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    World Social Forum 2007 comes to Africa.
    Nairobi News

    World Social Forum 2007 comes to Africa.

    Articles
    The World Social Forum 2007 opens in Nairobi on 20 January under the clarion call
    New ambulances for José Macamo.
    Maputo News

    New ambulances for José Macamo.

    Health
    Facilities at Jos
    Polio immunisation campaign announced.
    Nairobi News

    Polio immunisation campaign announced.

    Health
    The heath authorities have said that they are to conduct nationwide immunisation against polio in the first and last weeks of February providing that the necessary funding can be raised. The Sh452 mil...
    Praça de Touros to get a facelift.
    Maputo News

    Praça de Touros to get a facelift.

    General
    Pra
    Free Egyptian music CD launched.
    Cairo News

    Free Egyptian music CD launched.

    Culture
    Cairenes and visitors to the city should keep their eyes and ears open for the first offering from a newly founded local music production company Kawalis-Misr or
    Tergat set for London marathon.
    Nairobi News

    Tergat set for London marathon.

    Sport
    World marathon record holder Paul Tergat from Kenya is to take part in the London marathon on 22 April 2007. He will be running against fellow countrymen Felix Limo and Martin Lel, the reigning 2006 a...
    New Proud! magazine launched.
    Cape Town News

    New Proud! magazine launched.

    General
    As of 17 January South Africans can enjoy a new quarterly magazine, Proud!, published under the auspices of Proudly South African, a campaign to promote South African companies, products and services...
    New classrooms for local schools.
    Lagos News

    New classrooms for local schools.

    General
    New classrooms are under construction at schools across Lagos state as part of efforts to restore public confidence in the local public education system. Lagos State Universal Basic Education Board (S...
    TB treatment centre opens in Lekki.
    Lagos News

    TB treatment centre opens in Lekki.

    Health
    Residents of Ilasan housing estate in Lekki peninsula and the surrounding communities now have access to a tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis and treatment centre, the
    Clean-up exercise in Accra announced.
    Accra News

    Clean-up exercise in Accra announced.

    Environment
    The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has earmarked Saturday 20 January as a clean-up day in the capital as part of preparations for the 50th anniversary of Ghanaian independence in March. The authori...
    University of Ghana gets borehole.
    Accra News

    University of Ghana gets borehole.

    General
    A new borehole has been sunk at the University of Ghana, Legon, providing much-needed relief from the perennial water shortage at the institution. Inaugurated by Dr Makowa Blay Adu-Gyamfi, Ghana
    Addis millennium park.
    Addis Ababa News

    Addis millennium park.

    General
    The head of the Addis Ababa caretaker administration Birhane Deressa has laid the cornerstone of the Addis Millennium Park in the Yeka sub-city northeast of the city centre. The proposed facility, whi...
    Price hikes on public transport.
    Lagos News

    Price hikes on public transport.

    Transport
    Nigerians returning to work after the long Christmas and New Year holiday period got a nasty shock on 8 January when they found the cost of public transport had risen by over 100 per cent. According t...
    Congestion and pollution in Cairo.
    Cairo News

    Congestion and pollution in Cairo.

    General
    With an official population of 15.2 million people and a population density of 36,618 people per square kilometre, Cairo has the second highest level of population congestion in the world after Manila...
    Population statistics released.
    Lagos News

    Population statistics released.

    General
    Nigeria has a population of 140,003,542, confirming its status as the most populous country in Africa according to the results of a census conducted by the National Population Commission (NPC) in Marc...
    New telephone dialling system for South Africa.
    Cape Town News

    New telephone dialling system for South Africa.

    General
    As of 16 January it will become mandatory to dial the full ten-digit telephone number including the three-digit area code even for local calls. Until now a person making a fixed line to fixed line cal...
    Starbucks opens in Cairo.
    Cairo News

    Starbucks opens in Cairo.

    General
    United States coffee giant Starbucks has opened its first coffeehouse in Africa in Cairo
    Accra, a friendly city on the sea.
    Arusha News

    Accra, a friendly city on the sea.

    Articles
    Accra, the capital of Ghana, is a friendly city of about three million people. Its architecture ranges from traditional African buildings to large, elegant colonial houses and modern high-rise blocks....
    Mengistu sentence on 11 January.
    Addis Ababa News

    Mengistu sentence on 11 January.

    General
    The sentencing of the former Ethiopian dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam and other top officials of the Derg regime (1974-1991) convicted in mid December of genocide has been rescheduled for 11 January t...
    World Social Forum in Nairobi.
    Nairobi News

    World Social Forum in Nairobi.

    General
    Over 150,000 people are expected to gather in Nairobi on 20 January for the start of the six-day World Social Forum (WSF) 2007 under the theme
    Late Ga Mantse to be buried.
    Accra News

    Late Ga Mantse to be buried.

    General
    The late Ga traditional leader, Nii Amugi II, is to be laid to rest on 27 January, 18 months after his death in July 2005, the
    South African December road deaths.
    Cape Town News

    South African December road deaths.

    Transport
    1,366 people died on South Africa
    Water conservation urged.
    Cape Town News

    Water conservation urged.

    Environment
    The Cape Town government is urging residents to cut back on the use of water in a bid to conserve the precious resource. The measures, incorporated in two bylaws passed in 2006, include a permanent ba...
    Old Metical no longer legal tender.
    Maputo News

    Old Metical no longer legal tender.

    Economy
    On 1 January the old Mozambican notes and coins ceased to be legal tender although they are still being used occasionally for transactions across the country, local news sources report. Under the curr...
    Nairobi airport at centre of visa scam.
    Nairobi News

    Nairobi airport at centre of visa scam.

    General
    Tourists and the government have been losing millions of shillings each month as the result of a visa scam involving immigration officials at Jomo Kenyatta international airport (JKIA) according to a...
    Maputo's new rubbish fees postponed.
    Maputo News

    Maputo's new rubbish fees postponed.

    Environment
    Payment of the new, higher rubbish collection tax in Maputo is to begin in March rather than in January as originally announced, the state news agency AIM has said. The delay is due to problems with t...
    Unfinished Four Seasons hotel to be demolished.
    Maputo News

    Unfinished Four Seasons hotel to be demolished.

    General
    The empty Quatro Estacoes (Four Seasons) hotel, whose 25 floors have towered over the Costa do Sol beach in east Maputo for over three decades, is to be demolished by implosion in February 2007, the M...
    Clashes in Kibera leave three dead.
    Nairobi News

    Clashes in Kibera leave three dead.

    General
    At least three people have been killed and many more are injured
    Genocide verdict for Mengistu.
    Addis Ababa News

    Genocide verdict for Mengistu.

    General
    Colonel Mengistu Haile-Mariam, ex leader of the former Derg regime (1974-1991), has been found guilty of genocide by the federal high court in Addis Ababa. The judges handed down a guilty verdict agai...
    Traffic restrictions around Adderley Street.
    Cape Town News

    Traffic restrictions around Adderley Street.

    General
    Adderley Street in central Cape Town is closed to traffic between Strand and Bureau streets for the annual Christmas night market until 30 December. Darling Street is also closed to traffic at Plein...
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