Arusha News
Maasai museum opens in Arusha.
A museum dedicated to Maasai culture has opened in the Meserani area about ten kilometres south of Arusha. The museum has been put together with assistance from representatives of east Africa
Cairo News
Students and staff at the American University in Cairo (AUC) and the general public have the pick of over 20,000 titles at the newly opened AUC press bookshop on the new campus in the New Cairo suburb...
Addis Ababa News
Ancient obelisk unveiled at Axum.
Work has been completed to re-erect the ancient Axum obelisk at its original spot in the northern Ethiopian city from which it takes its name. Thousands of people gathered in Axum on 4 September to wa...
Nairobi News
The Rahimtulla Museum of Modern Art is holding a monthly sale of Kenyan art at affordable prices at its premises in the Parklands area of Nairobi. On the last Saturday of the month visitors to the new...
Addis Ababa News
Saudi-Ethiopian business magnate Sheik Mohammed Hussein Al Amoudi is the subject of a biography to be released shortly.
Cape Town News
Mandela Cape Town home to become museum.
Former South African president and Nobel peace laureate Nelson Mandela has signed his Cape Town home over to the city for use as a
Arusha News
Tanzanite museum opens in Arusha.
A museum dedicated to the extremely rare blue-purple gemstone Tanzanite has opened in Arusha. The so-called
Cairo News
Giza pyramids get new security fence.
A 20 km fence complete with infrared sensors, security cameras and alarms has been erected around the three Giza pyramids and the Sphinx as part of efforts to keep hawkers and touts away from the area...
Accra News
ECOWAS carnival to be held in Accra.
Performers and spectators from all over west Africa will arrive in Accra for the first edition of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) carnival from 19-21 September. The carnival is...
Maputo News
Umhlanga (Reed Dance) in Swaziland.
This year the annual Umhlanga (or Reed Dance) in Swaziland takes place on 1 September. Over 20,000 unmarried and childless girls and teenagers from all over the country gather reeds and present them a...
Nairobi News
KenyaBuzz joins forces with Business Daily.
Local entertainment directory Kenya Buzz has joined forces with the
Cairo News
Director Youssef Chahine dies.
Renowned Egyptian film director Youssef Chahine has died in Cairo at the age of 82. Dubbed by critics as the Federico Fellini of Egypt, he was one of few filmmakers in the north African country to gai...
Cairo News
Giza visitors admire ancient ship.
Visitors to Giza southwest of Cairo can now view hundreds of fragments of an ancient wooden ship buried in an underground chamber next to the Great Pyramid thanks to a remotely controlled camera inser...
Cape Town News
South African short story wins 2008 Caine prize.
South African writer Henrietta Rose-Innes has won this year
Nairobi News
New-look National Museum opens in Nairobi.
Museum lovers in the capital have reason to smile thanks to the KSh8 million renovation and refurbishment of the Nairobi National Museum, which officially reopened to the public on 14 July.
The ambit...
