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  • How Can Luxair Be Larger Than Arik Air?

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    Maarten Van Den Driessche
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    How Can Luxair Be Larger Than Arik Air? At first glance, it sounds impossible. How could Luxair, the national airline of Luxembourg, a country with a population of just around 680,000 people, operate a larger fleet than Arik Air, one of Nigeria‘s best-known airlines, serving a country of more than 242 million people? Yet that’s…

  • The Niger River: West Africa’s Lifeline

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    Maarten Van Den Driessche
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    Flowing in a vast arc across West Africa, the Niger River is more than just a geographical feature—it is a civilizational backbone. Stretching over 4,180 km, it is the third-longest river in Africa, after the Nile River and the Congo River, and it weaves together landscapes, cultures, and histories across the continent. 🗺 A River…