Firefighters in Tanzania are battling a blaze on Africa’s highest peak, Mount Kilimanjaro. Witnesses report massive flames and plumes of smoke on the mountain’s slopes. It’s unclear how the fire started or how much forest was destroyed. There have been no reported casualties. Firefighters in Tanzania are battling a blaze on Africa’s highest peak, Mount … Read more
More than 300 Tanzanians are set to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s highest mountain, as part of celebrations to mark the east African nation’s 60th Independence Anniversary on Dec. 9, a minister said on Sunday. Mount Kilimanjaro, one of Tanzania’s leading tourist destinations, is about 5,895 meters above sea level, with roughly 50,000 trekkers from across … Read more
Pakistani mountaineer Asad Ali Memon became the first Pakistani and Asian to summit the Mount Kilimanjaro within 24 hours. The mountaineer in an Instagram post said, “Alhumdulillah, I became the only Asian & Pakistani to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in less than 24 hours,” said. Memon shared that it took him only 20 hours to summit … Read more
