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    Fathia Nkrumah dies in Cairo.
    Accra News

    Fathia Nkrumah dies in Cairo.

    General
    Fathia Nkrumah, the Egyptian wife of Ghana
    Game Store opens in Accra.
    Accra News

    Game Store opens in Accra.

    General
    The South Africa based discount retailer of general merchandise, Game Stores, has opened an outlet in the Ghanaian capital. Located in the Accra Shopping Mall on Spintex Road, Tetteh Quarshie Circle,...
    African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa to expand.
    Addis Ababa News

    African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa to expand.

    General
    Work is underway to build additional offices and residential accommodation for the African Union (AU) in Addis Ababa. Building is on a plot donated by the city council in the Kirkos district near Kera...
    Cape Town tackles climate change.
    Cape Town News

    Cape Town tackles climate change.

    Environment
    Cape Town city council has given its backing to a plan by researchers Pierre Mukheibir and Gina Ziervogel from the University of Cape Town (UCT), which recommends the introduction of tax rebates and o...
    Maputo-South Africa railway gets overhaul.
    Maputo News

    Maputo-South Africa railway gets overhaul.

    Transport
    Work on the railway linking the port of Maputo to South Africa is underway and should be finished by July. The $20 million project includes replacing rails, sleepers, points and ballast, overhauling t...
    Strike and national holiday for Yar'Adua inauguration.
    Lagos News

    Strike and national holiday for Yar'Adua inauguration.

    Politics
    Trade unions in Nigeria have called a two-day strike ahead of the inauguration of the new president, Umaru Yar'Adua, on 29 May. The industrial action is in protest over the outcome of the April local...
    Housing price slump in Nairobi.
    Nairobi News

    Housing price slump in Nairobi.

    Economy
    There is bad news for property owners and developers in Nairobi as the 2003-2005 housing boom is creating its first casualties,
    Nigerian elections: a view from Lagos.
    Lagos News

    Nigerian elections: a view from Lagos.

    Politics
    Elections in Africa
    Reconstruction after arsenal blasts slow.
    Maputo News

    Reconstruction after arsenal blasts slow.

    General
    Slow progress is being made in work to rebuild the homes destroyed by the explosions at the arsenal in the Maputo suburb of Malhazine on 22 March. In total 4,490 homes were damaged or destroyed in the...
    Improved conditions for Addis Ababa doctors.
    Addis Ababa News

    Improved conditions for Addis Ababa doctors.

    Health
    Doctors working at city hospitals are to receive a 350 birr accommodation allowance and other benefits as of the third week in May, the Addis Ababa health bureau has said. The decision applies to staf...
    General strike in South Africa.
    Cape Town News

    General strike in South Africa.

    General
    Public sector workers in South Africa are threatening indefinite strike action starting on 28 May unless the government meets their demand for a pay rise. The strike is being called by the Congress of...
    Egypt motor of economic growth for Africa.
    Cairo News

    Egypt motor of economic growth for Africa.

    Economy
    In 2006 Africa registered the highest economic growth in 20 years, at 5.5 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), and this figure is set to increase to 6 per cent in 2007 according to a joint report...
    Ghana gets new chief justice.
    Accra News

    Ghana gets new chief justice.

    Justice
    President John Kufuor has nominated Georgina Theodora Wood to be the next chief justice. She replaces Francois Yaonansu Kpegah, who had been acting chief justice since the death of former chief justic...
    New wholesale food market for Maputo.
    Maputo News

    New wholesale food market for Maputo.

    General
    Maputo is to get a new wholesale food market in the outlying suburb of Zimpeto in the northern part of the capital, the state news agency reports. Built at a cost of $900,000, the six-hectare facility...
    Cape Town hosts Bollywood film festival.
    Cape Town News

    Cape Town hosts Bollywood film festival.

    Culture
    The Bollywood film festival is to take place in Cape Town from 25-27 May as part of efforts to promote Indian movies in South Africa. The festival, in its first edition, is taking place at the V&A wat...
    Mourning for air crash victims.
    Nairobi News

    Mourning for air crash victims.

    General
    Kenya
    Ethiopian census begins 29 May.
    Addis Ababa News

    Ethiopian census begins 29 May.

    General
    Schools across much of Ethiopia are due to close on 29 May for a month to allow teachers to conduct a national census. The headcount
    Giza Pyramids
    Cairo News

    Giza Pyramids

    Culture
    The organisers of the New7Wonders competition aimed at identifying seven
    Drumming and noise-making banned in Accra.
    Accra News

    Drumming and noise-making banned in Accra.

    General
    Drumming and noise-making have been banned in the Greater Accra region until 7 June. The ban, announced by the traditional council of the indigenous Ga people of the Accra region, came into force on 7...
    Lagos shoreline to be consolidated.
    Lagos News

    Lagos shoreline to be consolidated.

    General
    The federal minister of the environment, housing and urban development has ordered the completion of works to consolidate Lagos
    Opposition leadership for Cape Town mayor.
    Cape Town News

    Opposition leadership for Cape Town mayor.

    Politics
    Cape Town mayor Helen Zille is the new leader of South Africa
    New mobile network for Egypt.
    Cairo News

    New mobile network for Egypt.

    Telecoms
    United Arab Emirates telecommunications provider Etisalat has launched a new mobile phone network in Egypt to rival the existing providers Vodafone and Mobinil. Operating over a 3.5G platform, the $1....
    Cape Town call centre capital of South Africa.
    Cape Town News

    Cape Town call centre capital of South Africa.

    Telecoms
    Over 22,000 Capetonians, or three per cent of legally employed people, currently work in the city
    Cape Town tourist railway.
    Cape Town News

    Cape Town tourist railway.

    Tourism
    Visitors to Cape Town can enjoy a new tourism route based on rail travel that takes in some of the main attractions and sites to the south of the city centre. Introduced in April on a pilot basis, the...
    Nigerian wins BBC play writing prize.
    Lagos News

    Nigerian wins BBC play writing prize.

    Culture
    First prize in the BBC
    New management for Addis Ababa museum.
    Addis Ababa News

    New management for Addis Ababa museum.

    Culture
    Responsibility for running the city-owned Addis Ababa museum is to be handed to London-based Ethiopian entrepreneur Mulugeta Tsedeke, the business weekly
    French presidential election at the Alliance Française.
    Accra News

    French presidential election at the Alliance Française.

    Politics
    French citizens living in Accra and interested Ghanaians can follow the second round of the French presidential elections on 6 May at the Alliance Fran
    New cedi notes and coins unveiled.
    Accra News

    New cedi notes and coins unveiled.

    Economy
    The Bank of Ghana has unveiled the new Ghana cedi notes and coins and pesawa coins that are due to come into circulation on 1 July. The notes are in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cedis, while t...
    Higher utility bills for Maputo residents.
    Maputo News

    Higher utility bills for Maputo residents.

    Environment
    The city council has introduced new rubbish collection fees for Maputo residents as of the start of May. Under the new regime, which has been subject to repeated delays, the old monthly flat rate of 2...
    Maputo killings under investigation.
    Maputo News

    Maputo killings under investigation.

    Justice
    Investigations are underway into recent death squad killings, allegedly by members of the police, at a football field in the Costa do Sol district of Maputo. The local daily
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