Nigeria Travel News

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

ED Note: Greeley and Hansen is a global leader in developing innovative engineering, architecture, and management solutions for a wide array of complex water, wastewater, and water-related infrastructure challenges.

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.

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

A polo match was held to raise funds for Sentebale, the prince's charity that aims to help children in Lesotho.

According to the World Bank and Unicef, almost half the world live on less than $2.50 a day - and more than 22,000 children die each day due to poverty.

Picking a volunteer vacation is a lot like dating: The choices are mind-boggling, but finding the right fit takes work.

A Portuguese rabbi and a Moroccan diplomat stood shoulder to shoulder in a Catholic cemetery here while 200 mourners howled in grief as they buried a resident of this island off the western coast of Africa.

Diamond Holiday Travel, DHT, a travel service network marketing company, has concluded plans to reward its partners who have qualified from the participation in the multi-level marketing activities with cars and houses during its 3rd African convention to be held in Lagos.