Say no to plans for a road through Bwindi
SERENGETI HIGHWAY MENTALITY BROUGHT TO BWINDI (Posted 26th December 2013) ‘True, it would shorten the way a lot between Kisoro and the Buhoma side of the Bwindi Forest but it would also completely wreck the park and I bet it would not take long before a gorilla group will be mowed down by a speeding […]
A rebranded Malindi attracts top resort names and high fashion
MALINDI KIKOI FASHION RELOADED (Posted 26th December 2013) Malindi is getting ready, not just for the New Year’s Eve celebrations but also for the second edition of the Kikoi Festival, which will take place on the 30th of December at the ‘White Elephant’. The catwalk fashion show will bring the latest Kikoi creations into the […]
Kenya Airways set for two evacuation flights from Juba on Boxing Day
CHRISTMAS SPIRIT PREVAILS AS KENYA AIRWAYS SET FOR TWO EVACUATION FLIGHTS (Posted 26th December 2013) Kenyans still stranded in Juba will be receiving an unexpected Christmas gift, when Kenya Airways, in conjunction with the Kenyan government, will operate at last two chartered flights from Nairobi to Juba, security situation permitting it should be pointed out, […]
Seasons Greetings
To all my faithful readers my best wishes on Christmas Day.
Christmas present for Kenya’s conservation fraternity
KENYA’S PRESIDENT KENYATTA SIGNS NEW WILDLIFE BILL INTO LAW (Posted 25th December 2013) The conservation fraternity in Kenya had reasons to welcome Christmas as news broke yesterday in Nairobi that President Kenyatta had assented to the new Wildlife Conservation and Management Bill, making it the law of the land with immediate effect. For years had […]
Bring Kagesheki back petition launched
PETITION SEEKS KAGESHEKI REINSTATEMENT (Posted 25th December 2013) Clearly did the sacking of Amb. Khamis Kagesheki as Tanzania’s Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism not go down well with that country’s tourism and conservation fraternity as a petition is now circulating to have him reinstated. Many see his sacking as misguided, if not an outright […]
Isimba group silverback found dead
ISIMBA GROUP LOSES DOMINANT SILVERBACK (Posted 24th December 2013) A regular contributor from Musanze, formerly known as Ruhengeri, the main town outside the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, has passed on sad news just now. The gentle giants of the Virunga mountains are not always gentle it seems, as a fight between Getty, the dominant […]
No more Kenya Airways flights to Juba till at least New Year’s Eve
KENYA AIRWAYS SUSPENDS JUBA SERVICES AS OF TODAY TILL END OF DECEMBER (Posted 24th December 2014) Information is emerging from Nairobi that Kenya Airways will as of the last flight yesterday, 23rd December, suspend flights in and out of Juba until at least 31st December this year, during which the airline will be carrying out […]
Poor tourism results dim economic growth projections for Kenya
KENYA’S DECLINING ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE TIED TO POOR TOURISM RESULTS (Posted 24th December 2013) An erstwhile staunch supporter of the present government in Kenya last evening wrote: ‘They are getting what they deserve, they cannot harvest because they did not look after key economic sectors. Now it is becoming clear that the government will fail in […]
Serena brings Christmas to the Cottolengo kids
SERENA LIGHTS UP CHILDREN’S FACES (Posted 24th December 2013) The wife of Serena’s Chief Executive Mrs. Janmohamed joined members of his staff in bringing the Christmas spirit to the children of the Cottolengo Centre, when hosting them at the Nairobi Serena Hotels for a luncheon before letting Santa Claus shower the kids with gifts. These […]
New website for RwandAir launched in time for the Holiday Season
RWANDAIR LAUNCHES NEW FORMAT WEBSITE (Posted 24th December 2013) In time for the holiday season has RwandAir launched their latest version of their website www.rwandair.com offering the latest technology for proactive features. Now integrated in to the website are RwandAir’s social media pages from Twitter, YouTube and Facebook, allowing passengers and supporters of Rwanda’s national […]
