The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, has confirmed that a tourist went missing in the rain forest at the Victoria Falls on Sunday this week. The authority’s spokesperson, Caroline Washaya-Moyo said Tinashe Chitambo together with his sister Michelle entered the rain forest as visitors at around 10 am and later had lunch at a local restaurant after the tour. Read article
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WASHINGTON, April 2 (UPI) — The U.S. State Department said it canceled the travel advisory for Senegal as the country’s first new president in 12 years was sworn into office. The State Department issued a travel advisory March 2 warning U.S. citizens to be on high alert ahead of mid-March presidential elections. Read article
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Members of Parliament under the the Parliamentary Forum for Children (UPFC) are demanding the sex tourist who subjected over 50 under-aged girls to oral sex to be sentenced to the death penalty. During a press conference held at the Parliament, the MPs requested Emin Baro, 53 who pleaded guilty of molesting over 50 children to […]
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Only days after British tourist Judith Tebbutt was kidnapped and her husband killed at an upscale resort in Lamu in September, Kenyan tanks rolled into Somalia seeking to create a buffer zone against the bandits who had been operating with impunity on the nation’s doorstep. That was a decisive enough response to the repeated provocations […]
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WASHINGTON — The United States on Saturday warned US citizens against traveling to Mali due to current “instability” after a military coup in the west African country.”The situation on the ground remains fluid and unpredictable,” cautioned the State Department in the travel warning, saying “law and order is not assured” in the wake of the […]
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Cairo, March 26 (Xinhua) — A German tourist died in a submarine accident in Egypt’s Red Sea resort Hurghada on Monday, the official news agency MENA reported. The 69-year-old German famale was killed when her submarine sunk near Hurghada governorate’s sea shores, MENA said. Read article
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Canadians are strongly advised to remain vigilant and avoid large crowds. In recent years, a number of grenade attacks have taken place throughout the country, particularly in Kigali and the Southern Province. The attacks usually occur at nightfall and take place at busy locations such as bus stations. On January 3, 2012, a grenade explosion […]
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We advise you to reconsider your need to travel to Egypt because of the unsettled security situation and the high threat of terrorist attack. If you are currently in Egypt and hold concerns for your safety, you should consider leaving. If you decide to remain in Egypt, you should exercise extreme caution. Read article
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Security men at the Kotoka International Airport Wednesday morning brought business at the airport to a standstill following a declaration of a sit down strike leaving passengers stranded. The Airport security guards reportedly locked up all exit points, both at the arrival and the departure halls thus preventing passengers from boarding planes or exiting the […]
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ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – Ethiopia attacked an Eritrean military base Thursday over the killing of five European tourists on its territory this year, accusing its neighbour of training “hit-and-run terrorists”. Amid international appeals for restraint, government spokesman Shimeles Kemal threatened further attacks against its neighbour as long as it posed a threat to its security […]
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