Ngorongoro Conservation Area In Northern Tanzania
By eTN Staff Writer
The government of Tanzania will construct a monument and podium to preserve the archaeological site where the first species hominid Zinjanthropus boiesei Skull was discovered by Dr.
Travel And Tourism In Africa
By Wolfgang H. Thome
SHERATON KAMPALA HOTEL STAFF UPDATE
The Role Of Technology Development & Transfer, Education, And Culture
By eTN Staff Writer
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore in the United States, in collaboration with its partners, Golden Beach Hotels, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology, and the University of ...
Zimbabwe Tourism Development
Harare — The Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality Industry is working closely with key stakeholders that include the United Nations World Tourism Organization, to maximize output of the ...
Sex Tourism in Kenya
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa
Three people were sentenced to long prison terms in Nairobi last week after being found guilty of child molestation, statutory rape, and subjecting minors to prostitution.
Africa Travel Association
By eTN Staff Writer
On Friday, September 25, the President of Cameroon, alongside Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Tourism from Namibia, Malawi, Zambia, and Zanzibar, as well as a high-level World Bank ...
Arik Airlines Threatens To Suspend Services
By Turaki A. Hassan
The Nigeria Senate has directed the Minister of Aviation Babatunde Omotaba not to continue with the handover of Grand Aviation Terminal 2 at the local wing of the Murtala Mohammed Airport, Lagos ...
Roots rhythm
By Rob McFarland
I'm sure if Mrs Ples' husband had told her that in two million years she'd be splashed across the covers of glossy magazines she'd have told him to stop being an idiot and go and kill something ...
Seized in Singapore
Zambia is pressing to get back its 6.5 tonnes of ivory from a Nairobi-based task force after the illegal trophies were sZambia pushes for return of seized ivory.
Zambia safaris
A gentle voice outside the tent-flap murmurs: 'Morning, morning.' During the night, hyenas whooped and howled persistently, so close behind the camp that their mournful wails seemed to rattle the ...
Angola Tourism
Luanda – Over 294,000 tourists visited Angola in 2008, about a 60 per cent increase in tourism flow in the country, compared to the year 2007.
Robert Muriithi Ndegwa Named
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Ambassador
After a thorough search for a new chief executive, the Minister of Tourism Hon. Najib Balala, appointed Mr. Robert Muriithi Ndegwa to the position today.
Prevention Efforts Stepped Up
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Ambassador
With the three Seychellois piracy victims now safely back home, more efforts to prevent piracy incidents in the island archipelago’s waters have become known.
Endangered Gorillas At Risk
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Ambassador
Investigative reporters working hand in hand with key international conservation NGOs have launched a broadside against the government in Congo Brazzaville over the large-scale killings of the ...
Sub Indian Ocean Seychelles
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Ambassador
The annual international underwater festival, SUBIOS, short for Sub Indian Ocean Seychelles, is taking place next week with the main activities scheduled for October 2 and 3.
Silverback “Titus” Dies
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Ambassador
One of Rwanda’s most recognized and venerable silverbacks, also often fondly called the ‘King of the Gorillas,” died earlier this week at the age of just over 35 years, having been born on ...
Baggage Looted
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Ambassador
The mob let loose last week by Buganda Kingdom hardliners on the general public also caused yet more damage to Uganda’s reputation when sections of them shouted abuse at visitors coming from the ...
Befriend A Gorilla
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Ambassador
A press briefing by the Minister of State for Tourism, Wildlife, and Antiquities, Hon. Serapio Rukundo at the Uganda Media Center, took place earlier in the week in Kampala.
Highly-Controversial Venture
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Ambassador
The highly-controversial VIA is back in the Ugandan news, after a group of parliamentarians raised the apparently unauthorized capital injection made by the government in the amount of US$250,000 ...
UN Year Of The Gorilla
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Ambassador
UWA has now set the dates for the formal launch of the most recently habituated and arguably largest gorilla group (34 members) visitors can see in any of the tracking locations in eastern ...
Travel And Tourism In Africa
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Ambassador
HOLLYWOOD COMES TO UGANDA
Richard Branson Airline Deal
By Ikechi Uko, eTN Ambassador
The controversial relationship between Virgin Atlantic and its erstwhile Nigeria counterpart Virgin Nigeria has finally came to an end on September 17 at a well attended press conference at the ...
ATA Congress In Gambia
Banjul — Gambia will host the 35th Annual Congress of the Africa Travel Association (ATA) in May 2010.
Tourists' Safety In Uganda
KAMPALA - The Ugandan government on Wednesday said the country is safe for tourists, despite last week' s riots that left 15 people dead, scores injured and property destroyed.
Cruise Ships At World Cup
There's been a lot of confusion in the media this week about whether or not Queen Elizabeth 2 and two Holland America Line cruise ships will be allowed to serve as floating hotels in Cape Town, ...
Serengeti National Park
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa
Old plans, brought down by committed conservationists and angry area residents a few years ago, seem to rear the ugly head again, as efforts to build a major airport in the Serengeti district ...
Indian Ocean Deal Inked
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa
As reported several weeks ago about the planned cooperation between Seychelles and Kenya, when the two countries entered into a principal agreement to promote “twin center holidays.”
Nigeria tourism
Having beautiful gates to cities is as old as written history.In ancient days city gates were built for two major reasons: to identify the people and their beautiful craftsmanship; to serve as ...
Moroccan youth -Islam tradition
In the rectangular courtyard outside the Tijani zawiya, a Sufi centre in Fez, half a dozen groups of men sit in circles around aluminium trays filled with flat bread, fruits, milk and thick harira ...
Puntland Authorities Release Piracy Victims
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Ambassador
Information was received by eTN from Nairobi that the three Seychelles citizens captured by pirates in February have finally been freed and have already arrived in Nairobi.
