Addis Ababa News
Millennium preparations underway.
Preparations are underway to mark the Ethiopian millennium, which falls on 11 September 2007 in the Ethiopian calendar. The organisation is being overseen by the specially created Ethiopian millennium...
Nairobi News
Virgin to launch London-Nairobi route in 2007.
Virgin Atlantic, the airline owned by the maverick British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, is due to begin operating direct flights between London and Nairobi in June 2007. Flights will depart daily...
Nairobi News
Kimathi statue for Jamhuri day.
The foundation stone of a statue of Mau Mau freedom fighter Dedan Kimathi is to be laid in Nairobi as part of events to mark Jamhuri or independence day (Jamhuri means republic in Kiswahili) on 12 Dec...
Addis Ababa News
Over 50 delegates from all over Africa are to gather in Addis Ababa from 11 to 13 December for a conference on ways to boost citizens faith in their governments. The regional forum, which is being hos...
Maputo News
Ressano Garcia border post open 24 hours a day.
The Ressano Garcia border post between Mozambique and South Africa is now open 24 hours a day to facilitate the return of migrant workers employed in South Africas mines and the arrival of tourists fo...
Addis Ababa News
New facilities for youth in Kaliti.
New schools and libraries are to be built in the eastern sub-city of Akaki-Kaliti as part of a major development project benefiting youth, the local authorities have said. Plans also include creating...
Accra News
Number of slum dwellers in Ghana on the rise.
The number of slum dwellers in Ghana is set to reach 5.9 million in 2010, up 500,000 from 5.4 million in 2005 (against a total population of 22.5 million), according to UN Habitat, the United Nations'...
Accra News
The World Food Programme (WFP), the emergency food-aid arm of the United Nations, has opened a logistics hub in Accra to strengthen its ability to respond to simultaneous humanitarian disasters around...
Cape Town News
New anti-AIDS strategy for South Africa.
The South African government has unveiled new plans to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS in the country, where 5.5 million people out of a total population of 47 million are living with the deadly virus....
Cape Town News
2010 World Cup schedule announced.
The 2010 football World Cup in South Africa will take place between 11 June and 11 July, the international football authorities have said. The International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA)...
Nairobi News
African Photo Retrospective award.
The African Photo Retrospective 2005/06 award organised by the foreign correspondents association of East Africa (FCAEA) has been won by Nairobi-based freelance photographer Georgina Cranston with her...
Nairobi News
New PostaPay money transfer service.
Kenyans now have a new and cheaper way of sending money around the country - PostaPay - the East African Standard reports. Launched by the international private company Postal Corporation of Kenya (Po...
Nairobi News
Hundreds of thousands of Kenyans have been displaced by flooding over the last few weeks as unusually heavy seasonal rains continue to pound the East Africa and Horn of Africa regions. The Kenya Red C...
Accra News
Currency reform in the making.
The Bank of Ghana has announced plans to reform the country
Addis Ababa News
Lions at the famous Lion Zoo in Addis Ababa are being poisoned and the bodies sold to taxidermists because there is not enough money to look after them. Zoo administrator Muhedin Abdulaziz told the As...
Accra News
Ghanaians wanting to visit the United Kingdom (UK) for six months or more will have to undergo compulsory tuberculosis (TB) screening prior to being issued with a visa, the British immigration authori...
Nairobi News
Kenyans4kenya investment conference.
Kenyans living abroad are the target of a conference in London on 9 December to promote investment opportunities in the East African country. The event, under the title Kenyans4kenya - The Kenya Diasp...
Accra News
Residents of Accra pay almost five times as much for their water as people living in New York and twice as much as those living in London according to the 2006 Human Development report released by the...
Maputo News
New cultural centre for Maputo.
Mozambican president Armando Guebuza has opened a new cultural centre in Maputo which he says will be a space for dialogue between generations, state news agency AIM reports. The Maputo municipal cult...
Addis Ababa News
A multi-purpose youth centre is under construction in the Kolfe-Keranyo sub-city beyond the ring road in western Addis Ababa, state-run newspaper Ethiopian Herald reports. The centre, which will be bu...
Accra News
Samini supports Debate to Action.
Ghanaian hiplife artist Batman Samini is the new face of the joint British Council and World Bank initiative Debate to Action (DTA) in Ghana. He will use his popularity among young Ghanaians to promot...
Cape Town News
South Africa's lower house of parliament has approved a controversial bill allowing same-sex marriage, making the country the first in Africa and one of only five in the world to do so. The civil unio...
Cape Town News
Cape Town prepares for tourist season.
Nearly one million visitors are expected to arrive in Cape Town during the last quarter of this year and the first quarter of 2007, with December and January being the busiest months. City authorities...
Maputo News
The Mozambican road safety institute INAV and road concessionaire Trans African Concessions (TRAC) have announced plans to improve road safety on the N4 toll road between Maputo and South Africa, the...
Addis Ababa News
Electric buses for Addis Ababa.
Residents of Addis Ababa may soon see electric buses on their streets following a deal between a local company and a Russian firm to manufacture the environmentally friendly vehicles in Ethiopia. Ethi...
Nairobi News
Climate change meeting in Nairobi.
Up to 10,000 representatives of government, non-governmental organisations, the private sector and the academic community will gather in Nairobi 6-17 November for an international meeting on climate c...
Addis Ababa News
Great Ethiopian Run helps orphans.
This years Great Ethiopian Run takes place in Addis Ababa on 26 November. Participants in the annual ten-kilometre race are to gather in the central Meskel Square for a 09.00 start. This year the even...
Addis Ababa News
Water shortage at Ayat estate.
Residents of Ayat Village beyond CMC east of Addis Ababa are suffering from severe water shortage, the independent English language weekly newspaper Fortune reports. Problems began about six months ag...
Maputo News
Maputo suburbs turn to rough justice.
Over 20 people have been lynched in Maputo and outlying areas since August as residents take justice into their own hands amid growing frustration with the failure of the police to tackle crime, Inter...
