SAA flies non-stop to Beijing Independent online Audrey D’Angelo | The first of SAA’s new nonstop flights to Beijing is due to take off from Johannesburg’s OR Tambo Airport on January 31, and many people in the travel and tourism trade are confident that it will become one of our national carrier’s most strongly supported r...
Ship sinking after collision in Bosphorus -agent The Guardian ISTANBUL, Jan 20 (Reuters) - A cargo ship involved in a collision in Turkey's Bosphorus strait on Friday was in danger of sinking, shipping agency GAC said. "The situation on M/V Kayan I is getting critical minute by minute, and there was a rescue operation for the crew," GAC said in a e-mailed note...
IFC Partners with Advans S.A. to Set Up Microfinance Bank in Oyo State All Africa IFC (Washington, DC)-IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is investing $1.1 million (174.5 million Nigerian naira) alongside Advans S.A., German development bank KfW, and Dutch development bank FMO to establish La Fayette Microfinance Bank in Oyo S...
The Cocoa Comeback All Africa allAfrica.com (Washington, DC)-"That is still a tall order," Michael Titoe says with a chuckle as he contemplates Liberia launching its own brand name chocolate. A fellow of the World Cocoa Foundation and director of coordination at the Liberian Mini...
NGOs Call for Focus on Intra-African Trade All Africa Oxfam (Oxford)-As the 18th African Union Summit starts in Addis Ababa, civil society organizations from across Africa are concerned that the summit's central theme, "Boosting Intra- African Trade," risks being overshadowed and will not get the focus ...
Activists, bloggers fear Twitter censorship The Columbus Dispatch | Flying Coach | Advertised prices for flights must include all taxes and fees under new rules taking effect this week for airlines to eliminate some of the unwanted cost surprises for air travelers. | The change is part of consumer protection regula...
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Egypt tourism receipts slip nearly 30 pct in 2011 Seattle Times CAIRO - | Revenues from Egypt's vital tourism sector plunged almost 30 percent last year, the government said Thursday, as unrest following the ouster of former President Hosni Mub...
Child slavery and chocolate: All too easy to find CNN | In "Chocolate's Child Slaves," CNN's David McKenzie travels into the heart of the Ivory Coast to investigate children working in the cocoa fields. (Premieres ...
No Wikipedia? What if the Internet went down? The Boston Globe | WASHINGTON-If a day without Wikipedia was a bother, think bigger. In this plugged-in world, we would barely be able to cope if the entire Internet went down in a city, state or c...
UN Spokesperson Calls for Greater Intra-African Trade All Africa AIM (Maputo)-Abdoulie Janneh, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), on Wednesday called for increased urgency in implementing African regional integration "if our continent is to reap the related gains". | ...
Activists and bloggers fear Twitter censorship STL Today | Bloggers and activists from China, the Middle East and Latin America said Friday they were afraid that new Twitter policies could allow governments to censor messages, stifling free expression. | Thursday's announcement that Twitter had refined its...
US Embassy: US citizen kidnapped in Nigeria freed STL Today | A spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria says a U.S. citizen kidnapped in the country's oil-rich southern delta has been released. | Spokeswoman Deb MacLean told The Associated Press on Friday the man had been released. She declined to offer a...
Tourism Authority to market Ghana through music Ghana Business News | The Western Regional Office of the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) is promoting itself through the use of music to market the nation to the International Community. | Mr Michael Kpingbi, Acting Western Regional Manager of the GTA, said the patriotic words contained in music are convincing enough to unite people, portray a nation’s cultural herita...
