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The state-owned flag carrier of Qatar, Qatar Airways, is set to launch flights to Windhoek in Namibia and Lusaka in Zambia. Starting 28 September 2016, the airline will operate four flights per week between Hamad International Airport (DOH) in Doha and Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH) in Windhoek. A non-stop …

London, United Kingdom | AFP Shares in airlines and travel sector companies fell heavily across European stock markets on Tuesday after explosions in Brussels. Twin blasts at Brussels airport killed at least one person and wounded several others, officials said, and Brussels train staff also reported a subsequent explosion at …

Goma, DR Congo | AFP | Two park rangers and five militiamen were killed in clashes in Africa’s oldest wildlife reserve, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Virunga National Park famed for its mountain gorillas, the army said Monday. “Two park rangers were killed” on Saturday in a joint attack by …

By Ronald Musoke It is 9.30am in the morning and the Water Front beach at Entebbe is just warming up. Our party, comprising 17 foreign tourists and seven Ugandans – all wrapped in in our bright orange life jackets, are on our way to the Ngamba Chimpanzee Sanctuary. READ ON…. …

By Ronald Musoke Following the death of South Africa’s most beloved citizen, former President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela on Dec. 5, the South African Tourism Industry—the economic sector which probably benefitted most from his freedom— was left devastated. According to a statement from Thulani Nzima, the Chief Executive Officer of South …

By Stephen Kafeero Corne Schalkwyk, a manager at Marasa Africa and Premier Safaris spoke to The Independent’s Stephen Kafeero about his pain and pleasure in the wild and the beautiful places. You are a manager at Marasa Africa and Premier Safaris plus other entities that you handle. How do you …

By Julius Businge The Ministry of Tourism, Wildlife and Antiquities (MTWA), in partnership with The World Bank and DFID will be launching a report on the current status of the Tourism Industry in Uganda on Aug 1 in Kampala. A statement released by the bank on July 29 says the …

By Joan Akello The U.S. Mission to Uganda, and the  Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA)  registered  increasing tourism and wildlife conservation in the Lake Albert Region of Uganda, with the conclusion of the three-year, USAID-funded ”Sustainable Tourism in the Albertine Rift” (USAID-STAR) project. The final report was released this week at …

By Patrick Kagenda Even before Barack Obama was announced winner of the November 4 US presidential elections, Kenya his half ancestral home was planning for tourists who would flock the country to experience the roots of the first black man to occupy the White House. The Independents Patrick Kagenda talked …