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19 December 2018
Ebola in DRC - 19 Dec 2018
Some of our UK based members may have seen coverage on ITV News concerning the recent outbreak of Ebola in the DRC. We have been following the situation very carefully and have been taking advice from our medical advisor Dr Richard Dawood.
Read More18 December 2018
What to expect at Cape Town Carnival 2019
The annual Cape Town Carnival takes places on 16 March 2019. The carnival, a platform for artistic and cultural expression is now approaching its tenth iteration, with increasing boldness and confidence and this can be seen in the messages it conveys.
Read More18 December 2018
Netherlands to ban raw ivory sales from 2019
The Netherlands said on Monday it will ban all raw ivory sales from next year, as it unveiled the results of a major operation to combat trafficking in endangered animals and plants.
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Kenyan & Austrian leaders discuss mutual interests including wildlife conservation
Wildlife conservation, renewable energy development and curriculum reforms were top of the agenda when President Uhuru Kenyatta held talks today with his host, Alexander van Bellen, the President of Austria, on the sidelines of the ongoing Africa-EU high level forum in Vienna.
Read More17 December 2018
Turkish Airlines begins flights to Zambia
Turkish Airlines has launched flights from their Istanbul hub to Lusaka, Zambia for boosting tourism and trade.
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Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) making steady progress in Turkish market
For the past four years, Namibia Wildlife Resorts (NWR) has been making steady progress in creating awareness about its establishments within the Turkish market. The initial drive to do this began with the encouragement of the former Turkish Ambassador to Namibia, Ambassador Deniz Cakar for NWR to go and present their establishments to the Turkish market. Soon after returning from Turkey, NWR was able to secure some tours.
Read More14 December 2018
Once devastated by war, Gorongosa National Park’s wildlife is now thriving
Gorongosa National Park, in central Mozambique, along the southeastern coast of Africa, is rising anew from the ashes and ruination of war. The latest numbers from its 2018 aerial wildlife count, just released, show that the park’s populations of large mammals, devastated during the conflict, continue to rebound.
Read More14 December 2018
Trains transforming travel in Africa
Few modes of transport evoke a sense of history and romanticism as rail. Africa’s first network of railways was started in Alexandria, Egypt in 1852. Today, fast-growing economies across the continent are upgrading rail infrastructure to support improved regional trade and transit. So today we look at a few railway systems that are changing the African travel system for various reasons.
Read More13 December 2018
Manchester gains new access to Africa
Manchester yesterday gained new access to Africa as Ethiopian Airlines started flights from the north-west gateway. The four times a week service to Addis Ababa will leave the UK’s third largest airport 100% full and provide more than 60 connections across Africa. The direct air link is set to benefit 400,000 people across the north of England who currently access Africa via other means.
Read More13 December 2018
South Africa Receives UK Travel Awards
The city of Cape Town has won the accolade for ‘Best City’ for the sixth consecutive year, while South Africa was voted second in the award for ‘Best Country’ at the recent Telegraph travel awards in London, the country’s tourism agency said.
Read More12 December 2018
Cape Town's 'Nowhere Better' campaign to encourage tourists back to 'greatest city on Earth'
Cape Town is ploughing R12m into a global campaign aimed at bringing back tourists scared away by "Day Zero" doom-mongering. The "Nowhere Better" campaign will focus on the key tourism markets of the US, UK and Germany, according to a report that will be presented to Thursday's meeting of the Cape Town city council.
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Venture into the Okavango Delta with National Geographic's 360-degree video
Yesterday National Geographic premiered the first episode of its new 360-degree video series, “The Okavango Experience.” Over the course of three weeks, three filmmakers joined the National Geographic Okavango Wilderness Project team in Botswana as they surveyed the wildlife and ecosystems by canoe.
Read More11 December 2018
Turkish travel agencies expressing interest in Zimbabwe
Turkish Airlines is expected to expand its flight route into Zimbabwe by the second quarter of next year following profound deliberations held by authorities from the two countries during Zimbabwe's maiden participation at the ongoing Turkey Travel Fair currently underway in the city of Izmir.
Read More11 December 2018
Reopening of Mara North Airstrip
The renovation of the Mara North Airstrip is complete and both Safarilink and Airkenya have recently resumed flights there as normal. The airstrip was officially reopened on Saturday 8th December.
Read More10 December 2018
Coffee and tourism are key to Uganda's growth agenda
Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda is optimistic that the synergy between the tourism and coffee sub-sectors will be instrumental to getting Uganda’s economy to middle income status. Rugunda was speaking as Chief Guest at the first annual Coffee and Tourism Symposium and Exposition at Golden Tulip Hotel in Kampala at the end of last week.
Read More10 December 2018
Qatar airways launches direct flights to Mombasa from Doha
Qatar Airways has launched direct flights to Mombasa city in a move that steps up competition for domestic carriers. The four-times weekly service between Doha and Mombasa will be Qatar Airways’ second Kenyan destination, in addition to existing flights to Nairobi.
Read More07 December 2018
Rwanda to open a new eco-tourism park in 2020
Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, will be home to a new 134-hectare urban park in 2020 in the city’s Nyandungu wetland. The Nyandungu Urban Wetland Eco-Tourism Park will provide walking and cycling trails, fish ponds, botanical gardens for tourists, whilst conserving wetlands for habitat.
Read More07 December 2018
Malawi welcomes giraffes following historic translocation
African Parks, the conservation non-profit organisation headed by Prince Harry, has just announced the historic translocation of thirteen giraffe into Malawi’s Majete Wildlife Reserve. It’s the first-ever introduction of this species into any of Malawi’s National Parks or Reserves.
Read More06 December 2018
Royal Air Maroc to become Oneworld’s first African member airline
Airline alliance Oneworld will be getting new connections to Africa in mid-2020 when Moroccan flag carrier Royal Air Maroc officially comes on board as the alliance’s first new full member in six years.
Read More06 December 2018
Saving the last West African giraffes in Niger
For almost 50 years, the highly threatened West African giraffe has been absent from Niger's Gadabedji Biosphere Reserve. An ambitious conservation initiative has now re-introduced eight giraffes into the reserve, in the first conservation effort of its kind for the West African subspecies.
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