According to Ghana Business News, “Barely two weeks into 2013, 265 fire disasters have been recorded in the country, according to the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS).” Read Article
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According to standardmedia.co, “Chantal Beyer, 24, was visiting the South African nature park with her boyfriend when they stopped to look at some rhinos.” Read Article
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According to iol news, “He was always online, tweeting, blogging or sharing his Facebook status. But last Wednesday whisky-loving Briton Wilkes McDermid disappeared.” Read Article
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As reported by news10.com, “An Egyptian security official says five female French tourists were injured, two critically, when their minibus overturned on snow-covered mountain roads in the Sinai Peninsula.” Read Article
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Austrian tourist killed by bandits during attack in Ethiopia Austria Press Agency reports, “A 27-year-old Austrian tourist was killed in northern Ethiopia when his group was attacked during a boating trip on the Nile, Austria’s foreign ministry said Monday.” Read Article
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As strike continues at Malawi’s Kamuzu International Airport in Lilongwe, three flights were rescheduled on Tuesday as employees continued boycotting overtime work in protest against low allowances.The flights which were expected to land consecutively during lunch hour included South African, Ethiopian and Kenya Airways. Read article
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Police officers in Malindi have arrested a 75 years old tourist for allegedly sodomizing a 30 year old man at Casuarina area. Sources told the media that police caught the two having the affair in a residential house after a tip off from members of public. Read article
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Employees of the Egyptian airports company closed Terminal 2 in Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport on Monday, demanding higher salaries and purging the company of corruption. Airport sources said arrivals were transferred to Terminal 1, which was congested with 100 arriving flights. State-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported that dozens went on strike, but did not give exact […]
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Chris Preece, 54, was stabbed to death in his kitchen by thieves at Fleur de Lis farm, near Ficksburg, a town along the South Africa-Lesotho border. Police believe he may have stepped outside to investigate a power cut when he was ambushed by three man and dragged back into the house. His wife Felicity, 56, […]
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Visitors to Cairo are advised to be alert to their safety after protests broke out is several parts of the city. Thousands of anti-government demonstrators have begun a week-long sit-in in Tahrir Square, while thousands of opposing pro-government supporters have gathered at the Presidential Palace. Read article
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