Air Austral announces return to the Seychelles in 2014
AIR AUSTRAL ANNOUNCES A RETURN TO THE SEYCHELLES (Posted 23rd December 2013) From the 23rd of June onwards, in other words in six months from today, will Air Austral make a return to the Seychelles with direct flights from Roland Garros International Airport in St. Denis, Reunion’s capital, to Mahe, the main island of the […]
Christmas ‘pilgrimage’ underway as East Africans travel to their rural homes
CHRISTMAS RUSH EAST AFRICA STYLE – DISCOUNT IN SHOPS VERSUS HIKED FARES (Posted 23rd December 2013) As East Africans count down the hours to the Christmas holiday and do their final preparations to travel to what we call here ‘upcountry’, visiting their rural homes and extended families, like every year the paradoxes of the cost […]
Captain of illfated LAM flight accused of deliberately crashing the plane
GRUESOME DETAILS BEGIN TO EMERGE ABOUT LAM CRASH IN NAMIBIA (Posted 22nd December 2013) Reports are beginning to emerge about the last minutes of the ill fated LAM flight TM 470, which crashed enroute from Maputo to Luanda, killing all 33 passengers and crew on board on 29th November. Detailed readings taken from the flight […]
Best Western Plus opens hotel in Mombasa
BEST WESTERN EYES EXPANSION ACROSS EASTERN AFRICA (Posted 22nd December 2013) The world’s largest chain hotel operation, Best Western, is reportedly eyeing to expand their footprint across East Africa, where after the opening earlier in the week of a hotel in Mombasa, they now have three properties, one in Nairobi and one in Dar es […]
Ethiopian prepares to return fire damaged B787 back into service
ETHIOPIAN PLANS TO PUT FIRE DAMAGED B787 BACK INTO SERVICE (Posted 22nd December 2013) Information was confirmed yesterday that the B787 Dreamliner of Ethiopian Airlines, which suffered severe structural damage during a fire, while parked at Heathrow earlier in the year, has undertaken test flights with the aim to restore the certificate of airworthiness before […]
Weekly roundup of ATC News from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands, Fourth edition December 2013
AVIATION TOURISM & CONSERVATION NEWS EAST AFRICA A weekly roundup from Eastern Africa and the Indian Ocean islands of breaking news, reports, travel stories and opinions by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang H. Thome You can get your daily news updates instantly via Twitter by following @whthomeor join me on www.facebook.com/WolfgangHThome where the articles also ‘cross load’. […]
Kagesheki made scapegoat and sacked
KAGESHEKI SACKING CALLED THE ULTIMATE ACT OF COVER UP (Posted 21st December 2013) Amb. Khamis Kagesheki was sacked yesterday evening by Tanzania’s president Kikwete alongside three other cabinet colleagues, allegedly over the mishandling of anti poaching operations. Reactions were swift and united in calling this the ultimate act of a coverup, as Kagesheki was known […]
New law brings Uganda into the global firing line
PREPARE FOR THE BACK LASH FOREIGN COUNTRIES TELL UGANDA (Posted 21st December 2013) The passing of two laws by the Ugandan parliament this week has once again highlighted the level of ignorance among the members of parliament, of what negative publicity such ‘laws’ can generate abroad. The first one, commonly referred to as the ‘Anti […]
Rwanda sets sights on regional market
RWANDA LAUNCHES NEW MARKETING INITIATIVE FOR EAST AFRICAN VISITORS (Posted 21st December 2013) Coinciding with the launch of the common East African tourist Visa on the 01st of January 2014 – this accomplishment largely credited to Rwanda’s nifty diplomacy after being tasked by fellow EAC members Uganda and Kenya to prepare the logistics for it […]
Arusha Municipal Airport ready to reopen for regular operations in the morning
