Africa

Zimbabwe: Man-Eating Lions Haunt Kariba

Date: March 13th, 2013 |

The northern resort town of Kariba has been on “man-eater watch” since two people were killed by lions in the same week. Kariba is a tourist destination known for safari camps and water-based activities such as houseboating and fishing excursions. All of the lion sightings occurred in the poorer and more populated suburbs of [read more]

Kenya: Tourist Resort Attacked on Eve of Election

Date: February 27th, 2013 |

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An Italian tourist was shot and hospitalized when a gang of masked men, armed with guns and machetes, attacked a coastal resort near Malindi Feb. 20. On the eve of the country’s general election, scheduled for Mar. 4, experts warn that tensions are running high, and tourists may be swept up in local protests or [read more]

Tanzania: U.S. Embassy Warns of Street Crime Wave

Date: January 30th, 2013 |

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A spike in street crime has prompted the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam to issue an emergency message to its citizens. In the past three months alone, more than 20 U.S. citizens have been victims of a violent assault. Taxi robbery is increasingly common, along with bag snatching, burglary, hotel robbery and ATM “express” [read more]

Kenya: Locals Armed to Help Stop Elephant Poachers

Date: January 2nd, 2013 |

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Faced with the decimation of their remaining elephants—and arguably, their nation’s largest tourist attraction—the government is supporting a grassroots anti-poaching program that trains and arms groups of local men, including some former poachers. The black market price of ivory has soared in Asia over the last decade, driving Kenya’s worst poaching crisis since 1989. Many [read more]

Rwanda: Armed Attack Prompts New Travel Warning

Date: December 5th, 2012 |

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After an armed raid on the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund’s anti-poaching camp left one tracker dead, the U.S. Embassy has issued an emergency message to its citizens. Located in Karisoke Kazi, the camp sits directly outside Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park. Militants from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) evidently conducted this attack, and the Embassy [read more]

Egypt: Fifty Injured in Latest Port Said Protests

Date: March 6th, 2013 |

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Fifty people were injured and at least one was in serious condition March 5 after protestors clashed with security forces in Port Said. Protestors torched buildings and threw rocks at riot police, who fired tear gas into the crowds and shots into the air. Demonstrations have rocked the Suez Canal city since January, when an [read more]

Egypt: President Declares State of Emergency

Date: January 30th, 2013 |

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President Morsi declared a month-long state of emergency Jan. 26, after political unrest escalated into violent street protests that left 52 people dead. Soldiers have been deployed to the three main cities on the Suez Canal where the latest rash of protests erupted—Port Said, Ismailia and Suez—and central Cairo and Alexandria remain volatile. Anti-government sentiment [read more]

Kenya: U.S. Issues Updated Travel Warning

Date: January 20th, 2013 |

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The U.S. State Dept. has updated its travel warning for Kenya as of Jan. 14. U.S. citizens are being advised of recently heightened threats from violent crime and terrorism in some parts of the country, including bombings, kidnappings and potential threats to civil aviation and maritime ports. Since Kenya formally aligned with the African Union [read more]

Egypt: Political Unrest Keeping Tourists Away

Date: December 26th, 2012 |

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As voting day approached last week for a new constitution, protestors clashed with security forces in the port city of Alexandria, throwing rocks and setting two buses alight. Waves of protests have been sweeping the nation since November, when President Morsi made several unpopular decrees, and despite attempts to lure tourists back after the revolution, [read more]

Egypt: Anti-Government Protests Sweep Nation

Date: November 28th, 2012 |

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A series of violent protests erupted across the nation as Egyptians reacted angrily to President Morsi’s recent decrees, some that appear to be moving the country back toward autocracy. In the largest political crisis since Morsi took office in June, protestors have converged on Cairo’s Tahrir Square by the tens of thousands, clashing with police [read more]

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