Tag Archives: Travel and Tourism

Ethiopian Maid kills employer, seriously hurts son

An Ethiopian housemaid murdered her Saudi employer by stabbing him in the neck and other parts of his body before attacking his little son and inflicting serious injuries on him, a newspaper in the Gulf kingdom reported on Wednesday. The … read more »

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Pilots, Tourists killed in Kenya Maasai Mara plane crash

Two German tourists and two Kenyan pilots have been killed in a plane crash. The twin-engine aircraft carrying 11 holidaymakers came down in Kenya’s Maasai Mara game reserve. The nine survivors have been airlifted to hospital in the capital Nairobi, … read more »

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S.Africa: Ivory smugglers nabbed in Cape Town tusk raid

Officials saw the tusks in the airport’s storage facility during a routine inspection, said Lieutenant colonel Andre Traut on Tuesday. “Police were notified and an operation was conducted which led to the discovery of 46 tusks concealed in two different … read more »

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Hotel inside South Africa’s Kruger Park angers conservationists

South Africa’s world-renowned Kruger National Park is to get its first luxury hotel, but not everyone is impressed by the decision aimed at attracting the growing black middle class. The move by South African National Parks has been met with … read more »

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Safari Code Breaker

by Rebecca Reynolds, President and Founder, Rebecca Reynolds Consulting Dropping down over the Drakensberg escarpment, an immense shelf of land that gives way in great carved ravines to the vast plains below, I was awed by its magnitude. Instinctively, I … read more »

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Total Kenya FY pre-tax profit falls 96 pct on price controls

Fuel marketer Total Kenya posted a 96 percent drop in full-year profit to 58 million shillings, and blamed a weakening Kenyan shilling against the dollar, inflation and price caps introduced in the sector in December 2010. Total Kenya said in … read more »

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2012 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier: Ireland v Namibia

Ireland Namibia Match scheduled to begin at 10:00 local time (06:00 GMT) Ireland squad WTS Porterfield*, AR Cusack, GH Dockrell, DT Johnston, NG Jones, EC Joyce, RD McCann†, JF Mooney, KJ O’Brien, WB Rankin, MC Sorensen, PR Stirling, AR White, … read more »

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It might be more useful to engage with secessionists

Rasna Warah For more than a century, Kenya’s coastal people have been repeatedly alienated from their land and marginalised from public services, particularly education. Now they want to break away from the rest of the country. I did not know … read more »

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IMF working with Tunisia on crisis

Tunis – The director of the International Monetary Fund says her organisation has been working closely with Tunisian authorities since the revolution to cope with the current economic crisis. Christine Lagarde said on Thursday at the conclusion of her two … read more »

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Africa Comes to Charlotte, North Carolina

The Southeast’s only exposition of this magnitude, the 2nd annual African Sporting Exposition brings the best outfitters from the countries of Africa to Charlotte. Attendees receive a one-on-one opportunity with Africa’s finest, to learn about an African hunting, fishing or … read more »

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Cape Verde opposition leader wins election runoff

Cape Verde opposition candidate Jorge Carlos Fonseca has won a presidential election runoff in the west African island nation, securing 54.45 percent of the vote to beat ruling party flag-bearer Manuel Inocencio Sousa, authorities said. With only about 7 percent … read more »

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14 killed, 39 injured in road accident in Morocco

At least 14 people were killed and 39 others were wounded Thursday morning when two vehicles collided in south Morocco, state news agency MAP reported. Of the 39 injured, nine were in serious conditions. The MAP said the accident occurred … read more »

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At least 3 die in gas truck accident in Zimbabwe: report

A gasoline truck overturned in Zimbabwe’s capital Harare and killed at least three people, media reports said on Sunday. The reports quoted local fire department officials as saying that the incident happened late Saturday in the southern parts of Harare, … read more »

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Malawi postpones local polls

Blantyre – Malawi’s local elections will only be held in 2014, the electoral commission said on Wednesday, after an embezzlement scandal forced the government to scrap the polls that had been planned for last month. A brief statement by the … read more »

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President Jacob Zuma’s daughter to ties the knot with 12 Lamborghinis

Just before the British royals have their wedding, South Africa’s first family is preparing for the “mother of all parties” when President Jacob Zuma’s daughter ties the knot over the weekend. Security has been beefed up across the Eastern Cape, … read more »

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Glimpses of Hope in Impoverished Kibera

Corrugated jungle that is Africa’s second largest slum was one of the flashpoints of ethnic violence following Kenya’s 2007 election. (Photo: Blake Evans-Pritchard) A little short of breath in the stifling Kenyan heat, I pause at the top of a … read more »

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Pregnant Eritrea migrant found dead in South Tel Aviv

The body of a pregnant illegal migrant in her thirties from Eritrea was found in an apartment in South Tel Aviv on Friday. Her body showed signs of being involved in a violent struggle. Police stated that they suspect the … read more »

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Ghanaian player Joseph Mensah jailed in Germany for Match fixing

Ghanaian midfielder Joseph Mensah has been jailed in Germany for his alleged involvement in a match fixing scandal that rocked the European country four years ago. Mensah was fined 6,000 Euros in 2008 for his alleged role in attempting to … read more »

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Map of Zimbabwe

Map and Basic Facts about Zimbabwe Location: Southern Africa, between South Africa and Zambia. Land Boundaries: Botswana 813 km, Mozambique 1,231 km, South Africa 225 km and Zambia 797 km. Geography: Size 390,580 sq km , slightly larger than Montana, … read more »

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Map of Zambia

Map and Basic Facts about Zambia Location: Southern Africa, east of Angola and north of Botswana and Zimbabwe. Land Boundaries: Angola 1,110 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,930 km, Malawi 837 km, Mozambique 419 km, Namibia 233 km, Tanzania … read more »

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Map of Tanzania

Map and Basic Facts about Tanzania Location: Tanzania is in Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Kenya and Mozambique. Land Boundaries: Burundi 451 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 459 km, Kenya 769 km, Malawi 475 km, Mozambique 756 … read more »

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Map of Malawi

Map and Basic Facts about Malawi Location: Malawi is in Southern Africa, east of Zambia. Land Boundaries: Mozambique 1,569 km, Tanzania 475 km, and Zambia 837 km. Geography: The size of Malawi is 118,480 sq km, slightly smaller than Pennsylvania, … read more »

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Map of Madagascar

Madagascar Map and Basic Facts Location: Madagascar is in Southern Africa. It’s an island in the Indian Ocean, east of Mozambique. Geography: Size 587,040 sq km, slightly less than twice the size of Arizona, US. Madagascar’s climate is tropical along … read more »

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Map of Kenya

Map and Basic Facts about Kenya Location: Eastern Africa, bordering the Indian Ocean, between Somalia and Tanzania. Land Boundaries: Ethiopia 861 km, Somalia 682 km, Sudan 232 km, Tanzania 769 km, Uganda 933 km. Geography: Size 582,650 sq km, slightly … read more »

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Map of Gambia

Gambia Map and Basic Facts Location: The Gambia lies in West Africa bordering the North Atlantic Ocean and basically surrounded by Senegal Geography: The Gambia is a small country covering just 11,300 sq km, slightly less than twice the size … read more »

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