ARUSHA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT OPEN AGAIN AFTER DEPARTURE OF ETHIOPIAN’S B767 (Posted 21st December 2013) Local aviation sources in Tanzania have confirmed that regular operations to and from the Arusha Municipal Airport, in short ARK, will resume in full in the morning. Flights to that local airport were disrupted when Ethiopian Airlines mistakenly flew a B767-300ER […]
Breaking News – RwandAir cancels Juba flight over safety concerns
RWANDAIR CANCELS FRIDAY FLIGHT TO JUBA OVER SECURITY CONCERNS (Posted 20th December 2013 11.30 hrs EAT) RwandAir has just announced that on account of security concerns in Juba they have decided to cancel their Friday flight to the South Sudanese capital and issued the following statement: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE RwandAir Cancels Juba Flights For Friday […]
Mau Mau Museum in the making
AFTER 50 YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE KENYA FINALLY SET TO GET A MAU MAU MUSEUM (Posted 20th December 2013) Information was received from Kenya late yesterday about plans by the Nyeri county government to set up a Mau Mau Museum to showcase the country’s struggle for independence. The Mau Mau were fighting the British to force […]
More news from Uganda, the Pearl of Africa and from Magical Kenya
In the ongoing series of reproducing interesting newsletters and broadcasts, this little marvel arrived in my inbox today from Marasa Africa – too good NOT to share … enjoy! Year-end update from Marasa Africa – EAST AFRICA’S FINEST SAFARI LODGES In this issue we once again invite you to share the updates from our safari […]
Ethiopian attempts to whitewash the Arusha incident
ETHIOPIAN’S ATTEMPT TO ANSWER BACK SEEN AS AN ADDED FAILURE (Posted 20th December 2013) Following the breaking news here the other day, of an Ethiopian Airlines B767-300ER landing at the wrong airport, numerous attempts were made to whitewash the circumstances, starting with a first statement by the airline that the aircraft had landed at an […]
Breaking News – Juba International Airport runway blocked by plane
JUBA AIRPORT RUNWAY CLOSED AFTER AIRCRAFT SUFFERS NOSEGEAR COLLAPSE (Posted 19th December 2013) (Picture courtesy of Mr. Ajak Mayol, Juba) Evacuation flights from Juba to Entebbe, Nairobi and other East African destinations came to a halt when the nosegear of a Boeing B737-500 collapsed on landing, blocking the single runway of Juba International Airport. […]
Merry Christmas from Laura, Silas and the Bush Adventures team
Merry Christmas to all my readers from Bush Adventures’ Laura and Silas. News from Bush Aventures’ camp and our community: Kortol is becoming a father, we had a leopard in the camp, we are on November’s Conde’ Nast Traveller magazine and much more Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. News from the […]
Evacuations underway from South Sudan to Uganda
EVACUEES REACH THE SAFETY OF UGANDA (Posted 19th December 2013) Late yesterday did hundreds of evacuees arrived in Kampala after making the long journey by bus out of a South Sudan in upheaval, crossing the border to safety in Nimule and then travelling via Gulu to the Ugandan capital. Earlier in the day did Air […]
FastJet welcomes passenger number 400.000
FASTJET WELCOMES 400.000TH PASSENGER ON THEIR FLIGHTS (Posted 19th December 2013) FastJet yesterday reached a landmark figure when they welcomed their 400.000th passenger on board. Since starting operations just over a year ago, with flights from Dar es Salaam to Kilimanjaro International and to Mwanza, their destinations have since grown to include Zanzibar as well […]
Karl Ammann’s read on nabbing ivory traffickers
My long time friend Karl Ammann has just filed his report ‘Apprehending Ivory Traffickers: A Conservation Fairy Tale’ which deserves re-publishing to avail it to a greater audience. Apprehending Ivory Traffickers: A Conservation Fairy Tale? By Karl Ammann with Erick Kaglan, NewsWatch, National Geographic December 18, 2013 In December 2012, Malaysia announced the discovery and […]
