On the west bank of the Achelous are the remains of one of the oldest shipyards in antiquity, that of the ancient Greek city ...

As China expands its maritime presence globally, African ports have become crucial diplomatic hubs for the Chinese navy.

Iran has marked its annual fire festival. The festival is known as “Chaharshanbe Souri” in Farsi. It comes a week before ...

The mission began on 10 March with a life-changing procedure for 16-year-old Rosalinda, the first patient to undergo surgery aboard the Africa Mercy hospital ship this year. The teenager, from ...

hunter-gatherers might have island-hopped their way to Africa across the Mediterranean. The first genomic study of ancient people from the eastern Maghreb region — present-day Tunisia and ...

ports were closed to South African ships and goods were boycotted. These resolutions were not unanimously accepted. One opposing the sanctions was Ivory Coast, whose president, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, ...

Yet SA’s trade with Iran is insignificant – amounting to little more than R300-million per year, compared with the close to $4-billion in exports South Africa ships to the US under the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. CORRECTS DATE This image provided by Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society shows the broken mast from the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A cargo ship collided with a tanker carrying jet fuel for the US military off eastern England on Monday ...

The Gambia, known as "The Smiling Coast of Africa," has greatly benefited from the increasing number of cruise ships visiting its shores. These visits continue to boost the country's tourism sector.

Addis Ababa — Ethiopia will purchase six new cargo ships to boost its maritime trade ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 400 news and ...