Airline Expansion Program
By Apolinari Tairo, eTN
In its plans to extend its wings in African skies, Tanzania’s first private-owned airline, Precisionair, is looking to expand its services to cover Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR
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Antonov A-12 Banned
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
It was learned that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has issued prohibition orders for their airspace on aircraft registered in the Congo DR, besides also affecting the same measure on Swaziland, Equato
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MOU Signed
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
Leaving the bad old days behind them, Rwanda and Congo have resumed cooperation in the aviation field, following a series of exploratory talks culminating in the signing of a formal memorandum of unde
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Lava Flow Visible In Uganda
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
Information received from the management of the award-winning "Clouds" safari lodge at Nkuringo/Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, indicate sightings of the lava flow fires reflecting on the di
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Congo Express Airline
By Vernon Wessels
SA Express, the state-owned South African domestic and regional carrier, will start an airline to operate domestic flights in the Democratic Republic of Congo to meet increased demand in Africa’s se
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Tourist Areas Not Under Threat
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
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Runway Shortened By Lava
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
Information just received from Goma indicates that an MD80 aircraft, apparently coming from the Congolese capital Kinshasa, overshot the available runway.
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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 endange
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Current Kidnappings
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa
Armed personnel from the DR Congo have over the last weekend again perpetrated a raid into Ugandan waters in Lake Albert, breaking previous agreements over the ownership of Rukwanzi Island.
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Congo Crash
By tvnz.co.nz
A Boeing 737 crashed in Democratic Republic of Congo about 200 km from Kinshasa, a government official said.
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East Africa Tourism
By Wolfgang H. Thome
‘WILDPLACES AFRICA’ AND ‘UGANDA SAFARI COMPANY’ AT ITB
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Congo Conflict
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa
New information have emerged from well-informed sources in Kigali about the latest news from the Eastern Congo, in as far as deployment of foreign troops are concerned.
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Congo War
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa
The east of the sprawling jungle nation of Congo is again in turmoil, as troops loyal to General Nkunda have taken control of a large national army base, before also occupying the park headquarters of
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East Africa Tourism
By Wolfgang H. Thome
CLOUDS LODGE OPENING GETS MAGIC TOUCH
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Congo
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa
Information received from Eastern Congo indicates that the regime in Kinshasa has engaged in some airborne re-supply of arms and ammunition to their troops based in the Goma area and their allied mili
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Passenger Ship Sinks
By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa
The sprawling jungle nation, extending from the Western side of the Rwenzori Mountains to well nearly the Atlantic Ocean, again had bad press across the world over the weekend.
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Congo
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN Africa
eTN has in past months repeatedly mentioned the seemingly dubious role the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mission des Nations Unies en République Démocratique du Congo (
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Congo
By Wolfgang H. Thome
KAMPALA, Uganda (eTN) - Joseph Kabila, who followed in the footsteps of his assassinated father Laurent Kabila to head the Congo regime, has over the last weekend lambasted the Belgian government for questioning his human rights record and his economic activities that many feel illegal like the cancellation of long term mining and oil ... read more
East Africa Tourism
By Wolfgang H. Thome
PRESIDENT BLASTS ENCROACHERS
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Uganda Ebola outbreak
By Wolfgang H. Thome
KAMPALA, Uganda (eTN) - The present Ebola outbreak, suspected to have been brought into Uganda by infected persons from the Democratic Republic of Congo seeking treatment or escaping their own government perpetrated violence in the East of the jungle nation, is now being misused by the Ugandan political opposition for their own ends.
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