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    Nigeria’s oil industry reforms.
    Lagos News

    Nigeria’s oil industry reforms.

    Economy
    Nigeria
    Moi backs Kibaki for re-election.
    Nairobi News

    Moi backs Kibaki for re-election.

    Politics
    Kenya
    Electrical supply in Ghana: Construction of Bui dam.
    Accra News

    Electrical supply in Ghana: Construction of Bui dam.

    Infrastructure
    Work has begun to build a new hydroelectric dam at the town of Bui in the Black Volta region in mid-western Ghana. Construction is being carried out by China
    Pre-cast concrete factory in Addis Ababa.
    Addis Ababa News

    Pre-cast concrete factory in Addis Ababa.

    General
    Builders in Ethiopia can now make use of a pre-cast concrete products produced at a new factory in Addis Ababa, local business newspaper
    New Ethiopian millennium website.
    Addis Ababa News

    New Ethiopian millennium website.

    General
    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...
    Cairo citadel controversy continues.
    Cairo News

    Cairo citadel controversy continues.

    General
    Egypt
    More lifeguards for Cape Town.
    Cape Town News

    More lifeguards for Cape Town.

    Recreation
    Cape Town is to get 160 more lifeguards in an attempt to improve safety on the city
    Security boost for Table Mountain.
    Cape Town News

    Security boost for Table Mountain.

    Crime
    Table Mountain National Park (TMNP) authorities have asked the city council for R1.34 billion annually over the next four years to improve safety on the mountain. The request follows a recent spate of...
    Shortage of burial space for Cape Town’s poor.
    Cape Town News

    Shortage of burial space for Cape Town’s poor.

    General
    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...
    Renowned Cape Town gardens to get facelift.
    Cape Town News

    Renowned Cape Town gardens to get facelift.

    City
    Company Gardens in central Cape Town are to get a facelift over the coming year. Plans for the overhaul of the site between Government Avenue and Queen Victoria Street include the conversion of the Bo...
    UNICEF opens sub-office in Cape Town.
    Cape Town News

    UNICEF opens sub-office in Cape Town.

    General
    The South African chapter of the United Nations
    Southern African free trade zone agreed.
    Maputo News

    Southern African free trade zone agreed.

    Economy
    Regional leaders have agreed to launch a free trade area in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which comprises Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mala...
    Aid in Africa: Kenya second recipient of remittances to Africa.
    Nairobi News

    Aid in Africa: Kenya second recipient of remittances to Africa.

    Economy
    Kenya is the second main recipient of foreign exchange remittances in sub-Saharan Africa after Nigeria according to a working paper released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). It is estimated t...
    New commuter bus service in Nairobi.
    Nairobi News

    New commuter bus service in Nairobi.

    Transport
    Commuters in Nairobi can make use of a new
    Flood prevention in Lagos state.
    Lagos News

    Flood prevention in Lagos state.

    Environment
    The Lagos authorities have begun to remove illegal buildings and other obstacles blocking drainage channels in an effort to prevent a repeat of the serious flooding that has affected large parts of th...
    Radar upgrade for Lagos airport.
    Lagos News

    Radar upgrade for Lagos airport.

    Transport
    Help may be at hand for air traffic controllers at Lagos airport with the expected installation of a primary surveillance radar (PSR) later in August. The facility should have been installed as part o...
    Lagos mega city bill gets boost.
    Lagos News

    Lagos mega city bill gets boost.

    City
    President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has given new impetus to plans for special federal legislation regulating the development of Lagos in recognition of its status as a mega city. The bill will cover such a...
    Counterfeit Colgate toothpaste withdrawn.
    Maputo News

    Counterfeit Colgate toothpaste withdrawn.

    Health
    The Mozambican government has seized thousands of tubes of counterfeit toothpaste containing a potentially lethal chemical. The country-wide operation follows a ban on all sales of
    Amendment to Kenyan media bill causes concern.
    Nairobi News

    Amendment to Kenyan media bill causes concern.

    Media
    A last-minute amendment to an already controversial media bill requiring journalists to reveal undisclosed sources if a published story ends up in court are causing a storm in Kenya and beyond. Medi...
    Women’s quota in Kenyan parliament.
    Nairobi News

    Women’s quota in Kenyan parliament.

    Politics
    Kenyan women have launched a campaign calling for a women
    South African fuel strike ends.
    Cape Town News

    South African fuel strike ends.

    Economy
    Fuel industry workers have ended their eight-day strike after employers and unions bowed to public opinion and the government and reached a compromise deal over disputed pay. However, the fuel shortag...
    Houses of parliament tour.
    Cape Town News

    Houses of parliament tour.

    Politics
    Cape Town residents may have studied the outside of the imposing Victorian neo-classical parliament building in Plein Street many times with a mixture of detachment and awe. Now there is a chance to l...
    Ghana leadership race begins.
    Accra News

    Ghana leadership race begins.

    Politics
    The race is on to succeed incumbent president John Kufuor when he steps down at the end of next year after two terms in office. Aspiring candidates for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) have until...
    New Addis Ababa map.
    Addis Ababa News

    New Addis Ababa map.

    General
    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...
    Addis Ababa clean-up campaign.
    Addis Ababa News

    Addis Ababa clean-up campaign.

    Environment
    The metropolitan millennium council has launched a clean-up campaign in Addis Ababa in view of the anticipated influx of visitors to the city for the Ethiopian millennium celebrations in September. Al...
    Lucy skeleton leaves Addis Ababa for controversial US tour.
    Addis Ababa News

    Lucy skeleton leaves Addis Ababa for controversial US tour.

    Culture
    The celebrated 3.2 million-year-old fossilised skeleton of the earliest known hominid commonly known as Lucy has left its
    Egypt nominates culture minister Hosni for UNESCO post.
    Cairo News

    Egypt nominates culture minister Hosni for UNESCO post.

    Culture
    Egypt has nominated culture minister Faruq Hosni as its official candidate as the next director general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). According to s...
    Malay car manufacturer to open assembly plant in Egypt.
    Cairo News

    Malay car manufacturer to open assembly plant in Egypt.

    Economy
    Malaysia
    British Council Ghana August closure.
    Accra News

    British Council Ghana August closure.

    Culture
    The British Council learning centres in Accra and Kumasi are to close to the public from 3 August-1 September inclusive partly as a result of the ongoing energy crisis in the country. Other reasons gi...
    Actis looking to invest in Ethiopia.
    Addis Ababa News

    Actis looking to invest in Ethiopia.

    Economy
    The UK-based private equity company Actis is looking for investment opportunities in Ethiopia as part of efforts to expand its presence in East Africa. Founded three years ago on the back of British g...
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