Many thought dead in Kenyan town after flash floods
FLASH FLOODS SWEEP ACROSS NAROK – THE SPRINGBOARD TO THE MASAI MARA (Posted 29th April 2015) Flash Flood in Narok after River Narok burst its banks following heavy downpour. Updates follow. Picture courtesy of ?#?iVolunteer @samgtheuri (On Twitter) Many people are feared to have died yesterday as flash floods swept through the town of Narok […]
CRS regional market leader appoints new Corporate Communications and Branding Manager
AMADEUS EAST AFRICA WELCOMES KAINEMBABAZI SABITI TO THE NAIROBI TEAM (Posted 29th April 2015) Time does fly as it seems like a much shorter time ago than eight years, when Kainembabazi Sabiti was appointed to head the Amadeus office in Kampala with additional responsibilities for other countries in the region like Rwanda and Burundi. It […]
No 394 Wildlife Trade News: 28th April
The daily dose of bad news about poaching. wildlife and environmental crimes … in the spotlight today …………………… Thailand seizes 3 tons of elephant tusks from Kenya in nation’s 2nd-biggest bust (bound for LAOS) Thailand seizes 3 tons of elephant tusks smuggled from Kenya extract: The ivory, hidden among tea leaves, was shipped out of […]
New flights to Lake Turkana
TURKANA BASIN INSTITUTE LAUNCHES NEW LODWAR SERVICE (Posted 28th April 2015) Phoenix Aviation, now owned by the Hong Kong based DNV Holdings / Frontier Services Group which is associated with Blackwater founder Erik Prince, has over the weekend announced they are set to launch a new air service from Wilson Airport to Lodwar and Kitale. […]
Direct flights to link China with the Seychelles
SEYCHELLES GOVERNMENT SANCTIONS CHARTERS FROM CHINA (Posted 28th April 2015) The Seychelles’ Minister for Foreign Affairs and Transport Mr. Joel Morgan, who is also the Chairman of Air Seychelles, appeared alongside his cabinet colleague Alain St. Ange at the opening press briefing last weekend while launching the Seychelles Carnival 2015. Joel Morgan used the opportunity […]
Reunion seeks comprehensive approach to shark risks on its beaches
REUNION TOURISM ASSURED OF ADDED SAFEGUARDS AGAINST SHARKS ALONG THE BEACHES (Posted 28th April 2015) Eight initiatives to accelerate and expand the implementation of the shark risk reduction plan in Reunion were recently suggested to address the situation on the French region of Ile de la Reunion. Aware of the importances and urgency of a […]
La Digue wins Seychelles Carnivals’s first cultural trophy ahead of Cambodia and Zambia
La Digue Island wins the first prize for best cultural float in the 2015 edition of the Seychelles Carnival International de Victoria 2015 La Digue scooped the best cultural float in the 2015 edition of the Seychelles Carnival International de Victoria. It was the President of Republic of Seychelles, Mr James Michel who presented La […]
Ndege News – March 2015 to May 2015
News from Airkenya Express Ltd HOME GM’S MESSAGE FEATURES NEWS UPDATES FEATURES Mount Kenya Safari Club Growing up in the UK, there was this need to see more of the world. Even at a young age I always felt that some of the people around me saw their countries, their cities and sometimes their neighbourhoods […]
No 393 Wildlife Trade News: 27th April
The daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes from around the world ….. in the spotlight today …………………… Second seizure: Customs finds 161 turtles at mumbai airport. EXTRACT: Days after two suitcases crammed with 183 turtles were seized by the customs department at the city airport, another 161 turtles were recovered […]
Seychelles – no longer politics as usual as two former ministers break away from ruling Parti Lepep
