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• Miscellaneous
• 08/06/2022 05:08

Karibu Killifair opens in Arusha, Tanzania

At least four hundred exhibitors and visitors from different countries across the world have gathered at the Karibu Killifair in Arusha, Tanzania from June 3-5, 2022.

The International tourism & industry fair is promoting and presents companies based in the Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania, Kenya, East Africa, and Central Africa by providi… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 05/06/2022 18:10

Gorilla trekking for the elderly in Uganda

The main highlight of Uganda safaris is gorilla trekking. Very many people who consider Uganda safari holidays are often presented with gorilla trekking and chimpanzee tracking experience. Though this is not all there is for a Uganda safari; mountain gorilla trekking has been the main highlight because it is rare and unique to Uganda, Rwa… read more

• Flights
• 29/05/2022 20:20

Congo suspends flights from Rwanda

Republic of Congo has summoned Rwanda’s ambassador and suspended RwandAir flights to Congo in response to what it says is Kigali’s support for M23 rebels carrying out a military offensive in its eastern borderlands. Rwanda denies supporting the rebels, who advanced as close as 20 km (12 miles) this week to eastern Congo’s main… read more

• Flights
• 17/05/2022 21:39

Travel Trade will be Front and Centre of SAA’s plans

Africa’s travel and tourism trade will be key to South African Airways’ strategy in connecting the continent. The Airline’s Commercial Director Simon Newton-Smith has said.

The Airline in a breakfast meeting with trade partners and stakeholders on the sidelines of last week’s Africa’s Travel Indaba revealed several initiatives the c… read more

• Flights
• 17/05/2022 08:25

Bamako reduces the chances of Air Sahel ever taking to the air

Wanted by the five members of the G5 Sahel (Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Chad), the project to create the Air Sahel community airline is no longer in a hurry. In the making since 2015, its fate now seems to be in the past. And the recent friction between Bamako and the other members make us fear for its future, which is very sim… read more

• Flights
• 08/05/2022 09:15

TAAG will operate flights between Luanda and Madrid in codeshare with Iberia

The Angolan state airline TAAG (Transportes Aéreos Angolanos) will operate flights between the African country and Spain starting on July 27 after the two nations signed an agreement this Thursday, company sources confirmed to EFE.

“TAAG and Iberia signed a strategic alliance in Madrid based on a codeshare and interline agreement th… read more

• Rail
• 29/04/2022 21:58

TAZARA: Resumption of cross-border passenger train operations between Tanzania and Zambia!

The Managing Director of the Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority (TAZARA), Eng. Bruno Ching’andu, has announced that the Chambeshi Rail Bridge, which suffered major damages from a goods train accident in May 2021, will be ready for use again by the end of July 2022.

TAZARA is planning to resume freight operations … read more

• Rail
• 12/04/2022 15:38

Uganda Railways revamp to spur trade

Uganda Railways Corporation (URC) has embarked on an ambitious revamping exercise in an effort to fast-track development and spurring regional trade.

These are also planned to open up the mineral-rich regions, agriculture production, and markets to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. The total cost is estim… read more

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 30/03/2022 08:00

DRC: Transfer of 50 white rhinos from South Africa to Garamba Park

_{The mining company Kibali Gold Mine (KGM) wants to restore the white rhino population in the Garamba National Park in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). To this end, the subsidiary of the Canadian company Barrick Gold has announced the transfer of 50 white rhinos from South Africa.}

• Conservation & Wildlife
• 15/03/2022 07:04

The journey of gorilla conservation in Africa

The first scientist to study gorillas in the wild was Carl Akeley of American Museum of natural history. He journeyed to the Virungas where he collected (shot) the family group that now appears stuffed in the excellent habitat display in New York. Akeley became intrigued with gorillas and felt in love with their mountain habitat. In 1926, he ret… read more