Angola
Affairs | Disasters | Law | People | Policy
Angola enacts air service law
afrol News, 7 February - Angola has enacted a law that establishes the principles and rules governing air services, aeronautic infrastructures, certification and exercise of powers of the aeronautic authority. Read more
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Africa
Development | Tourism | Tourism
Christmas tourists start choosing Africa
afrol News, 21 December - More and more Europeans choose travelling instead of family during Christmas vacations, traditionally heading towards the Mediterranean or the Canary Islands. But more "exotic" Christmas destinations are now becoming popular, enabling Africa - especially North Africa - to establish a second high season.
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Gambia
Affairs | Affairs | Corruption | Democracy - Dictatorship | Economy | Law | Privatisation | Socio-economic | Telecom | Tourism
Gambia defends telecoms sale
afrol News, 28 August - Gambian officials have defended the sale [50%] of the Gambia Telecommunications Company Ltd (GAMTEL) and its subsidiary company GAMCEL [the national mobile operator], attributing it to deterioration of services among other problems. Read more
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Niger
Affairs | Cooperation
Niger joins migrant prevention
afrol News, 10 August - Niger has joined the fight against the prevention of irregular migration. The country’s government has teamed up with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to launch an information campaign aimed at raising awareness of the dangers of irregular migration and how to prevent it. Read more
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Gambia
Events
Rescued Gambian migrants assisted home
afrol News, 10 July - A group of 63 stranded and rescued Gambians whose efforts to reach the European shores have been aborted, were assisted by the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) to return home voluntarily, which was in response to a growing number of requests for help. Read more
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Cape Verde
Infrastructure | Infrastructure | Tourism
290 M€ investment in new Cape Verde tourist resort
afrol News, 29 June - The Cape Verdean island of Sal can count on yet another residential and hotel complex. Works on the "Vila Pedra de Lume & Golf Resort" start this weekend. The tourist resort represents the biggest investment of the Grupo Stefanina in Cape Verde with a total budget of euro 290 million.
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Madagascar
Conservation | Ecotourism | Nature
Madagascar's Atsinanana rainforest is world heritage
afrol News, 27 June - Six national parks along the eastern part of Madagascar have been found so unique that they were inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List today. The Atsinanana site represents almost all the remaining rainforest on the Great Island, and almost 90 percent of all species in the forest live no other place on earth.
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Tanzania
Ethnic | Land rights | Policy | Socio-economic
Emirates royals threaten Tanzanian indigenous people
afrol News, 7 June - The Hadzabe indigenous people of northern Tanzania are facing "a direct and serious threat to the survival" as their hunting and gathering grounds are falling prey to powerful safari organisers. Royals from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and their UAE Safari Ltd count on Tanzanian government support to drive out the Hadzabe, also called "Bushmen".
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Angola | Zimbabwe
Handicraft | Policy | Policy | Tourism
Angola, Zimbabwe go for cultural tourism
afrol News, 4 June - The governments of Angola and Zimbabwe have signed an accord relating to cooperation within the tourism sector. Both Southern African countries agree to promote cultural tourism and establish joint programmes to promote handicraft production.
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South Africa
Development | Infrastructure | Infrastructure | Tourism
Monorail to revolutionise South Africa travel
afrol News, 18 May - A euro 1.3 billion infrastructure project is to revolutionise travel in South Africa's most densely populated region before the 2010 World Cup. The "flying" monorail line between Johannesburg and Soweto is also expected to boost economic development in South Africa's Gauteng province.
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Somalia
Development | Development | Refugees - Displaced | Social Services
Somali govt starts issuing new e-passports
afrol News / Awdal News Network, 28 March - Somalia's transitional government (TFG) will start issuing new electronic Somali passports to Somali residents abroad from Sunday, 1 April, according to Abdullahi Gafow Mahmoud, Director of Somali Immigration and Naturalisation. Somalis living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will be the first to receive new, expensive passports.
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Senegal
Actionism | Infrastructure | Infrastructure
Air Senegal workers call off strike
afrol News, 28 March - Workers of Air Senegal International on Wednesday halted their two-day strike over poor conditions of service and returned to work. Though the strike is over for now, the airline workers are expected to meet on Tuesday to gauge the situation.
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Senegal
Actionism | Infrastructure | Infrastructure
Air Senegal workers begin strike
afrol News, 26 March - Workers of Air Senegal International today began a two-day strike, which grounded the carrier's flights from plying its numerous destinations in the West Africa region and Europe.
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Mauritius
Tourism | Tourism
Mauritius expects euro 828m from tourism this year
afrol News, 23 February - Tourist arrivals for the year 2007 are expected to reach 850,000 representing a growth of 7.8 percent, the government of Mauritius revealed today. Gross tourism receipts for 2007 were expected to be around rupees 35.9 billion (euro 828 million), compared to rupees 31.9 billion (euro 736 million) last year.
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Angola | São Tomé and Príncipe
Infrastructure | Infrastructure
Angolan airliner eyes São Tomé buy-out
afrol News, 16 February - The national airliner of Angola, TAAG, is reported to eye a possibility of buying a majority shareholding in the just established airliner of São Tomé and Príncipe, STP Airways. With a looming oil boom in São Tomé, the island nation has become an interesting site to invest, especially in the transport sector.
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Infrastructure | Infrastructure
SAA diverts Senegal-US route
afrol News, 9 February - Due to a planned industrial strike by airport workers in Dakar, Senegal, South African Airways (SAA) will operate three of its four flights to the United States enroute Dakar on the island of Sal, Cape Verde, from 9 to 13 February. The SAA route is one of West Africa's most important intercontinental connections.
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Seychelles
Policy | Tourism | Tourism
Seychelles wants only slow tourism growth
afrol News, 25 January - Despite the Chikungunya epidemic scaring tourists away from the Indian Ocean during 2006, Seychelles last year received a record number of visitors, according to official figures. Authorities go for further growth, but insist that this rather should be in quality than in quantity.
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Tanzania
Tourism | Tourism
Tanzania lures investors
afrol News, 16 January - Tanzania is doing all it takes to lure investors to tap the country's accelerating growth. The Tanzanian Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism, Jumanne Magembe, has asked potential investors from the Gulf region, in particular Qatar, to get their share of Tanzania's emerging tourism sector.
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