ATC News by Wolfgang H. Thome The added inflow of travelers into Rwanda, to a large part for conference tourism and MICE events, is now opening up investment opportunities across the country and especially along the tourism zone along Lake Kivu. Two new hotels in Kigali, the Radisson Blu Hotel …

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | AFP | Saudi authorities said Sunday they had foiled a plot to bomb a football stadium during a World Cup qualifying match and dismantled two “terrorist” cells linked to the Islamic State group. The interior ministry said in a statement that four suspects from each cell …

Former Safaricom CEO Michael Joseph has been named as the chairman of the troubled Kenya Airways, replacing Amb. Dennis Awori who is retiring. Ambassador Awori was only appointed as Chairman of the KQ Board of Directors in Nov 2015, when he took over from long serving Evanson Mwaniki who had …

Kenya Revenue Authority’s recent decision to spare the tax hailing firm Uber from paying Value Added Tax on rides has prompted outrage and anger among the company’s drivers. It has also angered regular cab companies operating in Kenya as they have to pay VAT on their services rendered. KRA has …

Miami, United States | AFP | Polls showed the US election tightening Sunday as Hillary Clinton campaigned in the crucial state of Florida, grappling with the fallout from the FBI director disclosing more of her emails were under review. With the US elections now just nine days away, an ABC …

Following an extensive selection process has the Madhvani Foundation through its scholarships Sub-Committee awarded a 172 University Scholarships worth sh711 million to gifted but financially challenged students for the 2016/2017 academic year. It is the 14th consecutive year the foundation has given out scholarships since the reinstatement of the programme …

Accra, Ghana | AFP |  French Prime Minister Manuel Valls issued an appeal on Sunday to overcome the legacy of slavery, dismissing claims for financial compensation while acknowledging the “horror” of the slave trade. Valls was visiting Franklin House, a former slave hub in the Ghanaian capital Accra, on Sunday …

Luanda, Angola | AFP | Angolan state-owned oil company Sonangol rode the commodities boom that drove the country’s extraordinary growth after civil war ended in 2002, but today it symbolises a national economic crisis. The Luanda-based company has increasingly been in focus since Isabel dos Santos, the billionaire daughter of …

Harare, Zimbabwe | AFP | Zimbabweans know the risks of worthless money all too well after hyperinflation between 2007 and 2009 gave them the 100-trillion-dollar banknote that barely bought a loaf of bread. Now they fear that the government is about to create another devastating crisis by printing its own …

Blida, Algeria | AFP |  Reluctant favourites TP Mazembe of the Democratic Republic of Congo are poised to win the CAF Confederation Cup after drawing 1-1 at Mouloudia Bejaia of Algeria Saturday in the first leg of the final. Jonathan Bolingi, one of four Congolese in the Mazembe starting line-up, …