SEYCHELLES’ POLITICS TURN RED HOT (Posted 27th April 2015) With the next presidential elections now just under a year away have former Parti Lepep members thrown the gauntlet at President Michel when, after weeks of rumours and speculation, they broke away from the ruling party to set up their own, named ‘Lalyans Seselwa’ or Seychellois […]
The Seychelles Carnival 2015 is over – Long live the Carnival …
TOP PRIZE GOES TO NOTTING HILL AS THE 5TH SEYCHELLES CARNIVAL ENDS (Posted 27th April 2015) (The ‘Notting Hillers’ posing with their trophy) The Notting Hill Carnival will once again take the coveted trophy for the best performing international group during the Seychelles Carnival 2015 home with them and the reaction of the spectators told […]
UNWTO chief visits Kenya to express solidarity and give advice how to revive tourism
UNWTO SECRETARY GENERAL DR. TALEB RIFAI VISITS KENYA TO SHOW SOLIDARITY (Posted 26th April 2015) (Dr. Taleb Rifai seen here at an earlier edition of the Seychelles Carnival with this correspondent) The head of the United Nations World Tourism Organization, in short UNWTO, Dr. Taleb Rifai, yesterday visited Kenya to express his solidarity with the […]
More cruises for the active Vanilla Islands’group while the African mainland ports sleep
COSTA CRUISES COMMITS TO INCREASE STOPOVERS ON THE VANILLA ISLANDS (Posted 26th April 2015) The presence this week of Costa Cruise’ Executive Vice President Norbert Stiekema in the Seychelles, when not only the annual Carnival Festival is being celebrated but also one of the Costa cruiseliners was on port call last week, was used to […]
Rwanda reacts to delays in completing their national convention centre
RWANDA RECRUITS NEW CONFERENCE CENTRE CONTRACTORS AFTER AUDIT RESULTS (Posted 26th April 2015) Not too long ago was it reported here that the Rwandan government, utterly frustrated over the now three year delay in finishing the new national convention centre and the adjoining hotel, both to be managed by Radisson Blu when completed, had launched […]
It is Carnival time in the Seychelles and the show did go on right until dusk
SEYCHELLES’ TOURISM MINISTER LEADS CARNIVAL PARADE (Posted 26th April 2015 and reporting from Beau Vallon Bay) (Picture by eTN Publisher Juergen Thomas Steinmetz) The sunny dawn of the parade day soon gave way to heavy clouds bursting open and offloading their wet cargo across much of the island of Mahe. Leaving the rooms at the […]
No 392 Wildlife Trade News: 25th April
Your daily dose of bad news about poaching wildlife and environmental crimes from around the world in the spotlight today …………………… President Invited to Congo Brazzaville EXTRACT: Congo Brazzaville President Denis Sassou Nguesso has invited President Mugabe to officially open an international environmental conference next week. NA COMMENT: Another week, another wildlife trade conference. Will […]
Whitley Fund for Nature gears up to their main award event this year
Two Africans are this year again among the finalists nominated for awards by the Whitely Fund for Nature. Inaoyom Imong from Nigeria has been nominatedfor the Whitely prize for his work toprotect Cross River gorillas in the Mbe Mountains. Dr Dino Martins from Kenya will also be awarded a special Gold Award for his work […]
Say hello to Lillian again …
Meetings in Nairobi and travel to the Seychelles for the 2015 edition of the Carnival International de Victoria made it a real challenge to keep up with mails and all. Hence did even Lillian’s weekly contribution have to wait for a moment of time in this week’s hectic schedule but finally we are there ….Enjoy […]
Emirates and conservation in one sentence? Read on to find out what this is all about.
