Uganda aviation news – Emirates set to increase Dublin capacity by 50 percent
EMIRATE TO USE B777 TO DUBLIN FROM MID YEAR A regular source at the Emirates office in Kampala has let it be known that the recent addition of daily flights from Dubai to Dublin / Ireland has seen such a huge response, that the airline will move from the presently used A330 to a B777, […]
Seychelles aviation breaking news – Etihad’s Cramer Ball takes over as Air Seychelles new CEO
ETIHAD TEAM MOVES IN AT AIR SEYCHELLES As February 01 dawns now over the Seychelles will the acquisition of the 40 percent shareholding in national airline Air Seychelles by Abu Dhabi’s Etihad become legally effective and a team of managers, seconded by one the Gulf’s leading airlines, is expected to move in today to strengthen […]
A year after the Independence Referendum – Dashed dreams and lost hope?
A YEAR AFTER INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM HAS THE MOOD TURNED SOUR Just over a year ago did the results of the independence referendum come in, with near 100 percent approval by those eligible to cast their vote, setting the stage for the mid July 2011 Independence from the former slave masters in Khartoum. 12 months on, […]
Reef restoration in Mauritius gets funding from global climate change fund
FISHERIES MINISTRY EXPANDS CORAL FARMING The Africa Climate Change Adaption Programme is funding an effort undertaken by the Mauritius Ministry for Fisheries to expand coral farming in several areas of the island, aimed at the dual purpose to restore under water coral habitat as well as allow for commercial harvesting in years to come. An […]
Rwanda’s Nyungwe Forest Lodge voted ‘Global Best’ at award ceremony in London
NYUNGWE FOREST LODGE BAGS TOP ARCHITECTURE AWARD (One of the cottages at Nyungwe Forest Lodge, set right at the edge of this ancient forest, the largest in Rwanda) The Dubai World owned Nyungwe Forest Lodge has done its superior reputation credit when it was announced last week that it had won yet another award, capturing […]
