Accra News
Flood regions declared disaster zone.
Roughly 20 people have died and up to 300,000 more have been left homeless as a result of heavy flooding in the north of the country. Northern, Upper East and Upper West are the regions worst hit by t...
Accra News
The 2007 African Union for Housing Finance (AUHF) conference is to be held in Accra from 17-21 September. Roughly 150 delegates from across the continent and beyond will explore ways of generating fin...
Cape Town News
24 September is national heritage day, a public holiday, when South Africans celebrate their diverse cultural heritage. It is also the third edition of national braai day on which people all over the...
Cape Town News
Shortage of burial space for Cape Town’s poor.
Undertakers serving township communities in Cape Town are currently having problems burying the dead following the closure of the Khayelitsha cemetery in the heart of the impoverished Cape Flats at th...
Cape Town News
UNICEF opens sub-office in Cape Town.
The South African chapter of the United Nations
Addis Ababa News
Pre-cast concrete factory in Addis Ababa.
Builders in Ethiopia can now make use of a pre-cast concrete products produced at a new factory in Addis Ababa, local business newspaper
Addis Ababa News
New Ethiopian millennium website.
The Addis Ababa millennium secretariat has launched a new website for the celebrations of the millennium on 12 September. Developed at a cost of 23,000 birr, the service in English with partial transl...
Addis Ababa News
The Addis Ababa tourism authorities have launched a new city map ahead of the Ethiopian millennium celebrations in September. Prepared by Geospatial Information Solutions Plc at a cost of 500,000 birr...
Cape Town News
Some 38,000 people have been displaced by flooding due to heavy rainfall in Cape Town over the last several days. Most of the victims live in the informal settlements in Philippi, Athlone, Mowbray, Cl...
Accra News
New presidential palace in Accra contested.
The construction of a new presidential palace on the grounds of Flagstaff House in Accra is causing controversy as members of parliament argue over building methods, location and projected costs. Comm...
Cape Town News
Cape Town top conference venue.
Cape Town has emerged as the preferred long-haul destination for UK-based events agencies according to the latest Trends and Spends survey conducted by Meetings and Incentive Travel (M&IT) magazine. T...
Maputo News
Population census in Mozambique.
The third general population and housing census in Mozambique will take place from 1-15 August. The last nationwide headcount was in 1997, when the population was 16,099,200. The National Statistics I...
Maputo News
Investment needed in Mozambique cities.
Over half of Mozambicans will be living in urban areas by 2015 and most of these will be living in slums without basic infrastructure or services unless serious investment is made, Jose Forjaz, direct...
Nairobi News
Nairobi affected by earth tremors.
Nairobi has been affected by multiple tremors over the past several days and the quakes could continue for some time, the national earthquake information centre of the US Geological Survey has said. T...
Cairo News
Houses in Uptown Cairo up for grabs.
Emaar Misr, the Egyptian subsidiary of the Dubai-based property developer Emaar Properties, has begun the official sale of housing units in its luxury real-estate project Uptown Cairo, which is under...
Lagos News
Lagos government to demolish BOI building.
Lagos state government has finalised plans to demolish the Bank of Industry (BOI) building on Broad Street, Lagos Island, which has been a safety hazard since its partial collapse over a year ago. Dem...
