Cape Town News
Local council employees across South Africa have gone on strike over wages in the latest wave of protests to hit the country. On 27 July, the first day of the strike, news sources reported disruptions...
Cape Town News
Public service delivery protests grow.
Residents of townships across the country have staged a series of protests against poor delivery of essential services such as housing, water and sanitation facilities, local media sources report. Som...
Maputo News
Kayum centre goes up in smoke.
Fire has destroyed part of the Kayum Centre, a large shop in central Maputo specialising in electrical appliances, local news sources report.
The fire broke out in the shop
Accra News
Ghana prepares to welcome Obama.
Ghanaians are looking forward to the arrival of United States president Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and their two daughters Sasha and Maila on the evening of 10 July. The government has be...
Accra News
Public lecture ahead of Obama Ghana visit on 10 July.
There is to be a public lecture on 8 July to herald the visit of US president Barack Obama and his family to Ghana on 10-11 July. The lecture is on the topic
Accra News
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), or city council, has renewed its efforts to decongest city centre streets with the demolition of temporary wooden structures used by petty traders around Kwame N...
Lagos News
Many die in Lagos building collapse.
Numerous people died when a three-storey building collapsed in the densely populated Ebute-Metta area of Lagos in the early hours of 28 June during a heavy downpour. The exact number of casualties is...
Accra News
Investigations are under way into allegations of misappropriation of public funds in the celebration of Ghana
Dar Es Salaam News
Alfonso Lenhardt designated new US ambassador.
Retired army officer Alfonso Lenhardt has been nominated by president Barack Obama as the new United States ambassador to Tanzania. The nomination must be confirmed by the US senate before the new env...
Cairo News
Zeinhom development scheme complete.
Zeinhom neighbourhood in southern Cairo has a new look thanks to an ambitious redevelopment programme completed recently. The project in the former slum area has involved building 179 new housing unit...
Nairobi News
Mechanics are protesting against their eviction from land on Kirinyaga Road near the Globe Cinema Roundabout at the northern edge of Nairobi
Accra News
Kwame Nkrumah memorial park to get facelift.
Kwame Nkrumah memorial park in central Accra is to get a facelift, vice president John Mahama has said.
The site, which includes a mausoleum containing the remains of independent Ghana
Lagos News
Modern public toilets in Lagos.
Lagosians are to get modern public toilet facilities at key locations across the metropolis, the
Addis Ababa News
Do you live in Ethiopia or have you visited the country recently and have a story about shoes? Then three young people from Holland want to hear it. Director Joost van der Wiel, journalist Luc van Kem...
Lagos News
Teachers at state primary and secondary school in Lagos began an indefinite strike on 25 February to demand a promised pay rise. Specifically they are calling on the state government to honour its pro...
Dar Es Salaam News
New British high commissioner to Tanzania.
Diane Corner is the new British high commissioner to the Republic of Tanzania. She replaces Philip Parham, who leaves Tanzania at the end of January after three years in post.
Corner is a career dip...
Cairo News
Cairo’s Ramses Square to get overhaul.
Ramses Square in central Cairo is to get an overhaul under broad plans to revamp the centre city area. The restoration will be carried out according to the winning project in an international design c...
