Nairobi News
The Mexican government through its embassies in East Africa is offering scholarships in 2008 for plastic artists (sculptors and artists working with materials that can be moulded or modulated, such as...
Cape Town News
Public sector strike continues.
Public sector workers in South Africa have entered their third week of strike action as unions and government representatives struggle to reach an agreement over demands for increased pay. Negotiators...
Addis Ababa News
Registration is open for the annual Great Ethiopian Run in Addis Ababa, which this year takes place on 9 September to coincide with celebrations for the turn of the Ethiopian millennium on 11-12 Septe...
Cape Town News
World Economic Forum on Africa.
The World Economic Forum on Africa is underway in Cape Town until 15 June. The three-day meeting of government representatives, economists and members of the business and finance communities is on the...
Maputo News
Three children die in explosion.
Three children have been killed after a howitzer shell exploded in the courtyard of a house in the Magoanine
Cape Town News
South Africa prepares for general strike.
South Africa is braced for chaos as workers across the country are expected to down their tools on 13 June for a one-day general strike in solidarity with striking public sector workers. In Cape Town...
Lagos News
Nigerian Chinua Achebe wins Booker prize.
Nigerian poet and novelist Chinua Achebe has won the Man Booker International Prize for his contribution to world literature. The 76-year-old, who is best known for his first novel,
Cairo News
The American University of Cairo (AUC) cannot prevent women from wearing the niqab, or full face covering, an Egyptian court has ruled. The prestigious US-accredited university had previously said wom...
Addis Ababa News
Guilty verdict for Ethiopian opposition leaders.
Thirty-eight senior opposition figures have been found guilty of charges ranging from armed rebellion to outrage against the constitution in connection with post-election violence in 2005. They includ...
Accra News
Ghana’s ATMs out of action for currency changeover.
Ghanaian bank account holders will not be able to withdraw cash from automated teller machines (ATMs) across the country from 30 June to 2 July in view of the introduction of the new cedi coins and no...
Nairobi News
Three arrests over Nairobi bombing.
Three men are being held in connection with the explosion that killed at least one person and injured nearly 40 others in central Nairobi on 11 June, police sources have said. Four other suspects - a...
Accra News
Drumming returns to Accra ahead of Homowo.
The traditional ban on drumming and noisemaking imposed in Accra in early May has been lifted amid an ongoing dispute over the installation of the Ga Mantse, or supreme leader of the indigenous people...
Nairobi News
At least one person has been killed and several others injured in an explosion near the Ambassador Hotel in central Nairobi. Some witnesses report having seen a man holding what looked like grenades t...
Cape Town News
Heavy rain leaves thousands homeless.
Over 5,000 people living in informal settlements in Cape Town and the surrounding area have been left homeless as a result of heavy rainfall on 9 and 10 June, local radio station
Cape Town News
Public sector strike continues.
The public sector strike in South Africa is now in its second week as government officials and trade unions fail to agree a pay rise for workers. There has been chaos in hospitals across the country a...
Nairobi News
Mungiki crackdown continues in Nairobi.
Police have shot and killed at least nine people (14 according to some sources) in Nairobi
Addis Ababa News
Squatter homes demolished across Addis Ababa.
Addis Ababa caretaker administration has begun a massive campaign to pull down homes across the city which it claims have been built illegally according to a report in the local English-language weekl...
Cairo News
Preserving Cairo’s European architecture.
The European Union is funding a project to identify and catalogue the remaining Belle
Cairo News
Morgan Stanley to open office in Egypt.
Leading international financial services company Morgan Stanley has said that it is seeking regulatory approval to open an office in Cairo in an attempt to consolidate its existing presence in North A...
Cairo News
National flag carrier EgyptAir has introduced three new routes, including a three-times weekly flight to Guangzhou in China via Bangkok. The other routes are twice weekly services to the Portuguese ca...
Cape Town News
Extra parking bays for Cape Town airport.
Passengers at Cape Town international airport can make use of 600 new parking bays following the relocation of staff parking to a remote site. The move is a temporary measure to relieve pressure on pa...
Lagos News
Lagos is experiencing a petrol shortage due to strike action by tank truck drivers who are calling for formal parking places for their vehicles. Parking has long been a problem for tankers operating i...
Maputo News
Mozambique is one step closer to getting a new national stadium following an agreement between the ministry of youth and sport and the publicly-owned electricity company EDM for the supply of electric...
Nairobi News
Illegal billboards in Nairobi to be pulled down.
Nairobi city council has given owners of illegal advertising billboards 48 hours to secure a licence or see them pulled down. The measure affects billboards erected without the approval of the city au...
Cape Town News
Public sector strike in South Africa.
Public sector workers in South Africa are continuing their indefinite strike action over wages. Roughly 700,000 teachers and health workers across the country downed their tools on 1 June in support o...
Accra News
Five people have been confirmed dead and hundreds more have been displaced from their homes in Accra as a result of flooding caused by heavy rainfall on 2 and 3 June. The worst affected areas are Mall...
