Nairobi News
Post-election violence: the situation in Nairobi.
The situation in Nairobi and other parts of the country is volatile, with local and international religious and other leaders calling on president Mwai Kibaki and opposition party Orange Democratic Mo...
Nairobi News
Exciting times for Kenyan journalists
These are exciting times for Kenyan journalists ahead of the general and local government elections on 27 December.
Members of the fourth estate are now as fired up as the presidential, parliamentary...
Lagos News
The rise and rise of Nollywood
Nigeria has a thriving film industry called Nollywood, after Hollywood and Bollywood, the names of the respective industries in the United States and India. With full-length films being shot with just...
Cape Town News
Ghana celebrates half a century
This year Ghana celebrates 50 years as an independent nation after becoming the first country in colonial sub-Saharan Africa to gain its freedom in 1957. Ghanaians across the world are hoping to use t...
Lagos News
Leisure and recreation in Lagos
Despite the United Nations and other organizations ranking Nigeria one of the poorest countries in the world with a gross domestic product of approximately $1 a day, Lagos
Nairobi News
World Social Forum 2007 comes to Africa.
The World Social Forum 2007 opens in Nairobi on 20 January under the clarion call
Arusha News
Accra, a friendly city on the sea.
Accra, the capital of Ghana, is a friendly city of about three million people. Its architecture ranges from traditional African buildings to large, elegant colonial houses and modern high-rise blocks....
Addis Ababa News
Preserving the old tracks in the New Flower
One of the most striking things about Addis Ababa is the beauty of its original architecture. Often hidden behind high walls, wedged between ugly modern multi-storey buildings or lost among tall trees...
Maputo News
Maputo, a terrace on the ocean.
Sitting on the west side of Maputo Bay overlooking the Indian Ocean, Maputo is divided into two distinct parts: the colonial Cidade cimento, occupying the areas closest to the sea, and the indigenous...
Addis Ababa News
Addis Ababa, a highland capital.
Addis Ababa gives the impression of a capital that is looking to the future while still being firmly rooted in the past. Its fabric bears witness to the various stages in its history, from its imperia...
Cape Town News
Cape Town, a laid-back city on the sea.
Sat in the lap of Table Mountain and on the shores of the Atlantic, Cape Town is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. African, Indonesian, French, Dutch, British and German settlers have all...
