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Namibia, Africa: Tourist From Germany Robbed While Asking for Directions

German tourist and Kenyan student robbed

nampa.org – A German tourist was allegedly robbed while asking for directions at Ongwediva on Wednesday.

The Namibian Police Force in a crime report issued on Friday said the 30-year-old woman was robbed of a Canon 750D camera with two lenses valued at N.dollars 13 600.
The incident occurred at around 16h20 near Kaimbi Street.
The woman reportedly stopped her vehicle to ask for directions when an unknown suspect coming from another vehicle forced the victim’s car door open. Read Article

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British Tourist Falls From Hot Air Balloon in strong winds, Dies in South Africa

inquisitr.com reported a 48-year-old British tourist has died after falling from a hot air balloon in inquisitr.com reported South Africa on Tuesday. The woman, identified as Susan Astle, was reportedly on the hot air balloon ride with her husband and two sons when it was suddenly swept by a powerful wind and crashed into a […]

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Nambia Africa: Two German Women found dead, unknown cause of death

news24.com reported Windhoek Nambia – Two German women who went missing last week after going for a hike in Namibia were found dead on Monday, police said. The bodies of the women, aged 28 and 47, were discovered at the Fish River Canyon, Africa’s largest canyon, in the south of the country. Namibian police chief […]

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Sahara Desert: 29 tourists from Europe still missing

The search for 29 European tourists who disappeared in the Sahara Desert gained momentum as tiny – but insufficient – clues to their whereabouts surfaced and special teams from Europe arrived. dailymail.co.uk reported Six separate groups of tourists – from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands – have disappeared over the past six weeks and […]

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South Africa: Shark Goes After Tourist in Cage off coast

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Foreign Tourists Killed in Tunisia Beach Resort ( massacre of 39 people)

npr.org reported The man who opened fire on tourists at a Tunisian beach resort, killing 39 and wounding 36 others, has been identified by the country’s prime minister as a 23-year-old aviation student studying at the nearby University of Kairouan. Premier Habib Essid also said that he believed most of the tourists killed in Friday’s […]

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Tourist from U.S. raped at national park in South Africa

rnews.co.za reported an American tourist has been admitted to a hospital in Knysna after she was raped along the coast in the Tsitsikamma National Park – allegedly by two illegal fishermen. Police spokesperson Warrant Officer Gerda Swarts said that the suspects are believed to have pounced on her while she was jogging along the coast. […]

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EBOLA: Those travelling from infected countries in Africa barred from entering Colombia

lainfo.es reported Colombia’s government said Tuesday it will restrict access to its territory to all persons who have been in Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia and Nigeria during the last month as a measure to prevent the arrival of Ebola in the country. Information outlined in the Colombian Foreign Ministry Radio Caracol require that national interests […]

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Sousse, Tunisia: Tourist from Denmark commits suicide, jumps from hotel room

tunisia.com reported a young Danish tourist committed suicide this afternoon by jumping from his room on the 9th floor of a hotel in Sousse. The suicide theory is in no doubt, according to the deceased’s mother who told Jawhara FM that her son, aged 24, was mentally ill. The prosecutor rushed to the scene to […]

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West Africa: WHO warns Ebola may infect up to 10,000 people

israelnationalnews.com reported Ebola now at 70% – not 50% – mortality rate as epidemic deepens, with 9,000 total infections expected by weekend and 4,447 dead. The World Health Organization released an updated projection on Tuesday of the Ebola epidemic gripping the globe, and warned that by December the lethal virus may infect as many as […]

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