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- Sunday 17 March 2013
March 16, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese tourism minister Mohamed Abdul-Karim Al-Had today warned that his country will not allow visits by what he described as “alcohol and discotheque tourists”. Sudanese tourism minister Mohamed (...)
- Sunday 11 March 2012
March 10, 2012 (JUBA) — The governor of South Sudan’s Jonglei, Kuol Manyang Juuk, has called for preservation of wildlife in eight month old country arguing that if it is properly preserved tourism could be a way to diversify the economy (...)
- Thursday 19 January 2012
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
January 18, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - Five foreign tourists have been killed in Ethiopia’s remote north-eastern Afar region by unknown gunmen who came across the Eritrean border, according to Addis Ababa. Afar soldiers (...)
- Monday 19 November 2012
November 18, 2012 (JUBA/NAIROBI) - Equity Bank Group last week launched a partnership with China Union Pay; an initiative that will allow Union Pay card holders make transactions from the bank’s Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) and sale (...)
- Monday 4 July 2011
July 3, 2011 (JUBA) - The government of South Sudan on Saturday said it will start classifying hotels operating in the regional capital of Juba, which will soon host foreign dignatories for the regions independence celebrations, in (...)
- Thursday 26 January 2012
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
January 25, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) — An Eritrean opposition group claims that the attack on tourists in the Afar region of Ethiopia, committed by Eritrea-based Ethiopian rebels, was coordinated by Eritrean intelligence. (...)
- Friday 11 January 2013
January 10, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) – Ethiopia has arrested two suspects in connection with last week’s killing of an Austrian tourist in northern Ethiopia, Amhara Regional police told Sudan Tribune on Thursday.
The 27-year-old Austrian (...)
- Saturday 9 June 2012
By Julius N Uma
June 7, 2012 (JUBA) - A minister in South Sudan’s government on Wednesday urged the Kenyan Commercial Bank (KCB) to support the country’s in developing the tourism industry as part of the approach to diversify its (...)
- Thursday 8 March 2012
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
March 7, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ethiopian Afar rebels said they have freed two German tourists who were taken hostage in an attack in January near the Eritrean border.
In a statement, the Eritrea based Afar (...)
- Wednesday 19 September 2012
September 18, 2012 (WAU) – Commercial flights between Khartoum and Juba resumed on Tuesday, after they were stopped in January a peak in tension between Sudan and South Sudan.
Sudan’s aviation authority suspended the daily direct (...)
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