4 April 2024 Two African nations, Ghana and Kenya have agreed to form a Bi-National Commission to expand and explore new avenues for cooperation within the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement (AfCFTA). According to a report on Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), this was agreed to on Wednesday 3 April 2024. In furtherance of this, […]
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By Sewa Fabikun It is the season of love, where we express affection for one another, be it in ordinary friendships and more intimate relationship. Saint Valentine is a holiday originated in the Roman festival of Lupercalia held in the mid February. Somewhere along the way, at the end of the 5th century, Pope Gelasius
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23 January 2024 The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) enters a new era today with a new name and brand: UN Tourism. With this new brand, the Organization reaffirms its status as the United Nations specialized agency for tourism and the global leader of tourism for development, driving social and economic change to ensure that “people
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18 January 2024 The Seychelles government announced on Thursday 18 January 2024 that it is finalizing an agreement for a new tourism development to be built on Long Island. Vice President Ahmed Afif made the announcement in a Cabinet press briefing at State House. “We are in the final stages of the talks and we
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18 December 2023 Plett Tourism has issued a press statement asking the authorities to “Hands Off our Coast”, while saying No to seismic testing. On 23 November 2023, Plett and other coastal communities along the south-eastern Cape of South Africa were rocked by the controversial approval by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE)
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5 December 2023 UNWTO has brought together sector leaders at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) to showcase the progress made in implementing the Glasgow Declaration for Climate Action on Tourism. In time for the world’s most important climate conference, the Declaration has been officially included in the Global Climate Action Portal of
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By Maureen Murimi-Dan Karami My first introduction to West African food was through plantain. My husband, who has a seemingly unhealthy appetite for plantain, introduced me to the delicacy several years ago. However, it is not until I went to Mama Ashanti, a lovely Nigerian restaurant that sits in the suburbs of Lavington, Nairobi, that
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October 6, 2023 UNWTO has held the 8th edition of its World Forum on Gastronomy Tourism co-organized with Basque Culinary Center (BCC), with a focus on the links between product, gastronomy and tourism. The promotion and preservation of local products, the contribution of tourism to sustainable development, innovation and food waste all took center stage as UNWTO
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02 October 2023 From December 23, 2023 to January 7, 2024, Four Seasons Resort Seychelles offers endless opportunities to enjoy extraordinary Yuletide moments and create cherished memories for guests of every age. Yuletide, the most wonderful time of the year shines even more brightly when it’s spent under vivid blue Indian Ocean skies with a
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25 September 2023 Seven new African sites were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List at the just concluded extended 45th session of the World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The event which kicked off on Sunday 10 September 2023 came to a close today Monday 25 September, with the committee adding
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