Addis Ababa News
Efforts are underway to locate a group of British tourists and their Ethiopian guides believed to have been kidnapped in northeast Ethiopia. Five members of staff of the British embassy in Addis Ababa...
Accra News
The finishing touches are being put to preparations for the 50th anniversary of the independence of Ghana on 6 March. Heads of state and of government from all over the world have been arriving in the...
Maputo News
Flood relief efforts continue in Mozambique.
Efforts to assist victims of the serious flooding that has affected central parts of Mozambique in recent weeks continue amid reports that the level of the Zambezi river is beginning to fall. At least...
Addis Ababa News
Road-widening project leaves many homeless.
Many people have lost their homes as a result of major work to expand the main road running past the British embassy in Aware/Yeka districts of Addis Ababa, local news sources report. Bulldozers moved...
Cape Town News
The 2007 edition of the Cape Town book fair is to take place at the international convention centre from 16-19 June. The fair, now in its second year, will see over 300 events including readings, book...
Cape Town News
The R300 freeway near Delft northeast of the city centre is the most dangerous stretch of road in Cape Town according to a recent Metro police report. Last year it saw nine deaths and 264 accidents, m...
Lagos News
Pedestrian bridges in Lagos to get overhaul.
Lagos state government has said it will repair old footbridges and build several new ones following complaints by residents about the danger to pedestrians due to the lack of safe crossing points on t...
Nairobi News
Dickens Omanga Omosa of Friends Kamusinga High School on the slopes of Mount Elgon in western Kenya came top overall in last year
Cairo News
New finds at Saqqara near Cairo.
A team of Australian and Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered two tombs and two anthropoid sarcophagi at the Saqqara necropolis just south of Cairo. One of the tombs is of Ka-Hay, a royal scribe, an...
Cape Town News
Cape Town faces sewage crisis.
City officials have warned of an imminent sewage crisis in Cape Town if improvements are not made to waste water treatment plants in the city. Mayoral committee member for trading services Lionel Roel...
Cape Town News
Name-change for Cape Town airport?
Western Cape provincial authorities have announced plans to rename Cape Town
Cape Town News
Ghana celebrates half a century
This year Ghana celebrates 50 years as an independent nation after becoming the first country in colonial sub-Saharan Africa to gain its freedom in 1957. Ghanaians across the world are hoping to use t...
Maputo News
Flood situation remains critical in Mozambique.
Thousands of people displaced by flooding in Mozambique are stranded in evacuation centres without emergency supplies due to deteriorating conditions in affected areas, international news sources repo...
Maputo News
Relief efforts against flooding.
Efforts are underway to assist the victims of the heavy flooding in Mozambique which has left at least 29 people dead and a further 85,000 homeless in central and northern parts of the country. Humani...
Lagos News
Nigerian wins spot news World Press Photo award.
Nigerian photographer Akintunde Akinleye has won first prize in the spot news category of this year
Addis Ababa News
Ethiopia prepares for African athletics championships.
Preparations are underway in Addis Ababa for the 16th CAA (Confederation of African Athletics) African athletics championships, to be held in the capital from 1-5 May. According to the independent on-...
Cape Town News
Darling wind farm under construction.
The construction of the Darling Wind Farm north west of Darling in the Western Cape is now underway following an official sod-turning ceremony in mid-February. The farm is a project of the Central Ene...
Cairo News
Photography festival in Egypt.
Amateur and professional photographers are invited to submit entries for a competition as part of Egypt
Nairobi News
Regional anthem for East Africa.
A process is underway to choose an East African regional anthem as part of efforts to foster cooperation among Kenyans, Ugandans and Tanzanians, the
Maputo News
Severe flooding in Mozambique.
At least 29 people are reported to have died and tens of thousands left homeless as a result of severe flooding in Mozambique, while United Nations humanitarian officials are warning that the situatio...
Cape Town News
South African jazz musicians are to hold a concert in Cape Town this weekend to raise awareness about the problem of violent crime in the country. The event, organised by
Nairobi News
The annual property and home living exhibition in Nairobi is taking place at the Sarit Centre in Westlands on 21-25 February. The exhibition, supported by the institute of surveyors of Kenya, focuses...
Accra News
Trees in Ghana: Greening Ghana Initiative.
Every last Saturday of the month until December 2007 is to be devoted to tree-planting in Ghana in an attempt to restore the depleted forest cover in the country. On these days local community groups...
