Cape Town News
Cape Town archbishop wins peace prize.
The Anglican archbishop of Cape Town, Njongonkulu Ndungane, has been presented with the annual Peacemaker award from the commission on peace of the episcopal diocese of Washington in the United States...
Accra News
Accra psychiatric patients risk starvation.
Over 1,000 patients at Accra psychiatric hospital are at risk of starvation due to lack of funding, the Ghanaian Chronicle reports. Acting chief psychiatrist Dr. Akwasi Osei told the newspaper that th...
Accra News
Ghana ranks 93rd out of 163 countries in the 2006 corruption perception index published in November by the international watchdog organisation Transparency International (TI). The West African country...
Maputo News
New rubbish collection fees for Maputo.
Maputo city council has announced the introduction of new rubbish collection fees as of January 2007, the daily newspaper Noticias reports. The present monthly flat rate of 20 meticais de nova familha...
Nairobi News
Athletics museum opens in Nairobi.
The 1968 Olympics 10,000 m champion Naftali Temu, multiple award-winning middle and long-distance runner Kipchoge Keino and marathon world record holders Paul Tergat and Catherine Ndereba are among th...
Nairobi News
Fighting in Mathare slum leaves eight dead.
Calm has returned to Mathare slum in northeastern Nairobi after five days of fighting between two outlawed gangs which residents say have left at least eight people dead and thousands more displaced f...
Addis Ababa News
Pan-African cultural congress in Addis Ababa.
Up to 300 experts in the field of culture including artists, researchers, administrators and institutional representatives are expected to gather in Addis Ababa for the first pan-African cultural cong...
Maputo News
Proposed media law changes cause concern.
There is perplexity among some journalists and media operators in Mozambique about proposed changes to the 1991 press law, which is widely considered one of the most enlightened pieces of media legisl...
Accra News
Nine paint manufacturers and importers are offering a ten per cent discount on their products until 30 November as part of efforts to clean up the capital ahead of Ghanas golden jubilee in 2007, when...
Cape Town News
The Ambassador of Conscience 2006 award presented by Amnesty International has gone to anti-apartheid leader and former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela. The annual award went to the 88-year-o...
Accra News
Hawkers at Kwame Nkrumah Circle moved for road.
Traders at Kwame Nkrumah Circle station have expressed their dismay following the demolition of their stalls to make way for a major road-building project, the on-line version of The Ghanaian Times re...
Cape Town News
Democratic Alliance stands firm in Cape Town.
The African National Congress (ANC) has backed down on its bid to change the system of government in Cape Town in a move that would have given the national ruling party more representation in the only...
Addis Ababa News
Legal rights for disabled in Addis Ababa.
Disabled residents of the Yeka district of Addis Ababa and beyond are to benefit from a new project to promote their legal rights in light of their greater vulnerability to sexual violence and HIV/AID...
Nairobi News
On-line game for HIV prevention in Swahili.
Young Swahili speakers with internet access can now make use of an on-line game teaching them about HIV and AIDS. The interactive feature, called Ungefanyaje or What would you do? in Swahili, takes pl...
Nairobi News
Promoting Kenyan national unity.
Kenya National Commission on Human Rights and the National Museums of Kenya have signed a memorandum of understanding to create an exhibition on the countrys struggle for independence, the East Africa...
Cape Town News
Mango low-cost airline for South Africa.
South Africa has a new no-frills airline to compete with existing low-cost carriers 1Time and Kulula.com. Mango, a subsidiary of South African Airways, will begin by operating flights between Johanne...
Addis Ababa News
Ethiopia prepares for WorldSkills.
On 18-19 November young people from six regions in Ethiopia are to take part in a competition to promote vocational skills training in the country. Technical and vocational education and training (TVE...
Addis Ababa News
Ethiopian African Airline of the Year.
Ethiopias national flag carrier Ethiopian Airlines has been nominated African Airline of the Year 2006 by the African Aviation Journal as part of its annual Africa Aviation Awards. Reasons given for t...
Cape Town News
Fight over city government continues.
Tension is running high in Cape Town as South Africas ruling African National Congress (ANC) continues its efforts to sideline the city government led by Helen Zille of the national main opposition pa...
Accra News
British Council Ghana gets new head.
October sees the departure of John Payne as country director of the British Council after three years in the post. He is to be replaced by Moses Anibaba, who was born and grew up in London but has his...
Accra News
Actis Africa Real Estate fund for investors.
British government-backed emerging markets investor CDC has set up a $100 million fund the Actis Africa Real Estate Fund to back property developments in sub-Saharan Africa. Based in Johannesburg bu...
Nairobi News
Closure of Dandora rubbish dump announced.
The huge rubbish dump in Dandora in eastern Nairobi could close shortly, Misna news agency reports. The announcement was made by the environment minister following a visit to the largest refuse heap i...
Nairobi News
Nairobi slum youth get vocational skills.
Unemployed youth living in the slums of Waruku, Gatina, Kangemi and Muthangari in west Nairobi will soon be able to receive vocational skills training as part of a Ksh40 million initiative aimed at re...
Maputo News
Gays and lesbians in Mozambique may soon have their rights championed by an official movement, state news agency AIM reports. The demand for organised representation came during the first ever seminar...
Maputo News
19 October is the 20th anniversary of the death of Samora Machel, independence leader and the founding president of the republic of Mozambique.
To mark the occasion on 5 October a library was opened...
Nairobi News
The winners of the third annual Africa investor awards organised by the magazine of the same name will be announced at a special ceremony at Nairobis Safari Park Hotel on 9 November. The pan-African i...
Cape Town News
Cape Town could get a direct rail link to its international airport as part of broad plans under consideration by the city councils transport portfolio committee, the Cape Argus reports. Other proposa...
Cape Town News
Hundreds homeless after shack fire.
Some 600 people living in Fish Hoek south of Cape Town have been left homeless after a fire destroyed around 150 shacks in the area, South African Press Association (SAPA) reports. The blaze broke out...
Accra News
Batman Samini wins Music of Black Origin award.
This years best African act award at the Music of Black Origin (MOBO) awards has gone to Ghanaian hiplife artist Batman Samini. The musician stood against fellow Africans from Uganda, South Africa and...
Addis Ababa News
Radio to fight stigma of HIV/AIDS.
Ethiopians can tune into a new radio programme presenting the stories of ordinary people living with HIV/AIDS. The service, which builds on similar initiatives in Nigeria and Malawi, aims to challenge...
