(Reuters) – Kenya expects tourism revenues to fall this year as the euro zone crisis hits confidence in key markets and foreign governments issue travel alerts over the threat from Somalian militants, its tourism minister said on Thursday.
One of Kenya’s major foreign earners alongside tea and horticulture, tourism took a record 98 billion shillings in 2011, but that looks set to fall back this year to around the 74 billion shillings of 2010. Read article
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Personnel of Aviation Security (AVSEC) has resumed work after a brief strike on Wednesday morning. The strike was as a result of information they had that some National Security Personnel intends storming the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) on Wednesday morning after an altercation between AVSEC and National Security personnel on Tuesday night. Read article
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Nicholas Davies-Jones and Gareth Montgomery-Johnson, who were working for Iran’s English-language Press TV, were detained on Feb 22 by the Swehli brigade, one of the dozens of militias which last year helped force out Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. Earlier this month, the Swehli militia said the Britons, initially detained for illegal entry into Libya, were […]
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19 MAR 2012: An Egyptian official says armed men kidnapped two Brazilian women and their Egyptian tour guide as they were travelling on a bus near Mount Sinai. The head of security in Egypt’s south Sinai Peninsula, Mahmoud Hefnawi, said six armed men with covered faces approached the tour bus carrying the Brazilian women and […]
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A Special Police Constable (SPC) confessed to having shot Annick L Van De Venster, a Belgian tourist in Mt. Elgon National Park, the Court Martial has heard.This was revealed by Christopher Kwerit an investigator attached to the defunct Rapid Response Unit, currently Special Investigations Unit who recorded a charge and caution statement from the accused. […]
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AFP – Egyptian Bedouin on Sunday kidnapped two Brazilian tourists in the Sinai peninsula, the third abduction of tourists in the peninsula this year, security officials said. Read article
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The mysterious departure of foreign non-governmental organization (NGO) workers facing trial in Egypt has left many questions unanswered with no one claiming responsibility for the decision to lift the travel ban. The NGO case continues to strike a nerve in Egypt’s political and judicial arena as well as the general public. Egypt imposed travel bans […]
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CAIRO, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) — A German tourist was killed and four Egyptian policemen injured in a road accident in Hurghada governorate on Tuesday. The tourist’s car crashed with a police vehicle in southern Hurghada, said the official news agency MENA. Read article
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A Russian tourist was killed in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh while riding a water attraction, the press service of the Federal Tourism Agency said. The circumstances of the tragic event have not been specified yet. The victim, a 25-year-old client of “Intourist” travel agency, Yulia Malysheva, was vacationing at Regency Plaza Aqua Park […]
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WASHINGTON, March 5 (UPI) — U.S. citizens in Senegal are advised to avoid political gatherings amid a tense post-election environment, the U.S. State Department advised.”U.S. citizens in Senegal should be aware of their surroundings at all times and use caution when moving around,” a travel advisory read. “U.S. citizens should avoid crowds, demonstrations, political rallies […]
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