Nairobi News
Hundreds of families homeless following slum demolition.
Over 600 families have been left homeless after hired youths backed by police pulled down the informal settlement where they were living, the state-owned newspaper The Nation reports. Residents of Kom...
Accra News
Efua Sutherland anniversary conference.
There will be a symposium on the pioneering Ghanaian playwright and childrens author Efua T. Sutherland starting from 30 August as part of a year-long festival to mark the tenth anniversary of her dea...
Maputo News
Second decade of education for Africa.
The second decade of education for Africa (2006-2015), promoted by the African Union (AU), is to be launched in Maputo on 8 September. The launch is to be preceded by the extra-ordinary session of the...
Accra News
Africa Cup 2008 launch in Accra.
Ghanaian and international football players and officials will gather at the international conference centre in Accra on 8 September for the official launch of the next African Cup of Nations, which i...
Nairobi News
The fourth pan-African meeting of local government authorities, Africities, opens in Nairobi on 18 September. The five-day summit on the theme of joint action in local government will examine how majo...
Nairobi News
Goethe-Institut calendar by Kenyan artists.
Goethe-Institut in Nairobi is organising a competition for Kenyan artisits for its 2007 calendar on the theme health and human rights. The competition is part of an effort to promote health and relate...
Cape Town News
Some 500 players from nearly 50 countries will gather in Cape Town 23-30 September for the fourth edition of the annual Homeless World Cup. As many as 100,000 spectators are expected to cheer the play...
Addis Ababa News
More food for people with HIV/AIDS.
The Addis Ababa HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control Office (AA HAPCO) has signed a nine million dollar agreement with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and around 60 local non-governmental org...
Nairobi News
Work has begun on a monument to Kenyas national heroes in central Nairobi, the state-owned Nation newspaper reports. Heroes honoured at the memorial will include key figures in the struggle for indepe...
Addis Ababa News
African human rights moot court competition begins.
The 15th African human rights moot court competition is underway at Addis Ababa University (AAU) until 2 September. The contest is being hosted by the law faculty at AAU in conjunction with the Centre...
Maputo News
Great Limpopo border post opened.
Visitors to the Great Limpopo Transfrontier National Park spanning parts of Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe can now use a border post inside the area to move around more freely. Opened in mid Au...
Maputo News
Artwork by HIV-positive children to go on show.
Maputo residents should look out for an exhibition of work by HIV-positive children receiving treatment at the Central Hospital in the capital. The show is the result of a project called Positive Art...
Cape Town News
Responsibility for the power cuts that plagued Cape Town and the surrounding area from November 2005 to March 2006 has been laid firmly at the door of the national electricity provider Eskom. In a rep...
Accra News
Ghana Telecom University College opens.
Some 300 students will begin bachelors degree courses in September at the Ghana Telecom University College (GTUC) in the Tesano district of Accra. Funded by Ghana Telecom and affiliated to the Kwame N...
Cape Town News
Unsound low-cost houses to be repaired.
The Cape Town Community Housing Company (CTCHC) has at last acknowledged what people living in its houses have known all along: that they are not structurally sound, the daily newspaper Cape Argus rep...
Maputo News
Virtual library launched in Maputo.
The private Higher Polytechnic and University Institute (ISPU) in Maputo has launched an on-line library to facilitate access to educational materials and encourage distance learning. In addition to b...
Nairobi News
The National Environmental Management Authority has called a halt to all building projects in the Masai Mara pending agreement upon a new management plan for the game reserve. The moratorium, announce...
Nairobi News
Voter registration underway ahead of 2007 general election.
Kenyas electoral commission has launched an effort to get over five million new voters onto its books in readiness for the next general election, which will be held some time in 2007. According to the...
Addis Ababa News
Heavy flooding in Ethiopia leaves many dead.
Roughly 700 people are feared dead in Ethiopia after heavy rainfall has caused widespread flooding in the north, south and east of the country. Thousands of people are trapped in the remote Southern N...
Nairobi News
South African and Kenyan tourism to join forces.
Kenya Tourist Board and its South African counterpart South African Tourism are to sign a memorandum of understanding to boost cooperation between the two countries. Rather than trying to snatch touri...
Cape Town News
Cape Town to improve public transport.
Cape Town authorities have announced plans for a rechargeable smart card system for trains, buses and minibus taxis as part of preparations for the football World Cup in South Africa in 2010. Proposal...
Nairobi News
The new mural in River Road in the central business district is by Kenyan artists John Kamicha, Simon Muriithi, Faith Nancy and Jeff Wambugu. The work in black and white spray paint on a corrugated ir...
Addis Ababa News
Addis Ababa pays more for water.
Water tariffs are set to rise in Addis Ababa in the next few weeks according to the independent business weekly Capital. Under the new tariff system, the cost of water for domestic consumption (up to...
Cape Town News
Cape Town city mayor Helen Zille has given the go-ahead to the construction of a new three billion rand stadium at Green Point near the city centre on condition that the national government foots most...
Accra News
Accra residents may have problems burying their dead in a couple of years due to lack of space in the citys cemeteries. Acting director of the public health department of the Accra Metropolitan Assemb...
Accra News
Ghanaian traditional group to perform in the United States.
The Accra-based Asontaba Cultural Group has been invited to perform at the 2006 State Fair of Texas in Dallas from 29 September to 22 October. The 40-member troupe will present a variety of Ghanaian t...
Maputo News
Anti-mosquito campaign in Maputo province.
Mosquito spraying is due to begin in Maputo province on 1 September to stem the spread of the malaria-carrying insect before the rainy season later this year. Just over 900 people will spray at-risk a...
Addis Ababa News
Registration for ring road relay now open.
Registration is now open for the annual CRBC Ring Road Relay race, which will be held on Sunday 17 September. Roughly 100 teams are expected to take part in the 12 km race starting at Kaliti in southe...
Addis Ababa News
Addis city budget for new tax year.
The finance ministry has approved a 5.16 billion birr budget for Addis Ababa for the new fiscal year, which began on 8 July. The allotted sum represents a 1.1 billion birr increase over the budget for...
Cape Town News
First N2 Gateway homes allocated.
The first homes in the controversial N2 Gateway housing project in Cape Town have been handed over to residents amid complaints about the handling of the high-profile scheme.
Protests characterised t...
