Tourism boost as cruise ship docks in Mombasa

UK ship RFA Argus, which is carrying medical supplies, equipment and vehicles, arrives in Sierra Leone to help deal with the deadly Ebola outbreak.

The Harmony of the Seas (Oasis 3) class ship is put into the water at the shipyard site in Saint-Nazaire, France, June 19, 2015.
The hulking shell of the world's largest cruise ship slid into the waters off western France on Friday, with workers aiming to have it ready for a 2016 inaugural trip.
The huge vessel, named "Harmony of the Seas", has been under construction since September 2013 in the shipyards in Saint-Nazaire.
When finished it will weigh some 227,000 tonnes and measure 362 metres...

Six of the 1,7000 people on board the Aidamira, off Cape Town, are being tested for coronavirus.

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Elite Kenyan police units seize a cargo ship suspected to be carrying drugs at the port of Mombasa, which was sealed off overnight.

Dar es Salaam Tourism is getting a boost following another luxury cruise ship which docked in Dar es Salaam Port on Monday December 21, 2015 with more than 450 tourists and crew. MS Nautica, which is operated by Oceania Cruises, docked at Dar es Salaam Port at 09h30. The vacationers were from different countries including South Africa, the United States, Germany, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
At the Port, the tourists were welcomed by the energetic traditional snake dance, which was...

Tanzania has secured a $100 million (about Sh220 billion on the prevailing exchange rate) worth of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) from an American investor, the government’s investment agency announced yesterday.

News that a drop in the number of tourists visiting Tanzania Mainland is threatening Zanzibar’s economy is disturbing but not quite surprising.

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