Recent figures released by the ministry of tourism show that tourist entries have exceeded 2,6 million during the first semester 2008, thus representing an increase of 4,7%.

The foundation stone of the largest shopping centre in Tunis was laid on June 27, 2008 by Tunisian and Saudi business personalities in Tunis.

Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has stressed the urgent need to finalise the integration process of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) into the African Union (AU).

Lands minister James Orengo Monday said that two of the three directors in the firm that bought Grand Regency Hotel in a secret deal are Kenyans.

The controversial sale of the Grand Regency Hotel to Libyans was part of a bilateral trade agreement that President Kibaki and the Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi signed a year ago, it has emerged.