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Your secret African travel destinations
<FONT size=2>Your secret African travel destinations:</FONT><BR>Gabon: Sharing the beach with hippos
<FONT size=2>Your secret African travel destinations:</FONT><BR>Somaliland surprises
<FONT size=2>Your secret African travel destinations:</FONT><BR>Riches of Lake Tanganyika
<FONT size=2>Your secret African travel destinations:</FONT><BR>Saint-Louis, colonial tranquillity
<FONT size=2>Your secret African travel destinations:</FONT><BR>Zulu- and Swaziland cultural tourism
<FONT size=2>Your secret African travel destinations:</FONT><BR>Roaming nightlife in Lomé
<FONT size=2>Your secret African travel destinations:</FONT><BR>São Tomé tropical island paradise
<FONT size=2>Your secret African travel destinations:</FONT><BR>Rhumsiki mountain village, northern Cameroon
Africa to pay for Europe
Maputo: Joining Gustave Eiffel in Latin Africa
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Le Méridien Fisherman's Cove Hotel, Seychelles
Seychelles
Travel - Leisure | Economy - Development

Record tourist arrival numbers in Seychelles

afrol News - Seychelles set a new record for arrivals in 2010 with 174,529 visitors. This is the highest number of visitors ever recorded during a year on the tropical islands and is some 17,000 higher than in 2009.

Sousse, a popular tourist destination in Tunisia
Tunisia
Travel - Leisure | Economy - Development

Tunisia tourism industry badly hit by revolt

afrol News - While most Tunisians celebrate the victory of the people in ousting Dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the country's key tourism industry sees a large negative impact from the riots and revolution. Tourists are already being evacuated from Tunisia.


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Boy from Maputo
Africa
Travel - Leisure

Your secret African travel destinations

afrol News - During 2010, this afrol News series will present the most rewarding "secret" travel destinations in Africa, totally off the beaten track. Wondering where to go for a real African holiday experience or adventure? Follow us!

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Mangroves in Gabon's Loango National Park
Gabon
Travel - Leisure

Your secret African travel destinations:
Gabon: Sharing the beach with hippos


afrol News - "Ecotourism" is the magic word in Gabon, an immensely beautiful tropical rainforest country with Africa's highest density of national parks. But tourists have not started coming in great numbers to the Gabonese coast yet as infrastructure is still sparse. In itself a good reason to go...

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The beach of Berbera
Somaliland
Travel - Leisure

Your secret African travel destinations:
Somaliland surprises


afrol News - Somaliland, with marvellous beaches, breathtaking diving opportunities, scenic mountains and rich culture, is the definitive frontier of tourism. Not because it is unsafe, but because there is absolutely no tourism infrastructure and you'll feel like you are the first visitor.

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Mpulungu beach, Zambia
Zambia | Tanzania
Travel - Leisure

Your secret African travel destinations:
Riches of Lake Tanganyika


afrol News - The shores of Lake Tanganyika, a "secret" African travel destination, are shared between the four diverse countries Tanzania, Burundi, DR Congo and Zambia. The enormous lake offers unique sports fishing, wildlife, swims, vibrant African villages and cities and a fairytale colonial ferry.

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Saint-Louis, Senegal
Senegal
Travel - Leisure

Your secret African travel destinations:
Saint-Louis, colonial tranquillity


afrol News - After having presented you with several genuine African travel destinations, we today go to Senegal's secret colonial pearl, Saint-Louis. The town, beautifully located where River Senegal hits the Atlantic beaches, is French and peaceful, yet sparkling African.

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Zulu dance training
Swaziland | South Africa
Travel - Leisure

Your secret African travel destinations:
Zulu- and Swaziland cultural tourism


afrol News - In today's "secret" African travel destination, we will take you to the most genuine parts of the otherwise well visited region of Southern Africa. In Zululand and Swaziland, original African culture is still deeply rooted.

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Miss Lomé Beach 2008
Togo
Travel - Leisure

Your secret African travel destinations:
Roaming nightlife in Lomé


afrol News - Today's "secret" African travel destination is Togo's capital Lomé, chosen for the nightlife loving traveller wanting an introduction to West African music, culture and joy of life. And Lomé has its beaches and sights as well.

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São Toméan fishermen
São Tomé and Príncipe
Travel - Leisure

Your secret African travel destinations:
São Tomé tropical island paradise


afrol News - A very special "secret" African travel destination is the still undiscovered pearl São Tomé, with excellent beaches, lush volcanic rainforest and farms, warm Portuguese architecture, Creole culture and African hospitality.

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Mountains of Rhumsiki
Cameroon
Travel - Leisure

Your secret African travel destinations:
Rhumsiki mountain village, northern Cameroon


afrol News - We start this summer's series of "secret" African travel destinations and insiders' tips in Rhumsiki in northern Cameroon. Here, rich and authentic African culture is placed in a spectacular mountain landscape.

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Protected reef coast in Seychelles: "Stay in Europe to protect the climate"
Africa
Environment - Nature | Agriculture - Nutrition | Travel - Leisure | Economy - Development

Africa to pay for Europe's "green policies"

afrol News - In efforts to make quick and symbolic gains in Europe's otherwise failed policies to curb climate gas emissions, environmental and anti-globalisation politicians are aiming at Africa's few economic success stories. Campaigns to buy locally produced food and travel to local destinations particularly hit out against African products.

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Casa do Ferro, Maputo
Mozambique
Culture - Arts | Travel - Leisure

Maputo: Joining Gustave Eiffel in Latin Africa

afrol News - It's not quite the Eiffel tower, neither is it the Statue of Liberty, but nonetheless, Gustave Eiffel, the genius behind these two monuments, is strongly present in Maputo. The Mozambican capital is marked by a violent history and notorious Portuguese nostalgia, but the metropolis is again opening its eyes towards tourism after a decade of peace and democracy. And every corner is brightened by Africa's most Latin rhythms.

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Banc d'Arguin, Mauritania
Mauritania
Culture - Arts | Travel - Leisure | Environment - Nature

Banc d'Arguin: The Imraguen guards of culture and nature

afrol News - In 1989, the Mauritanian national park Banc d'Arguin was admitted to the UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites. Fringing the Saharan desert's Atlantic coast, the park is made up of sand dunes, coastal swamps, small islands and shallow coastal waters. It is however even more known for its biodiversity (birds, fish, turtles, dolphins, etc.) and its fishery resources, carefully managed by the local Imraguen fisherman. Foreigner's overfishing off the park however remains a threat.

Read the special report on Mauritania's incredible Banc d'Arguin National Park, containing one of Africa's most productive ecosystems, and the Imraguen people, torn between tradition and modernity managing the riches of the park.

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