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Cape Town News

Cape Town law professor killed.

Students, colleagues and the wider legal community have expressed their anger and grief over the murder of professor Mike Larkin in Cape Town
Lagos News

Slum development project for Lagos.

Nine slum communities in Lagos state are to benefit from a $200 million development initiative financed by a loan from the World Bank. The Lagos Metropolitan Development and Governance Project involve...
Cairo News

Visitor restrictions at Tutankhamun’s tomb.

The number of visitors to the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor south of Cairo is to be limited to 400 a day as of 1 December according to a statement issued by the Egypt
Cairo News

Cairo pollution.

The Egyptian capital is once again in the grips of an air pollution crisis as the seasonal
Accra News

New procedure for French visa applicants.

Prospective visitors to France must now make their initial visa application at the Joint Visa Reception Centre in Accra, which is already operating on behalf of the embassies of Germany, Spain and the...
Accra News

HIV/AIDS conference in Accra.

The first international African HIV/AIDS conference is taking place in Accra from 28-30 November under the title
Nairobi News

Nairobi archbishop to be installed as cardinal.

All roads lead to Rome on 24 November, when Nairobi
Maputo News

Chissano wins Mo Ibrahim prize.

Former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano is the winner of the inaugural prize for achievement in African leadership awarded annually by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation to a retired head of state or gove...
Addis Ababa News

African Economic Conference.

Over 300 economists and decision-makers from Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas are to attend the second African Economic Conference (AEC) on
Addis Ababa News

Rubbish collection in Addis Ababa: Keep Ethiopia Beautiful.

City residents can now make use of stylish new rubbish bins to dispose of their litter in the streets, local English-language business weekly
Cape Town News

Refugee crisis in Cape Town.

The death on 2 November of a Zimbabwean asylum seeker outside the home affairs offices at the Foreshore has rekindled debate about the treatment of refugees in the Mother City. The deceased, Adonis Mu...
Cape Town News

Cape Town gets tough on beach crime.

The city council is to appoint a task force to tackle crime on the city
Nairobi News

Human rights in Kenya: Police blamed for

The police have been blamed for the death of hundreds of people in and around Nairobi over the last several months. The accusation, contained in a preliminary report released by Kenya National Commiss...
Nairobi News

Nairobi news: New look for Nairobi.

Nairobi is no longer the dull and ugly city it used to be thanks to the city council
Nairobi News

Kenyan elections: Orange clothes warning.

Visitors to Nairobi be warned: Kenyans are bracing themselves for a gruelling general election and it may be advisable to keep off wearing orange clothes. Two of the leading parties are using the colo...
Nairobi News

Election violence in Kenya.

Tension is running high in Kenya ahead of general and local elections on 27 December, with two separate incidents of poll-related violence on 28 October. One man was killed when youths tried to preven...
Nairobi News

Aviation meeting in Nairobi.

Representatives of Africa
Nairobi News

Nairobi real estate: Sub-letting contested in Nairobi.

Landlords in Nairobi are calling for new regulations to stem the growing practice by tenants of sub-letting servants
Nairobi News

Majimbo plans cause concern.

There is disagreement in Kenya over plans by the main opposition parties to introduce a majimbo or federal system of government should they win the general elections later this year. The proponents of...
Cape Town News

Lucky Dube shot dead.

There have been strong reactions across the African continent to the assassination of South African reggae star Lucky Dube during an attempted carjacking in Johannesburg on the evening of 18 October....
Nairobi News

National Museums of Kenya logo competition.

Designers are invited to take part in a competition to design a new logo for the National Museums of Kenya (NMK). Entries should be around the theme
Nairobi News

Anti-corruption investigations go ahead.

President Mwai Kibaki of the Party of National Unity (PNU) has refused to sign into law a bill limiting the powers of the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC). Approved by parliament in mid Septemb...
Nairobi News

Health in Kenya: Nairobi hospital to examine leftover drugs.

People with left-over prescription medicines can have them analysed free of charge at Nairobi hospital to establish whether they can be re-used. The service aims to prevent waste and save costs for pa...
Nairobi News

Odinga launches presidential campaign.

Raila Odinga, leader of the opposition party Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), has opened his campaign to succeed Mwai Kibaki as the fourth president of Kenya when the country goes to the polls in Dec...
Nairobi News

Preparations for elections can begin.

Preparations for the upcoming general and local government elections can now go ahead following a high court ruling which rejected a case brought against the electoral commission of Kenya over a Ksh 4...
Accra News

African Business Leaders Forum.

The fifth edition of the annual African Business Leaders Forum will be taking place in Accra from 17-19 October under the title
Nairobi News

Nairobi international marathon.

The fifth edition of the Standard Chartered Nairobi international marathon, the first of a series of four marathon races sponsored by Standard Chartered banks across the globe, will take place in the...

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