Africa, South Africa Travel News

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to visit the Middle East and Africa later this month, the State Department announced on Friday.

Swiss billionaire Jean-Claude Gandur poses next to 'Sarah,' a painting by Jean Fautrier, one of his collection of masterpieces on display in late 2011 at the Fabre museum, Montpellier.

The global tourism economy hummed along at a record pace in 2012, growing by 4 percent and generating a total of $1.3 trillion when international passenger transit revenues are included in the equation.

When Jean Baptiste*, a medical student from Lubumbashi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo , arrived in South Africa in September 2012, he headed straight for Cape Town, where he knew he would be able to stay with his brother.

The country's lawmakers could find themselves having to publicly test for HIV if Parliament heeds a call by Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi.

Filmmaker Akin Omotoso made a movie about the violence in 2011, and has embarked on a project to show the film in areas where the violence was worst.

The engine maker announced it is to sponsor the Bloodhound project, which aims to smash the record in South Africa next year.

JAS MANGAT will seize the opportunity to shake off stage fright in the special stage at Lusaka show grounds today as he embarks on a fourth attempt at the Africa championship in the Zambia International Rally.

Kolkata; May 15 : Air Arabia , low-cost carrier in the Middle East and North Africa, on Wednesday declared its financial results for the three months ending Mar 31, 2013, reporting a net profit of AED 59 million and registering an increase of 20 percent compared to AED 49 million in the corresponding quarter in 2012.

Johannesburg Fresh Produce Market, the largest of its kind on the continent, loses about 100000 tonnes of fresh produce every year.

South Africa has long been a destination for fertility tourists. Now agencies are recruiting SA women to fuel India's burgeoning surrogacy business.

Receipts from international tourism in destinations around the world grew by 4% in 2012 reaching US$ 1075 billion.

Until government and revolutionary forces attacked the Libyan town of Bani Walid, about 170km southeast of the capital Tripoli in October last year, Abdullah Warfella had been determined never to leave.

London, 15th May 2013: AJW Aviation has been chosen by Air Arabia Egypt, Egypt's only low-cost carrier, to provide power-by-the-hour support and leased inventory for two of its A320 aircraft.

The BlackBerry Achievement Awards shortlist was selected by BlackBerry from 100 000 BlackBerry 10 applications worldwide and the final winners in all categories were selected through a process of public voting.

The Middle East and North Africa edition of our Internet Statistics Compendium has seen some interesting updates over the past few months, with some fascinating insights into ecommerce across the region.

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Emancipation in 1834 and the understandable reluctance of former slaves to return to a new form of bondage on the sugar plantations of Trinidad, left a massive labour void which subsequent immigration from Madeira and West Africa failed to plug.

The World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh will once again be sending a dozen local high-school juniors to as many countries on immersive trips that are "hugely transformative it's an experience that transforms their experience of the world," says Annie M. Prucey, the Council's vice president and director of education programs.

AN ATTEMPT to break the world land speed record will see experts from an East Lancashire engineering firm travel to South Africa next year.