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April 25, 2019

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Tourism 4 – Day 8: A Taste of N’Djamena

One of privileges travelling has availed me is the opportunity to formulate my personal narrative of a place based on my personal experience in the country or city. Even though I do not judge an ...
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Tourism 4 – Day 7: Maroua to Kousseri Border

I was N’Djamena bound that morning from Maroua. There were lots of wonderful events on the road and meeting of a wonderful group of students from Chad …
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Tourism 4 – Day 6: Ngaoundéré to Maroua

We left the Touristique Express Park at Ngaoundere some minutes past midnight. The natural thing to do at that time of the night was to sleep, but I was awake and was reflecting on the ...
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Tourism 4 – Day 5: Bienvenue à Ngaoundéré

One other thing of concern when traveling the Cameroonian roads is the police and their love for checking vaccination cards/documentation (Yellow Cards) for foreigners. Elsewhere, this is to be done by a well trained medical personnel. They routinely checked the identities of the locals who are travelling as well. …
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Tourism 4 – Day 4: Climbing The Cameroon Mountain

Climbing the Cameroon Mountain was fun. Getting to the secessionist war ravaged Buea was also another task that even made it more exciting for me. This is my account on my personal visit to the First Hut. …
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Tourism 4 – Day 3: Don’t Backpack Your Laptop

I was feeling some pains on my legs that early morning as I rolled on the bed. There was a level of excitement in me but I could not tell why I felt that way. ...
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Trip to Ouagadougou to Pay My Last Respect to Thomas Sankara

Leaving Niamey Buses from Niamey to Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso leaves at different schedules. The company I was to travel with departs at exactly 4am in the morning hence boarding started around 3am that morning. ...
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Tourism 4 – Day 2: A Day in The Ocean

Calabar was fun. Leaving Josh’s residence, I headed straight to Watt Market from where I will take a walk to the waterfront. I was headed to Douala but I would first have to take a ...
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Africa in Need of Clean Drinking Water.

This is Magdeme, Cameroon. I shot this photo in a moving vehicle in a village around Magdeme in the Extreme Northern Region of Cameroon. This village shares a common boundary with Nigeria and has been ...
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No Connectivity in N’Djamena

Crossing the Chari River My arrival at Chad was full of surprises. First of all, my experience with the Chadian Immigration was exactly the opposite of what I experienced at the Cameroonian side of the ...

New Nigeria international passport to cost N70,000, says NIS

January 23, 2019 0

Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Monday said registration and the issuance of new international passport would cost Nigerians N70,000. NIS spokesman Sunday James, who made the disclosure, said the agency will commence issuance of the …

A plane carrying 139 people skidded off the runway at a Ugandan airport

January 3, 2019 0

By Samson Ntale and Aanu Adeoye, for CNN A plane carrying 139 people skidded off the runway when it landed Thursday at an international airport in Uganda, the airline and airport officials said. The Ethiopian …

Taj Mahal Ticket Prices Hits 400% for Locals.

December 18, 2018 0

India’s Taj Mahal is in danger due to large crowds of tourists. Authorities have come up with a controversial solution – slapping locals with a fourfold increase in their ticket fee. …

Dana Air Wins African Award

December 15, 2018 0

Published by: The Guardian Dana Air has won the award for Africa’s Best Domestic Airline of the year 2018, at the recently held Development in Africa Merits Award (DAMA), in Lagos. DAMA awards is a …

Nigeria Passenger Traffic Rises By 6.3 Per Cent

December 15, 2018 0

Published by The Guardian. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced global passenger traffic results for October, showing that demand(measured in revenue passenger kilometers, or RPKs) rose 6.3 per cent compared to the same …

Ethiopia Expands Bole International Airport to 22 Million Passenger Capacity

December 6, 2018 0

Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport is poised to take over as the largest airport in Africa upon its commissioning in January 2019. The expanded terminal partially commenced service in September this year after the Eastern …

Tanzania Launches Tourism Marketing Drive in China

January 3, 2019 0

By APOLINARI TAIRO Tanzania has launched a marketing campaign in China to attract business travellers and tourists form the Asian giant. Senior officials of the Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB), Ministry of Tourism, the national airline …

Europeans Now Exempted from Visas for Visits to Cabo Verde of up to 30 Days

January 3, 2019 0

The short-stay visa (30 days) to enter Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) will no longer be used, as of Wednesday, by citizens of 32 European countries. The list includes all 28 countries that are part of …

Taj Mahal Ticket Prices Hits 400% for Locals.

December 18, 2018 0

India’s Taj Mahal is in danger due to large crowds of tourists. Authorities have come up with a controversial solution – slapping locals with a fourfold increase in their ticket fee. …

Tourism 4 – Day 8: A Taste of N’Djamena

Tourism 4 – Day 7: Maroua to Kousseri Border

Tourism 4 – Day 6: Ngaoundéré to Maroua

Tourism 4 – Day 5: Bienvenue à Ngaoundéré

Tourism 4 – Day 4: Climbing The Cameroon Mountain

Tourism 4 – Day 3: Don’t Backpack Your Laptop

Trip to Ouagadougou to Pay My Last Respect to Thomas Sankara

Tourism 4 – Day 2: A Day in The Ocean

Africa in Need of Clean Drinking Water.

No Connectivity in N’Djamena

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New Nigeria international passport to cost N70,000, says NIS

A plane carrying 139 people skidded off the runway at a Ugandan airport

Taj Mahal Ticket Prices Hits 400% for Locals.

Dana Air Wins African Award

Nigeria Passenger Traffic Rises By 6.3 Per Cent

Ethiopia Expands Bole International Airport to 22 Million Passenger Capacity

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Tanzania Launches Tourism Marketing Drive in China

Europeans Now Exempted from Visas for Visits to Cabo Verde of up to 30 Days

Taj Mahal Ticket Prices Hits 400% for Locals.

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