Dutch UN helicopter crashes in Mali

A Nigerian army helicopter comes down in the north-east, where the military is battling Islamist Boko Haram fighters, the second crash this week.

The UN says one of its cargo helicopters has crashed in South Sudan - unconfirmed reports say it was shot down.

Military spokesman: Foggy at time of helicopter crash 01:28Story highlights
"There is still an intense amount of fog," military spokeswoman says
Four aircrew members, seven Marines were on board the helicopter when it went down
A second Black Hawk on the training mission returned to base
(CNN)Eleven U.S. military members were presumed dead Wednesday morning, according to a U.S. Defense official, after their Army Black Hawk helicopter crashed into water off the Florida Panhandle during a...

Dutch hostage Sjaak Rijke who was kidnapped in Mali in 2011, has been freed by French special forces.

Zanzibar President Dr. Ali Mohamed Shein has reaffirmed his commitment to work with Netherlands to strengthen cooperation between the two governments.

East African Business Week
Tanzania rated highly by the Dutch
East African Business Week
DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – A Netherlands based tourist website www.safaribookings.com has rated Tanzania as the best destination for tourists in Africa followed in second and third places by Botswana and Kenya. The ratings are a result of a research ...

A Dutch court on Friday blocked the extradition of two Rwandan men accused of involvement in the central African country’s 1994 genocide, court papers and media reports said.

The deputy director for the International Monetary Fund’s African Department, Dr Rodger Nord, was recently in Dar es Salaam.

>Sanne Van Den Berg has been cycling to work ever since she moved to Dar es Salaam from Nairobi in 2012. Through a distance of about 20 minutes, she is able to maneuver through the city traffic everyday quite easily. “When I came to Dar es Salaam in May 2012 I first had the intention of buying a car. But then I saw the intensity of the traffic and the relatively small distances in Dar es Salaam in getting from point A to B. So I had my bicycle brought over from Nairobi and I have been...