TRAVEL : Shocking tales about the South Pare Mountains

Tales of rape and murder in South Sudan's Bentiu

The first African Mountains Regional Forum has started at Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge in Arusha, Tanzania. The three-day forum to take place from October 22-24 is to provide an opportunity for different sustainable mountain development stakeholders to enhance understanding of common conservation and development issues in the region.
The forum is organized by the Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS) and the Africa Mountain Partnership Champions Committee (AMPCC) in partnership with the East...

South Africa says non-citizens arriving from Ebola-affected areas of West Africa will not be allowed into the country.

A friend at Kibong’oto, Lilian, assured me that we would walk up to the mountains of Old Moshi to visit her parents. So, one Saturday morning we took a taxi to Bomang’ombe, which is half way between Kibong’oto and Moshi.

Troops in Somalia have retaken the Galgala mountains from al-Shabab Islamist militants, the regional administration tells the BBC.

Tunisian security forces kill five suspected Islamist militants in the mountains near the central town of Gafsa, officials say.

It was around 12 noon last Tuesday when I paid a visit to Viwege Primary School in Pugu, Kinyamwezi Ilala Municipality Dar es Salaam. I was there to observe an education project implemented by the Organisation for Community Development (OCODE).

Dar es Salaam.  Key presidential aspirant Bernard Membe has finally broken his silence on the $20 million (Sh40 billion) Libyan debt. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation yesterday denied any wrongdoing in the transaction that involved a debt swap agreement between the two countries.