Top 20 Most Affordable Travel Destinations Around the World for Budget Explorers: There is no reason to spend much on traveling the world, particularly when you are aware of the places to visit. There are also very low priced travel destinations in the world that provide breathtaking natural scenery with a rich culture and can […]
Kenya is a country and a tourist place that offers more than just the famous safaris and the Maasai Mara, as the latter is a world of hidden gems that are loved and appreciated by the locals mainly because they are situated off the beaten tourist tracks. The listed places to visit in Kenya, which […]
The United States reinstated economic sanctions on Iran after President Donald Trump abandoned a landmark nuclear deal in May 2018. Mr Trump says he wants to apply “maximum pressure” on the government in Tehran to compel it to renegotiate the accord. But Iran’s leaders have remained defiant. The substantial impact the sanctions have had on […]
Iran has a great potential. It can be one of the most prosperous and developed countries in the region. Iranian people are highly educated and intelligent, but the power belongs to the clergy and the supreme leader. Revolutionary Guard brutally suppresses any sign of dissent. The regime is slowly destroying the country in vain attempts […]
Tourist visas to the United Arab Emirates will be valid for five years, Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum said Monday on Twitter, part of a campaign to lure holiday makers to Gulf countries. The visas were previously valid for 30 to 90 days. Gulf nations eager to diversify their economies away from […]
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is clearly an extraordinarily ambitious person, like him or not. He is probably the most popular Turkish politician since Atatürk, and certainly seems to be the most controversial since then. In terms of his policies, however, Erdogan’s reign has been problematic for several reasons: He has been in power first as Prime Minister […]
More than 3,000 additional U.S. troops were headed for the Middle East on Monday to bolster defenses in case Iran makes good on its threat to retaliate for the Trump administration’s targeted killing of a top general. U.S. military commanders had not been in favor of killing Soleimani, on the grounds that Iran would feel […]
The management of Ethiopian Airlines says it will begin three weekly flights to Houston, Texas, by Dec. 16. Ethiopian Airlines’ Group Chief Executive Officer, Mr Tewolde GebreMariam, made this known on Saturday in Lagos. GebreMariam said that the routes would allow passengers to fly nonstop on Ethiopian Airlines from Houston to Africa. According to him, […]
Nigeria will issue visas on arrival for all African passport holders effective January 2020, president Muhammadu Buhari has announced. His tweet of the move this morning confirmed an earlier tweet on Wednesday by Somalia’s Foreign Affairs Minister. Ambassador Ahmed Awad wrote: “I wish to profoundly commend President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria who just announced at […]
The U.S. military believes that an unarmed American drone reported lost near Libya’s capital last month was in fact shot down by Russian air defenses and it is demanding the return of the aircraft’s wreckage, U.S. Africa Command says. Such a shootdown would underscore Moscow’s increasingly muscular role in the energy-rich nation, where Russian mercenaries […]
South African Airways was placed under a state-approved rescue plan on Thursday to avoid the embattled airline’s collapse following a costly week-long strike last month. Thousands of South African Airways (SAA) staff walked out on November 15 after the flag carrier failed to meet a string of demands, including higher wages and job in-sourcing. The […]
Cameroon’s conflict between separatist rebels and the government escalated on Sunday when the former fired on a passenger jet as it approached Bamenda airport in the northwest of the country. The scheduled flight from Douala landed safely and there were no casualties, Cameroon Airlines said in a statement confirming the attack. The airline has grounded […]
The black boxes from two French military helicopters that collided in Mali killing 13 soldiers have been found, a French military spokesperson said on Wednesday. The crash occurred late on Monday during an operation against jihadists in the Liptako region, near the borders with Burkina Faso and Niger. It was the heaviest single loss for […]
Qatar , one of the richest and notorious nations of the Gulf region, is back in news and this time for hiding information on Gulf attacks. As per an exclusive report released by Fox News, Doha had prior information of the series of attacks on oil tankers in UAE ’s territorial waters. The explosives, which […]
An aeroplane being delivered to Tanzania’s national airline has been impounded in Canada over a Namibian-born farmer’s $33-million compensation claim, Tanzania’s foreign minister said Saturday. The DHC Dash 8-400 aircraft, a turboprop also known as the Bombardier Q400 which seats up to 90 people, is the second to be seized in connection with case. In […]
Ghana has been labelled as a high-risk country for travellers in terms of medical problems and road safety. An interactive map, ‘Travel Risk Map’ designed for travellers that alerts them of risks abroad reveals however, that Ghana is one of the safest places on earth. Libya and Somalia are the most dangerous places for travellers; […]
The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammad Babandede, has unveiled Nigeria’s plans to digitise tourist visa before the end of the year. Mr Babandede made the disclosure when the Director-General of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation (NTDC), Folorunsho Coker, and his team paid him a courtesy visit in his office, on Saturday. He […]
Air Peace Airline says it has signed a contract with Embraer for three additional E195-E2 aircraft, worth $212.6 million. The company said in a statement on Sunday in Lagos that the contract confirmed the purchase rights from the original contract signed in April. It said the new E195-E2s would be included in Embraer’s 2019 fourth-quarter […]
Aviation authorities in Frankfurt said a collision between two passenger jets on the tarmac at Frankfurt Airport caused damage but left no one injured. The Korean Air Boeing and Air Namibia Airbus planes hit each other shortly after both landed at the airport on Saturday evening. The German news agency DPA reported that the German […]
Rich in nature, culture, food and adventure-fuelled activities, the African continent has over the years become more than just a safari destination for international tourists. And with South Africa recently nailing a spot on the Lonely Planet’s Best Value Holiday destinations for 2020 for the Cape Winelands, it’s been confirmed that safari is but one […]