Monthly Archives: February 2011

There was a fire outbreak in Lake Nakuru National Park which is located in Kenya on Wednesday. The fire spread wildly to the different parts of the park because of the existence of the strong winds. According to the reports, … Continue reading →

A number of death cases and crop destruction have been reported in Taita Taveta County due to the wildlife attacks in the area because the people are fighting with the animals over water. Since it is a dry season, some … Continue reading →

Lake Victoria is the largest lake in Africa and it is shared by three East African countries which include Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and it is the source of River Nile. Finland donated 6 billion shillings to the East African Community … Continue reading →

During the 2010 Christmas season, Europe faced snowstorms which affected the tourism sector of the East African countries because it is during this season different people from different countries travel but ended up cancelling their flights and some were delayed. … Continue reading →

On February 18th the people of Uganda voted for their president and President Yoweri Museveni was re-elected. He has been the president of Uganda since 1986 after a five-year revolutionary war and has been one of the longest serving presidents … Continue reading →

Uganda has a number of ferries which operate mostly on Lake Victoria and there is also that operates at Murchison Falls National Park. Anew ferry was purchased by the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) to simplify on the transport on … Continue reading →

On Wednesday, wild animals from Queen Elizabeth National park raided Kikarara and Kakoni-Nyabubare parishes in Bwambara sub-county found in Rukungiri district and destroyed the people’s crops. Julius Salube, the district Police commander, said apart from destroying the crops, the animals … Continue reading →

Small tourism businesses were complaining that the Tourism Bill was favoring the big businesses because the producer and the exporter of the products was not recognized.Najib Bulala, the Tourism minister said the Bill must be looked at clearly because changes … Continue reading →

Rwanda’s tourism sector isn’t well developed because of its political history but a lot of effort has been put to promote the sector for the country to be a tourism destination like opening of international chain hotels like Serena and … Continue reading →