Guide on BBC kid's show killed by charging elephant in Tanzania, children unhurt The BBC says that a British guide working on a ...
Checkmate! Customs agents in Philadelphia find hash, pot hidden in chessboard from Tanzania A calculated move to inspect a heavy chessboard paid off ...
TSAVO NATIONAL PARK, Kenya (Reuters Life!) - Elephant tusks litter dry river beds in parched southern Kenya. The country's wildlife, prized for the tourist dollars it brings, is dying due to a severe drought. Tourism is vital to east Africa's biggest economy, ...
A honeymoon destination should be romantic and beautiful, while eco-lodges often offer unforgettable experiences in secluded, wild places _ with solar power and recycled gray water. But can you save the earth and start your marriage off on the right foot at ...
Ugandan police have arrested top Rwandan genocide suspect Idelphonse Nizeyimana, who is accused of organising a massacre of students and the murder of an emblematic Tutsi queen, officials said Tuesday. Nizeyimana, who was given the nickname "Butcher of Butare," was captured Monday ...
Improved health care for women giving birth in poor countries could save about 600,000 of the two million babies who die every year, according to a study released on Tuesday. While most women in developed nations deliver their babies with the help ...
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Global warming could cut Tanzania's gross domestic product by 1 percent by 2030 and by as much as 68 percent by 2085, with the poor in the African country hit hardest, a London-based think tank said on ...
US government and taxpayers win rare praise for helping countries escape poverty In words of praise rarely heard at the United Nations, leaders of several poor countries thanked the U.S. government and American taxpayers Tuesday for helping with economic development. The presidents ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and Europe face a new health threat from a mosquito-borne disease far more unpleasant than the West Nile virus that swept into North America a decade ago, a U.S. expert said on Friday. Chikungunya virus has ...
Roman Abramovich, the billionaire owner of under-fire English premiership giants Chelsea has begun scaling Africa's highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, at the start of a 10-day visit to Tanzania, officials said on Friday. The head of the Kilimanjaro National Park Authority (KINAPA), Mapinduzi ...
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Thursday for swifter work on a climate treaty, saying inaction could spell economic disaster and a rise in sea levels of up to 2 meters (6.5 ft) by 2100. "We cannot afford limited ...
Calif. software mogul Tom Siebel broke ribs, legs in elephant attack during Tanzania safari Silicon Valley billionaire Tom Siebel says he's recovering from broken ribs and legs after an elephant charged at him and a tour guide in the Serengeti a month ...