EMIRATES MAKES WAVES AS THE AIRLINE SUPPORTS A NEW CONSERVATION SERIES (Posted 24th April 2015) When Emirates’ is mentioned here it is normally in connection with flights, added frequencies, new destinations, upgrading aircraft types on the routes to Eastern Africa or new aircraft deliveries, like recently when the received their 60th Airbus A380. Today though […]
The eyes of the global carnivalistas are this weekend on the Seychelles
IT IS CARNIVAL TIME IN THE SEYCHELLES (Posted 25th April 2015 and reporting from Beau Vallon Bay) When the Seychelles’ Minister for Tourism and Culture, Alain St. Ange, last year responded to my questions after a successful Seychelles Carnival 2014 parade, what would be next, he with that broad trademark smile on his face answered […]
Elephants in Tanzania have no votes nor voices as political campaign heats up
JOURNALISTS AND WILDLIFE ACTIVISTS THREATENED OVER USE OF ‘FALSE STATISTICS’ (Posted 24th April 2015) A ‘Statistics Bill’ and one dealing with ‘Cybercrimes’ recently passed by the Tanzanian parliament which aim to severely punish he publication of statistics and data seen or perceived by the powers that be to ‘defamatory, likely to disturb the public peace’ […]
Kenya Wildlife Service takes the fight against ivory demand to China
KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE IS IN CHINA TO HELP CURTAIL DOMESTIC IVORY DEMAND (Posted 24th April 2015) A six member delegation of senior KWS officials, led by Minister Ole Tipis and the organization’s Director General William Kiprono is presently in China to engage with the Chinese government to enlist their support for reducing and eventually eliminating […]
No 391 Wildlife Trade News: 24th April
More bad news – another daily dose about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes Exposed: Tanzania’s elephant killing fields http://www.itv.com/news/2015-04-23/exposed-tanzanias-elephant-killing-fields/ in the spotlight today …………………… No 391 Wildlife Trade News: 24th April 65 kg peacock feathers, 29 tortoises seized at Kochi airport. (NA COMMENT: wildlife and its couriers enroute to ……….MALAYSIA ……AN INTERNATIONAL HUB, STILL, FOR […]
No 390 Wildlife Trade News: 23rd April
The daily dose of bad news about poaching, wildlife and environmental crimes in the spotlight today …………………… Red Sanders Shipped to China, HK http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/Red-Sanders-Shipped-to-China-HK/2015/04/23/article2778612.ece China, Japan value red sanders most http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150423/nation-current-affairs/article/china-japan-value-red-sanders-most DID YOU EVER HEAR OF RED SANDERS BEING CONFISCATED IN EITHER CHINA OR JAPAN? CITES DEFINITELY ISN’T WORKING – IS IT? WHICH IS WHY […]
African royalty attends Seychelles’ multinational and multicultural Carnival Festival
Seychelles’ President James Alix Michel receives African royals ahead of Seychelles Carnival President James Michel met with royal dignitaries from Ghana and Swaziland at the State House yesterday when he received the King of Ashanti of Ghana, His Majesty King Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and his entourage. He was accompanied by the Minister for Tourism, […]
Skal Congress 2015 ‘on the beach’ – to be or not to be …
DOES THE SKAL CONGRESS IN MOMBASA HANG BY A THREAD? (Posted 23rd April 2015) The 76th Skal International Congress, due to be held along the Diani coastline south of Mombasa from the 18th to the 23rd of October, appears to be hanging by a mere thread now, according to information obtained just before leaving Kenya […]
Royal Majesty Otumfuo, the King of the Ashanti from Ghana graces the 2015 edition of the Seychelles Carnaval International de Victoria with his presence
Ghana’s Ashanti King arrives in the Seychelles to a traditional Creole welcome Royal Majesty Otumfuo, the King of the Ashanti from Ghana graces the 2015 edition of the Seychelles Carnaval International de Victoria with his presence Among the many dignitaries gracing the fifth anniversary of the Seychelles Carnaval International de Victoria with their presence is […]
There is still Magic in this country though fewer and fewer come to experience it
SHARP Q1 DOWNTURN OF ARRIVALS RAISES TEMPERS AMONG TOURISM STAKEHOLDERS (Posted 23rd April 2015) ‘Did you see those figures’ asked a regular source from Nairobi yesterday, when the arrival details for the first quarter of 2015, compared with 2014 and 2013 came to light. While not officially published yet, there has nevertheless been some satisfaction […]
One of Uganda’s leading conservation NGO’s appoints CEO
UGANDA CONSERVATION FOUNDATION APPOINTS FIRST GENERAL MANAGER IN ITS HISTORY (Posted 23rd April 2015) Anne Marie Weeden has been appointed as the Uganda Conservation Foundation’s first General Manager after a lengthy recruitment exercise. The Trustees and board of the NGO yesterday released the following statement when they made the announcement which had been expected for […]
Trading blows over Trading Rhino Horn
News updates from the Conservation Action Trust Trading blows over Trading Rhino Horn Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Trading blows over Trading Rhino Horn April 13, 2015 | The Daily Maverick | Ross Harvey | In the relatively polarised debate on whether a legalised trade in rhino horn can […]
