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Angola
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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.

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Tanzania
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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
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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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Seychelles
Travel - Leisure | Economy - Development

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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Mozambique
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Tourism sector tops Mozambique investments

afrol News / Savana, 2 January - In Mozambique, the tourism sector during 2006 generated revenues totalling US$ 144 million. It seems clear that also in future, the tourism industry will become Mozambique's major foreign exchange earner, as the sector already has become the main focus of foreign investors in the country.

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