May 05, 2007
Kenya: Contact Numbers for Inquiries on Flight KQ 507
AllAfrica's publishing partners in Nairobi have published telephone numbers for members of the public seeking information about the flight. Read more »
October 22, 2006
Mozambique: Visitors are Discovering Country's Charms, Says Tourism Minister
Fernando Sumbana Jr, who has been Mozambique's minister of tourism since the department was created in 2000, believes his country has the assets required to attract tourism… Read more »
September 27, 2006
Africa: 'Heritage Trail' to Link African, Caribbean, U.S. Tourist Effort
Hundreds of participants are expected at a 5-day 'African Diaspora Heritage Trail' (ADHT) conference opening today in Hamilton, Bermuda. Read more »
September 14, 2006
Africa: Future Lies With 'Community-Based Tourism' Says Kenyan Official
"Community-based tourism is opening up a new era," Dr. Dan Kagagi, CEO of Kenya's Tourism Trust Fund, told reporters Tuesday at the TourismAfrica 2006 meeting underway in… Read more »
September 12, 2006
Africa: Aggressive 'Tourist Offensive' Planned
African government officials, tour operators and service providers from all over the world and representatives from international organizations began the first of a week-long… Read more »
June 27, 2005
Zambia: Zambia Is a Peaceful Destination for Tourism and Investment - Mwanawasa
Levy Mwanawasa, who took part in last week's U.S.-Africa Business Summit, became president of Zambia in January 2002 after a hotly contested election the previous month in which he… Read more »
June 22, 2005
Mozambique: Country Pursuing Investment for Development, President Says
Armando Guebuza, who won the presidency of Mozambique in December 2004 elections, is one of the African leaders attending the Corporate Council on Africa's Business Summit in… Read more »
June 17, 2005
Namibia: Namibia Deserves Aid, Debt Relief, Despite 'Mid-Income' Status, Says President Pohamba
Hifikepunye Pohamba, who three months ago became Namibia's second president since independence in 1990, was one of five African leaders who met with President George Bush at the… Read more »
June 02, 2005
Uganda: Peace Is in Sight, But Term Limits a Hindrance, Says Uganda Minister
In 1907, captivated by its natural beauty, Winston Churchill called Uganda the Pearl of Africa. For many years, the country's Makerere University, whose history as an educational… Read more »
May 26, 2005
Zambia: Debt Relief Puts Zambia on the Threshold to Move Forward - Foreign Minister Shikapwasha
Debt relief for Africa is a top issue under discussion in capitals around the world and is a lead item on the agenda for the G-8 summit in early July of the leading industrial… Read more »
January 16, 2004
Sudan: Sudan Settlement Possible in 'Days', Says State Department's Top Africa Diplomat
Although the goal of a December 31 peace agreement in Sudan has been missed, the government of Sudan and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement and Army (SPLM/A) have… Read more »
November 14, 2003
Africa: Community Involvement Necessary For Sustainable Tourism, Say Experts
"Before, we just posed for pictures and let the tourists go. Then we said, 'Wait a minute! We are getting very little benefits from tourism activities,'" says Paramount Chief… Read more »
November 08, 2003
Uganda: Tourism Key to Uganda Economic Revitalization, Says Museveni
"When you are in space, you don't see Washington; you don't see the tall buildings of New York. You see the Great Wall of China and the great African Rift Valley," Ugandan… Read more »
October 08, 2003
Kenya: Kenya is Safe and a Gateway to Africa, Kibaki Tells Business Group
Expanded trade, investment and tourism is what Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki hopes will result from his two-day official visit to Washington this week. "Let us make this a… Read more »
September 09, 2003
Africa: Protecting Communities to Protect the Planet
Delegates from over 170 countries are meeting this week in Durban, South Africa, to discuss the guiding principles of conservation and Protected Area management at the fifth World… Read more »
March 15, 2003
Central Africa: African Rainforests Need Protection, Congressmen Told
Congo Basin forests that were virtually untouched ten years ago are now threatened by increased logging of tropical hardwoods and expanding populations, the U.S. House of… Read more »
February 12, 2003
Botswana: Conserving Danny, Hector and Chinga - Botswanas Rhinos
What you first notice about Danny and his friend is their size. They are huge, and surprisingly nimble and graceful in movement. No, not sumo wrestlers, but rhinos. Read more »
February 10, 2003
Southern Africa: The Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park: A Model for Africa?
The Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, spanning the borders of South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, is the largest, and most ambitious effort in Africa to combine conservation,… Read more »
January 14, 2003
Senegal: Popenguine - Women Join Hands to Revive a Community Resource
Wolimata Thiao is a towering, one-woman, tour de force. She has mobilised the women of Popenguine and surrounding villages, north of the Senegalese capital, Dakar, to reclaim and… Read more »
November 28, 2002
Kenya: Hotel Bombing Kills Eleven in Kenya
Seven Kenyans and two Israeli tourists were killed in a terrorist bomb blast as they sat down to breakfast Thursday, when a Landrover crashed into the lobby of the Paradise Hotel… Read more »
September 06, 2002
Southern Africa: Mixed Results From Ecotourism in Southern Africa
When the United Nations declared 2002 the Year of Ecotourism, the world body was recognising what is now a common assumption in many parts of the developing world: that this form… Read more »
March 05, 2002
Africa: 'Why Do Our Leaders Hate Us So Much?'
Chidi Anselm Odinkalu is the senior legal officer for Interights, the International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights, based in London. He is attending the third… Read more »
October 25, 2001
Africa: Strike Deepens Air Afrique Woes
Workers with the multinational airline, Air Afrique, began an indefinite strike this week to demand payment of salary arrears. A few months ago, West African leaders and the French… Read more »
June 21, 2001
Africa: Show Off Your Photography and Be Eligible for a Prize
Our special coverage of the African Solar Eclipse of 2001 has relied on photographs sent to us from a Williams College expedition to gather scientific data on the sun's corona.… Read more »
February 18, 2000
Africa: Angolan Journalist Barred from Travel to Washington
Rafael Marques, an Angolan journalist and human rights advocate who spent 41 days in a Luanda prison late last year, was reportedly barred by his government from traveling to… Read more »
