A 18-member group of tourists which had been missing during several days, has shown up. All of the group members fell themselves fine and will return to their homes today.Family members of the tourists called teh police after they had been missing for several days. Representatives of the emergency department of the interior ministry and the Khaishi police division started searching for the missing group and found them in a forest in the village of Zeda Veda.
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CAIRO (AFP) – Bedouin men kidnapped two US tourists and their guide in Egypt’s lawless Sinai on Friday, police said, adding that they were demanding the release of a jailed tribesman in exchange for the hostages.The Bedouin captured the American man and woman in the middle of the peninsula, where they were in a car […]
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Douglas Pakati said it was the duty of the veterinary services department to monitor disease outbreaks and determine the cause of death.“I am not aware of this mysterious disease that is reported to be in or around Gutu. But it is not advisable to consume meat from livestock that have died in unclear circumstances,” said […]
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RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Two bus crashes in separate locations in Morocco have claimed 27 lives, including those of a German and a Dutch tourist, reported the state news agency Tuesday. One bus flipped over on the highway Monday evening as it traveled between the Atlantic coast tourist destinations of Essaouira and Agadir in the […]
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BENIN CITY – Eighty seven persons have so far lost their lives out of 855 cases of reported lassa fever cases in the country, just as medical practitioners warned that the deadly disease which is on rampage in Africa is worst than the dreaded Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Making this disclosure in Benin City, […]
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Calangute: There has been a sudden spurt in malaria cases detected at the Candolim primary health centre (PHC) in the last two weeks. While 26 cases were detected in the six months till June, the intense monsoon spell of the last two-three weeks saw 50 new cases of malaria being detected, according to medical officer […]
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TANZANIA (eTN) – A few days after a grisly attack and killing of a Dutch tourist outside Tanzania’s famous Serengeti National Park in the northern tourist circuit, scores of suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident, some in possession of items stolen from the tourists. The Tanzanian Minister responsible for Tourism, Mr. Khamis […]
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The number of British visitors arrested in Egypt has doubled in a year, according to Foreign Office (FCO) figures released today. The large increase occurred despite a sharp fall in tourism overall since civil insurrection began there early last year. Read article
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In a major blow for his family, it has been confirmed that a four-year-old boy who is fighting for his life at Durban’s Prince Mshiyeni Hospital, had contracted rabies. The boy, Siphesihle Nzuza from Umlazi, was hospitalised early last month and was in the hospital’s high-care unit after being bitten by a dog, which later […]
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A British tourist has described to a court in Kenya the terrifying events of the night when her husband was killed when they were kidnapped from a resort.Over a grainy video-link, Judith Tebbutt spoke face-to-face with the man accused of her kidnap and described the gang of Somali pirates who took her. Read article
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