Sunday, September 22, 2024
- Advertisement -

TAG

Tourists

Uganda to lose $1.6 bln in tourism earnings due to Covid-19

Uganda will lose $1.6 billion a year in earnings from tourism as visitors stay away due to the impact of the coronavirus, President Yoweri...

Six Egyptian tourists test positive for Coronavirus

Egyptian authorities have been testing staff at the site where tourists later diagnosed with the novel coronavirus had stayed before returning to France, Egypt’s...

The collapse of Thomas Cook and its impact on Africa

The collapse of Thomas Cook, one of Britain’s oldest companies has impacted negatively on Africa's tourism industry. In many African countries the company operates, managers...

Kenya: Floods kill six at Hell’s Gate park, one still missing

Kenyan Flash Wildlife Service (KWS) officials have announced the death of at least six people at Kenya’s Hell’s Gate National Park. They were killed by...

Morocco gives killers of female tourists death sentences

A Moroccan court has sentenced three suspected jihadists to death for their roles in the death of two Scandinavian women. The two women were beheaded...

Space Station to be opened to tourists from 2020

Nasa said Friday it will open up the International Space Station for tourism and other business ventures as of next year, as it seeks...

Morocco: Militant suspect admits killing two tourists

A militant who has been held for allegedly killing two Scandinavian hikers last year in the High Atlas mountains has admitted to the crime. The...

Nigeria: Two killed, four tourists abducted at resort

Gunmen on Friday shot and killed two people including a British aid worker at a holiday resort in northwestern Nigeria. The armed men also kidnapped...

Kenya: American tourists killed in helicopter crash

Kenyan officials say four Americans and their Kenyan pilot were killed in a helicopter crash on Sunday. The helicopter crashed shortly after taking off from...

Moroccans hold vigils for murdered tourists

Hundreds of Moroccans on Saturday attended a vigil in the capital Rabat for the two Scandinavian tourists who were murdered in the Atlas mountains. The...

Latest news

Nigerian High Commission apartments in Ghana demolished

Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers. The apartments have been constructed to...

Covid-19: Ghana records significant recovery numbers

Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered. The significant number of recoveries means the country now...

DR Congo: President’s ex-chief of staff jailed 20 years for corruption

The ex-chief of staff of the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo has been jailed 20 years by a high court. Vital Kamerhe was...

Covid-19: Zimbabwe’s health minister arrested, charged for graft

Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million. Moyo is accused of illegally...

Ghana’s new law that jails citizens not wearing facemask 10 years

Ghanaians who fail to wear the face masks in compliance with a presidential directive risk going to jail for ten years. They also face a...
- Advertisement -