The tourism players in Kenya have pleaded for Raila Odinga, the Prime Minister to make sure roads and water services in Mombasa town are improved because they are very poor and this will hurt tourism. This will affect the country because it will not be able to compete with the neighboring countries if not dealt […]
Poachers and Kenya Wildlife Service rangers have shot at each other in Kora National Park in Northern Kenya. One of the poachers has been reported dead during the vicious fire fight and others have been arrested with rifles and bullets in their ownership. 4 poachers have been arrested in Isiola with rifles, bullets plus two […]
In Kenya, rangers have killed five poachers in the Rift valley and have discovered a number of elephant tusks and weapons. Poaching in Kenya had decreased since 1980s and 1990s where a number of poachers had destroyed the population number of the rhinos and elephants but according to the current recordings by the Kenya Wildlife […]
The lowland orphaned gorilla that had been rescued from poachers by the Rwanda Police in 2011 will be taken back to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The lowlands are very different from the mountain gorillas and can be found in Kahuzi Biega and Tshiabirimu National Parks in DRC. Dr Jean Felix Kinani of the Mountain […]
A number of wildlife that had been kept by major land owners in Meru district in Kenya and this has led to attacks on the estates by the very angry residents. Animals like giraffes, lions, leopards and others were kept at Dolly Estate which is 16,000 hectares. A number of Majiya-chai and Maroroni residents attacked […]
The tourism department of the Rwanda Development Board has organized a seminar with an aim of improving online travel in Rwanda by assisting local hotels to understand the impact of selling online through Expedia. Louise Dreisig the market manager of Expedia said there is no any online customer but the world is developing and so […]
The current Uganda Wildlife Authority board of directors has played a big role in developing the tourism industry of Uganda. The former board led by the former chairman who was fired by the high court for failing to meet the ability requirements under the important law On 16th May, UWA together with USAIDs STAR Sustainable […]
Rwanda has been the first African country to cooperate with tourism players, Google and citizen mappers to include the tourism facilities and attractions in the country so that people from different countries all over the world can know them through a single search. Rica Rwigamba,the head of tourism at RDB talked about the development after […]
The number of zebras in Uganda has increased in Uganda national parks according to the current report of Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA). In 1960s, the estimated number of population was 10, 000, in 1982, 5,500, in 1995 3, 200, in 2003 2,800 and according to the current research, the number has increased to 11,814. Dr.Andrew […]
The Rwandan conservation bodies, NGOs and individuals have been working together with The Great Ape Trust and other international bodies for 5 years to return the Gishwati forest to its former position. During the previous regime, people settled in Gishwati forest, uncontrollably cut down trees for selling. Gishwati forest has been increased to the west […]