Tests begin for ‘fastest train in Africa’

 On Monday, the Moroccan rail office announced that engineers are preparing to test Africa’s first high-speed railway this week, with trains reaching 320kilometres (200 miles) per hour. The ONCF reported that one train reached 275kph (170 mph) on Monday, along a stretch of track between the northern cities of Kenitra and Tangier. ‘This is already the…

Tanzania tour operators: Conservation agenda takes center stage on Nyerere Day

Organizers have announced that conservation will feature prominently in an annual commemoration of Tanzania’s founding father, Mwalimu Julius Kambarage Nyerere, on October 14, 2017. The Tanzania Association of Tour Operators (TATO) expressed its  resolve to place more energy and time  into marketing Nyerere Day in Arusha, Tanzania’s designated safari capital this year, to recognize his…