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    Homes demolished for new metro line.
    Cairo News

    Homes demolished for new metro line.

    Transport
    The Al Wayly district authorities have started demolishing buildings in Abbasiya Square in preparation for the construction of Cairo
    Nelson Mandela birthday football match.
    Cape Town News

    Nelson Mandela birthday football match.

    Sport
    South African and international football stars from past and present will take to the field at Newlands Stadium in Cape Town on 18 July for a special match to celebrate the 89th birthday of anti-apart...
    Accra summit focuses on integration.
    Accra News

    Accra summit focuses on integration.

    Politics
    The African Union (AU) summit in Accra was dominated by the question of continental integration. Leaders of the 53-member pan African body agreed on the need for closer collaboration between countries...
    Film academy to open in Addis Ababa.
    Addis Ababa News

    Film academy to open in Addis Ababa.

    Culture
    A film academy offering instruction in camera use, lighting, editing, production and script writing is due to open in Addis Ababa shortly. The Blue Nile Film and Television Academy is the brainchild o...
    Egyptologists
    Cairo News

    Egyptologists

    Culture
    Egyptologists say they have identified the mummy of Hatshepsut, ancient Egypt
    New South African crime figures released.
    Cape Town News

    New South African crime figures released.

    Crime
    Overall crime rates are falling in South Africa but murder and aggravated robbery are on the rise according to annual statistics released by the police at the start of July. 19,202 murders were commit...
    Nairobi peace march.
    Nairobi News

    Nairobi peace march.

    General
    The annual peace march organised by Africa Peace Point (APP) in conjunction with local civil society organisations will take place in Nairobi on 15 September under the banner
    South African unions end strike.
    Cape Town News

    South African unions end strike.

    General
    South Africa
    Energy-saving light bulbs for Ghana.
    Accra News

    Energy-saving light bulbs for Ghana.

    Environment
    One million energy-saving light bulbs have arrived in Ghana as part of efforts to mitigate the serious energy crisis in the country. The compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs), which consume approximately s...
    Addis Ababa house on endangered monuments list.
    Addis Ababa News

    Addis Ababa house on endangered monuments list.

    Culture
    Mohammadali House in Addis Ababa has been included in the 2008 list of
    Temporary concert hall for Addis Ababa.
    Addis Ababa News

    Temporary concert hall for Addis Ababa.

    General
    Work is underway in the Bole district in southeast Addis Ababa to build a temporary concert hall for the Ethiopian millennium celebrations in September. The $10 million structure is due for completion...
    Google opens Cairo office.
    Cairo News

    Google opens Cairo office.

    Telecoms
    Internet search engine and service provider Google has opened an office in the Egyptian capital Cairo. The branch
    Copper cable crisis in the Cape.
    Cape Town News

    Copper cable crisis in the Cape.

    General
    The Cape Town area is experiencing an epidemic of copper cable theft that is causing disruption to electricity supplies and other services. Over the last year the Western Cape has lost an estimated R2...
    Cape Town name change ideas.
    Cape Town News

    Cape Town name change ideas.

    General
    Cape Town residents could see city streets renamed after murdered local musician Taliep Petersen, poets Jan Rabie and Uys Krige, heart surgeon Chris Barnard and freedom fighters Anton Fransch, Ashley...
    Cape Town cancels R1.5 billion debt.
    Cape Town News

    Cape Town cancels R1.5 billion debt.

    General
    The Cape Town government is to write off R1.5 billion in outstanding debt in a move that should benefit the city
    Beauty pageant in Lagos.
    Lagos News

    Beauty pageant in Lagos.

    Culture
    Eko Hotel Lagos is to host a beauty pageant and contest on 4 August to promote traditional fashion and music in the state. Contestants will be drawn from 20 local government areas in Lagos, must speak...
    Freephone for domestic violence.
    Maputo News

    Freephone for domestic violence.

    Crime
    The interior ministry has said it is setting up a freephone number connected to police stations to encourage victims of domestic violence to report the crime. Initially the service will connect users...
    Mungiki crackdown continues in Nairobi.
    Nairobi News

    Mungiki crackdown continues in Nairobi.

    Crime
    Police have shot and killed two more presumed members of the Mungiki sect in Nairobi, taking to at least 47 the number of suspected gang members killed since the start of June. The outlawed sect is al...
    ?Art in the forest
    Nairobi News

    ?Art in the forest

    Culture
    Applications are open for the second international
    General strike called off.
    Lagos News

    General strike called off.

    General
    Trade unions in Nigeria have called off their general strike over recent petrol price hikes after four days after reaching a compromise agreement with the government. On 23 May representatives of the...
    General strike begins in Nigeria.
    Lagos News

    General strike begins in Nigeria.

    Economy
    Workers across the country downed their tools on 20 June for the first day of an indefinite general strike in protest over unpopular measures introduced by outgoing president Olusegun Obasanjo the day...
    Idols West Africa.
    Lagos News

    Idols West Africa.

    Recreation
    Think American Idol with an African flavour
    Australian Aboriginal dance theatre in Accra.
    Accra News

    Australian Aboriginal dance theatre in Accra.

    Culture
    Traditional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture comes to Accra in a dance theatre event presented by the Australian high commission, starting on 27 June. The Descendance Aboriginal and Torre...
    Goldshow fashion event in Accra.
    Accra News

    Goldshow fashion event in Accra.

    Culture
    On 1 July over 10,000 visitors and fashion journalists from all over the world are expected to arrive in Accra for
    Addis Ababa groundwater at risk.
    Addis Ababa News

    Addis Ababa groundwater at risk.

    Environment
    Discharge from industrial and residential areas is threatening groundwater supplies in the Ethiopian capital according to a research paper presented by Dr Tamiro Alemayehu, an earth scientist at the s...
    Serkalem Fasil wins Courage in Journalism award.
    Addis Ababa News

    Serkalem Fasil wins Courage in Journalism award.

    Media
    Serkalem Fasil, former co-owner and publisher of the independent Amharic-language weekly newspapers Menilik, Asqual and Satenaw, is one of eight women to receive the International Women
    Special Olympics torch relay ceremony in Cairo.
    Cairo News

    Special Olympics torch relay ceremony in Cairo.

    Sport
    Egypt is to host the first leg of the torch relay for this year
    Roads on Lagos Island given revamp.
    Lagos News

    Roads on Lagos Island given revamp.

    General
    Several roads on Lagos Island have been given a facelift as part of a new infrastructure improvement project in the city, independent Lagos-based newspaper
    Lagos ranks 37th in Mercer cost of living survey.
    Lagos News

    Lagos ranks 37th in Mercer cost of living survey.

    General
    Lagos is the fourth most expensive city in Africa and the 37th most expensive city in the world according to the annual cost of living survey conducted by Mercer Human Resource Consulting. The most ex...
    Kenya bans plastic bags.
    Nairobi News

    Kenya bans plastic bags.

    Environment
    Kenya has introduced a ban on thin plastic bags and imposed a 120 per cent tax on thick ones in an attempt to reduce environmental pollution in the country. The measures have also come into force in U...
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