frontline

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