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Voice Search and its impact on the Hospitality Industry

June 15, 2017 Global AuthorAirBnB, Hotels.ng, Voice Search

In years past, there was a dominant form of agricultural practice – sharecropping. A landlord would rent out his land, and farmers would rent it and pay in harvested crops. There was usually no other way for the farmer to get land, so the landlord was king! Today, decades later, the king and farmer are still tied in a… Read More

Getaways Southern Africa

Lesotho: End culture of impunity to reverse recent spike in human rights violations

June 14, 2017 Global AuthorDeprose Muchena, Human rights violations, Lesotho, Lesotho Defence Force (LDF)

Lesotho’s newly elected government must act swiftly to ensure accountability for past human rights violations and end the spike in abuses recorded in recent years, Amnesty International said today. The organization is releasing a human rights agenda today for the new government ahead of the inauguration of the incoming Prime Minister, Thomas Thabane, on 16 June. Read More

Middle East

An open letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu: The Unfinished Six Day War

June 14, 2017 Global AuthorJewish people, Palestinian State, Prime Minister Netanyahu, Six Day War

Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu, Since you celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the victory of the Six Day War, did you ponder what this triumph has done to the Palestinian people, and to the moral character of the state of Israel? I am not sure how harshly history will judge you, but one thing is certain — I, like millions of… Read More

Karumuna Safaris

June 13, 2017 Village ReporterGateways, kenya, Safari, Tourism

At Karumuna Safaris would love to show you our beautiful country. On your Uganda safari with us you can see mountain gorillas, chimpanzees, lions, elephants,an abundance of birds and much more. Go trekking in the jungle, search for big game on the savanna, spot hippos by the shores, climb mountains, chimps and gorilla trekking and discover the culture or relax… Read More

Malawi Southern Africa

Malawi: Failing criminal justice system fuels a new wave of attacks on people with albinism

June 12, 2017 Global Author19-year-old Madalitso Pensulo, abduction in Dowa, Albinism, Emily Kuliunde, Mayeso Isaac

A new wave of killings and attacks targeting people with albinism over the past six months is being fueled by systemic failures in Malawi’s criminal justice system which leave members of this vulnerable group at the mercy of criminal gangs, Amnesty International said today on International Albinism Awareness Day. Since January 2017, at least two people with albinism have… Read More

Central Africa Rwanda

Frank Habineza has joined the uphill battle to dethrone longtime ruler Paul Kagame

June 12, 2017June 12, 2017 Global AuthorDr.Frank Habineza, Paul Kagame, Rwanda Patriotic Front, The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda

Dr. Frank Habineza leader of The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda, has submitted all credentials for Presidential candidacy to the National Electoral Commission, today, the 12th of June 2017 according to an announcement made available to the Africa Global Village by the party spokes Person. According to the Rwandan constitution and all electoral laws and instructions, the requirement for competing… Read More

Development East Africa Madagascar

Madagascar dockworkers protest at Parliament as global union warns Africa against partnering with ICTSI

June 12, 2017 Global AuthorInternational Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF), Jean de Dieu Maharante, Madagascan union SYGMMA, Madagascar dockworkers, Paddy Crumlin, Port of Toamasina

The plight of the Malagasy 43 – dockworkers sacked in Madagascar for standing up for their rights – has reached the highest levels of the Madgascan Government today with protests at Parliament and meetings scheduled with Government to try and resolve the dispute. The International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF) and local Madagascan union SYGMMA will be meeting with Minister of… Read More

Kombeo Adventure

June 12, 2017 Village ReporterGateways, kenya, Safari, Tourism

We feel obliged to introduce our ambitious venture Kombeo International Safaris & Adventures (KIS-Africa)” as an entity which takes care of any tour and travel requirement of its esteemed clients at global level. since inception, in 2007, Kombeo International Safaris & Adventures has been venturing into new geographic arena and making utmost effort to make the best deal available to… Read More

Lifestyle Tourism Tourism & Travel

The Hotel Room of the Future

June 11, 2017 Global Authorhotel business, Hotel Room of the Future, hoteliers, Le Meridien Resort, Sheraton Hotel

Take a spin back to 1950, and you’ll be sure to find a well written and animated article on the subject – the hotel room of the future. It’s an interesting subject for players in the hotel space, a culmination of unhinged literary creativity, and fairly logical projections based on the trends and technology of the day. More than… Read More

Leaders Libya North Africa

Seif al-Islam, Gadhafi’s Son FREED after 5 Years in Captivity

June 11, 2017 Global AuthorAmerican State Department officials in Tripoli, Gadhafi’s Son FREED, International Criminal Court, Seif al-Islam, Zintan militia

BENGHAZI, LIBYA — Seif al-Islam, the son and one-time heir apparent of late Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, has been released after more than five years in detention, his captors said on Saturday. Gaddafi was captured in southern Libya by the Zintan militia on 19 November 2011, after the end of the Libyan Civil War, and flown by plane to Zintan.… Read More

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