INTERNET TRAFFIC SERIOUSLY DISRUPTED AS CABLE CUT BY ANCHOR Information is gradually spreading about the seriousness of the current disruptions of internet traffic and the time frame it may require to bring it back to life, after operators, one should say as usual, initially stonewalled and downplayed the extent and failed to reveal the reasons [...]
Archive for February, 2012
29 Feb
Zanzibar conservation news – More sea turtles released from Mnarani Marine Aquarium
TURTLE CONSERVATION GETS A BOOST IN ZANZIBAR (Picture of a Hawksbill turtle courtesy of http://www.ioseaturtles.org/species_overview.php) Information was received overnight that another batch of 25 tagged sea turtles has been released into the ocean off Zanzibar by the Mnarani Marine Aquarium. This brings the total number reared and released to over 170 since the programme commenced [...]
29 Feb
Kenya tourism news – Sun Africa Hotels set to launch balloon operations at Keekorok, opening new tented camp in Naivasha
SUN AFRICA HOTELS SET TO LAUNCH OWN BALLOON OPERATION (Picture courtesy of Sun Africa Hotels) Sun Africa Hotels has announced that they will launch their own balloon operation from their Keekorok Safari Lodge in April under the name Balloon Adventure now that the final test flights have been concluded by the manufacturers and the equipment [...]
28 Feb
Tanzania conservation news – FZS reiterates opposition to highway across the Serengeti
FRANKFURT ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY REITERATES OPPOSITION TO SERENGETI HIGHWAY A four day conservation workshop at the Seronera headquarters of the Serengeti National Park ended with both encouragement and praise for Tanzanias conservation efforts but also calls to stop any plans to build a highway across the parks sensitive migration routes. Frankfurt Zoological Societys Director Dr. Christoph [...]
28 Feb
Costa Allegra adrift in Seychelles waters – Search and Rescue mission by Seychelles Coast Guard underway
COSTA ALLEGRA ADRIFT IN SEYCHELLES WATERS The Seychelles coast guard is presently mounting a support and rescue operation for Italian cruiseliner Costa Allegra, a ship from the same operators as the recently sunk Costa Concordia, which reportedly got disabled at sea after successfully fighting a fire in the engine room. The incident happened near the [...]
28 Feb
Weekly roundup of news from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands, Fourth edition February 2012
AVIATION, TOURISM AND CONSERVATION NEWS from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands. A weekly roundup of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome Get daily breaking news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthome, join me on Facebook where the articles also cross load or read the daily [...]
27 Feb
Living with Wildlife – Ol Pejeta breaks new ground with gated estate at the boundary of the conservancy
LIVING WITH WILDLIFE – OL PEJETA BREAKS NEW GROUND When international wheeler dealer and notorious arms trader Adnan Kashoggi bought the then 160.000 acre Ol Pejeta estate outside Nanyuki on the Laikipia plains in the 1970s, it was to ranch cattle and create a private retreat where the Happy Valley Days of yesteryear were being [...]
27 Feb
Rwanda tourism news – Nyamasheke District set to develop tourism development plan
NYUNGWE AND CONGO NILE TRAIL TO BENEFIT FROM DISTRICT TOURISM PROMOTION Nyamasheke District, into which theNyungwe Forest National Park (see a related previous article on this via www.wolfganghthome.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/rwanda-conservation-news-a-visit-to-the-enchanted-nyungwe-forest-national-park/ ) and sections of the Congo Nile Trail fall, will embark on its own dedicated tourism promotion efforts with the launch of a district tourism development plan. [...]
27 Feb
African aviation news – ICAO meeting for Africa and Indian Ocean islands set for Kampala
ICAO TO HOLD REGIONAL MEETING IN KAMPALA A source from Ugandas civil aviation authority has confirmed that ICAO will hold a meeting for Africa and the Indian Ocean islands in Kampala between March 26th to 30th. The 18th such meeting of the Africa Indian Ocean Regional Planning and Implementation Group, in short APIRG, will alongside [...]
27 Feb
Kenya conservation news – Mbulia Conservancy launched on Tsavo West boundary
NEW 11.000 ACRES CONSERVANCY LAUNCHED AT TSAVO WEST BOUNDARIES The Mbulia Group Ranch, located along the boundaries of Tsavo West National Park, has recently signed a long term agreement with New African Territories to turn 11.400 acres of their land into a wildlife conservancy on which a new tented eco lodge is being set up [...]
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