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Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign launches from Accra, championing a visa-free Africa by 2030
The Herald Ghana
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August 18, 2025
The Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign will embark on a historic 40,000-kilometer road journey across 39 African countries, starting from Accra from today, August 18, 2025. This groundbreaking initiative is a 163-day road journey across Africa...
Historic road trip across Africa to push for visa-free travel by 2030
Business Day
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August 17, 2025
A bold campaign to break down visa barriers and unite Africa will set off from Accra on Monday, August 18, 2025, embarking on a record 40,000-kilometre journey across 39 African countries. The initiative—called the Trans African Tourism & Unity...
Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign launches in Accra to champion visa-free Africa by 2030
CNR Citi Newsroom
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August 17, 2025
The Trans African Tourism & Unity Campaign will embark on a historic 40,000-kilometer road journey across 39 African countries, starting from Accra on Monday, August 18, 2025. This groundbreaking initiative is a 163 day road journey across Africa...
Foreign Office puts 72 countries on 'do not travel' list with UK tourists warned
Birmingham Live
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August 17, 2025
Of 226 countries or territories with foreign travel advice pages, 72 are currently flagged as having no-go zones due to security issues, health risks and legal differences with the UK. The Foreign Office has placed a string of countries on a "do...
CHAN 2024:Algeria and South Africa last 8 chances dangling
Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
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August 17, 2025
The Desert Foxes of Algeria had to come from a goal down to settle for a 1-1 draw against a determined Guinea side, with Ismael Camara, breaking the deadlock from inside the 18-yard box after finding some space between the Algeria defence to find...
18 dead, 23 injured after bus plunges into Algerian river
Euro Weekly News
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August 16, 2025
The driver of the bus said the steering jammed | Credit: Algeria Project(@algeria3new) on X Rescue teams were still searching for victims on Saturday, August 16, of a bus crash that left nearly 20 people dead and over a dozen injured. The accident...
‘AFTCREE Expo aims to mainstream culture, tourism into economies of African states’
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 16, 2025
Chuks Akamadu is the Managing Director/CEO of Afrocultour Limited, organisers of the Songs of Nigeria Festival (SONIFES), Nigeria Entertainment, Economic Roundtable (NEER) and others. An accomplished intellectual property lawyer, erudite cultural...
Getting Around in Algeria
Lonely Planet
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Getting around Algeria is possible by plane, train, bus, car or even camel. No matter how you choose to travel, there’s one essential thing every visitor should remember to pack: a bit of patience. Houari Boumediene airport in Algiers. Bruno M...
Travelling to these countries can put you at risk: CDC issues Level 2 alert for Germany, UK, and others amid rising poliovirus concerns
The Times of India
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August 12, 2025
Federal health officials have issued an urgent warning about polio, a potentially crippling and deadly disease. The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a Level 2 travel advisory for the United Kingdom, Germany, Finland,...
Algeria Rebounds as Spain’s Primary Gas Supplier as Bilateral Trade Spikes
The North Africa Journal
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Algeria’s role as Spain’s top natural gas provider is back in the spotlight. After a significant two-year diplomatic freeze, not only have trade relations surged, but Algeria has also re-established itself as Spain’s leading gas source. According...
Béja: Solidarity bottles from Algeria to Gaza wash ashore on Zouaraa Beach
Tunisie Numerique
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August 14, 2025
Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp On Wednesday, August 13, 2025, residents discovered plastic bottles washed ashore on Zouerra Beach in the Béja governorate, containing food aid such as chickpeas, rice, and lentils. According to civil society...
Illegal Migration surge hits Balearic Islands as Algeria route gains ground
EUToday
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August 14, 2025
2More than 30 small boats carrying roughly 600 people have reached Spain’s Balearic Islands since Monday, according to local and national authorities, marking one of the archipelago’s most concentrated waves of arrivals in recent years. Officials...
U.S. issues travel warning for 5 countries: ‘Practice enhanced precautions’
Syracuse.com - New York
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August 14, 2025
The United States has issued a travel warning for Americans traveling to five countries. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in an update to its global travel alert that polio is circulating in Finland, Germany, Spain, the...
African Stars in Europe: Who Earns the Most and Why
Nigerian Eye
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August 18, 2025
It is a match day at the Santiago Bernabéu. With flashing cameras and chants from the stands in Madrid, it is game night. The silence precedes the turn around the corner, and there, looming over the crowd, is a man whose background was in the...
Tourism slows in Marrakech this August amid price concerns
Hespress
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August 10, 2025
Tourist activity in Marrakech has dipped noticeably this August, with rising costs cited as a key factor behind the slowdown, according to residents, tour operators and online observers. Both foreign tourists and Moroccans living abroad appear to...
Algeria fires back at France ending visa-free travel for French diplomats
MENAFN
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August 10, 2025
(MENAFN) Algeria has canceled a longstanding visa exemption agreement for French diplomats and service passport holders, responding to what it described as France’s “provocation, intimidation, and bargaining” in an escalating diplomatic dispute....
AKPS: KLIA’s Terminal 1 sees 26pc rise in ‘Not to Land’ notices against foreign travellers from May to July this year
Malay Mail
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August 13, 2025
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 13 — The Malaysian Border Control and Protection Agency (AKPS) reported a 26 per cent increase in cases involving the issuance of Not to Land (NTL) notices at Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminal 1 (KLIA1) from May to July...
Africa Travel Shows take a transformational step
The Voice
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August 12, 2025
AFRICA Travel Shows has taken a transformational step. Against the backdrop of renewed global focus on the United Kingdom – Africa relations this July, including Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s historic trade mission across Lagos, Accra,...
Melca's holidays: from the Sahara to Malaga to discover 'luxuries'
SUR in English
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August 12, 2025
Melca travelled from a refugee camp in Tindouf (Algeria) to Ciudad Jardín in July. This Malaga district becomes her home for the summer months, sharing it with local family Alba, Ismael and their daughters. The ten-year-old Sahrawi girl is...
French-Algerian music artist Pierre Bensusan celebrates 50th anniversary of his career in Cedar Rapids
The Gazette - Iowa
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The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. Pierre Bensusan is a student of music, and that's had a huge impact on his material. The French-Algerian acoustic guitarist loves such late legends as...