Nairobi News
World Social Forum opens in Nairobi.
The World Social Forum (WSF) opened in Nairobi on 20 January with a colourful peace march from Kibera slum to the central Uhuru park.
Cape Town News
As of 17 January South Africans can enjoy a new quarterly magazine, Proud!, published under the auspices of Proudly South African, a campaign to promote South African companies, products and services...
Lagos News
New classrooms for local schools.
New classrooms are under construction at schools across Lagos state as part of efforts to restore public confidence in the local public education system. Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (S...
Accra News
University of Ghana gets borehole.
A new borehole has been sunk at the University of Ghana, Legon, providing much-needed relief from the perennial water shortage at the institution. Inaugurated by Dr Makowa Blay Adu-Gyamfi, Ghana
Addis Ababa News
The head of the Addis Ababa caretaker administration Birhane Deressa has laid the cornerstone of the Addis Millennium Park in the Yeka sub-city northeast of the city centre. The proposed facility, whi...
Cape Town News
New telephone dialling system for South Africa.
As of 16 January it will become mandatory to dial the full ten-digit telephone number including the three-digit area code even for local calls. Until now a person making a fixed line to fixed line cal...
Cairo News
Congestion and pollution in Cairo.
With an official population of 15.2 million people and a population density of 36,618 people per square kilometre, Cairo has the second highest level of population congestion in the world after Manila...
Lagos News
Population statistics released.
Nigeria has a population of 140,003,542, confirming its status as the most populous country in Africa according to the results of a census conducted by the National Population Commission (NPC) in Marc...
Cairo News
United States coffee giant Starbucks has opened its first coffeehouse in Africa in Cairo
Nairobi News
World Social Forum in Nairobi.
Over 150,000 people are expected to gather in Nairobi on 20 January for the start of the six-day World Social Forum (WSF) 2007 under the theme
Nairobi News
Nairobi airport at centre of visa scam.
Tourists and the government have been losing millions of shillings each month as the result of a visa scam involving immigration officials at Jomo Kenyatta international airport (JKIA) according to a...
Accra News
The late Ga traditional leader, Nii Amugi II, is to be laid to rest on 27 January, 18 months after his death in July 2005, the
Addis Ababa News
Mengistu sentence on 11 January.
The sentencing of the former Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam and other top officials of the Derg regime (1974-1991) convicted in mid December of genocide has been rescheduled for 11 January t...
Addis Ababa News
Millennium preparations underway.
Preparations are underway to mark the Ethiopian millennium, which falls on 11 September 2007 in the Ethiopian calendar. The organisation is being overseen by the specially created Ethiopian millennium...
Nairobi News
Clashes in Kibera leave three dead.
At least three people have been killed and many more are injured
Addis Ababa News
Genocide verdict for Mengistu.
Colonel Mengistu Haile-Mariam, ex leader of the former Derg regime (1974-1991), has been found guilty of genocide by the federal high court in Addis Ababa. The judges handed down a guilty verdict agai...
Cape Town News
Traffic restrictions around Adderley Street.
Adderley Street in central Cape Town is closed to traffic between Strand and Bureau streets for the annual Christmas night market until 30 December. Darling Street is also closed to traffic at Plein...
Maputo News
Unfinished Four Seasons hotel to be demolished.
The empty Quatro Estacoes (Four Seasons) hotel, whose 25 floors have towered over the Costa do Sol beach in east Maputo for over three decades, is to be demolished by implosion in February 2007, the M...
