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    Cape Town saves water supplies
    Cape Town News

    Cape Town saves water supplies

    Environment
    Cape Town city authorities have urged residents to continue conserving water, despite recent heavy rains, following the prolonged drought that saw the Western Cape's water reserve fall below ten per c...
    Major expansion for Dar es Salaam port
    Dar Es Salaam News

    Major expansion for Dar es Salaam port

    Infrastructure
    The port at Dar es Salaam is to undergo a major expansion following the approval of a $345 million loan from the World Bank.The Dar es Salaam Maritime Gateway Project will also receive a $12 million g...
    New railway planned in south-east Cape Town
    Cape Town News

    New railway planned in south-east Cape Town

    Infrastructure
    Railway line will connect Kuils River with Khayelitsha. Cape Town has announced plans to develop a new railway line connecting the eastern Kuils River suburb with the neighbouring Khayelitsha distric...
    Identity cards for Maasai in northern Tanzania
    Arusha News

    Identity cards for Maasai in northern Tanzania

    Environment
    Electronic identification for communities in Ngorongoro. Maasai pastoral communities living within the confines of north Tanzania’s Ngorongoro Conservation Area (NCA) are to be issued with electronic...
    New cargo terminal at Addis Ababa airport
    Addis Ababa News

    New cargo terminal at Addis Ababa airport

    Transport
    A new cargo terminal has opened at Addis Ababa airport, cementing the rise of Ethiopian Airlines as Africa's largest and fastest growing airline.   Together with the airport's existing freig...
    Trial market for Cairo street vendors
    Cairo News

    Trial market for Cairo street vendors

    City
    Egypt Street kiosk project launched in Cairo's al-Nazha area.  Cairo street vendors can apply for licenses to run kiosks and mobile stalls under a new experimental project set to launch in a specia...
    New highway connecting Mozambique and South Africa
    Maputo News

    New highway connecting Mozambique and South Africa

    Infrastructure
    Chinese and South African companies to build new road in southern Mozambique. Construction of a new highway connecting the north-eastern tip of South Africa with the southern Mozambican coastal cit...
    Nairobi skyscraper set to be Africa's tallest building
    Nairobi News

    Nairobi skyscraper set to be Africa's tallest building

    Real Estate
    Work commences on 300-m-high Pinnacle in Nairobi. Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta has laid the foundation stone for a Nairobi skyscraper destined to be the tallest building in Africa when it opens...
    Cape Town prepares for future droughts
    Cape Town News

    Cape Town prepares for future droughts

    Environment
    Day Zero plan follows recent drought in Western Cape. Cape Town is currently preparing contingency plans outlining measures to deal with future drought situations, following the recent prolonged wa...
    Nairobi has worst traffic record in Africa
    Nairobi News

    Nairobi has worst traffic record in Africa

    Transport
    Traffic in Kenyan capital rated fifth worst in world in Numbeo report. The traffic in Nairobi has been ranked the worst in Africa and fifth worst in the world according to Numbeo, the crowd-sourced...
    Addis Ababa botanic garden to increase profile
    Addis Ababa News

    Addis Ababa botanic garden to increase profile

    Environment
    Garden plans advertising campaign and projects with communities and universities. The Gullele Botanic Garden (GBG) in Addis Ababa is to make more people aware of its existence with an advertising c...
    Cape Town opens clinic for prostitutes
    Cape Town News

    Cape Town opens clinic for prostitutes

    Health
    Clinic to provide health care exclusively for Cape Town sex workers. Cape Town has opened a clinic offering healthcare‚ counselling and legal services exclusively for the city's sex workers. Cym...
    New convention centre in Addis Ababa
    Addis Ababa News

    New convention centre in Addis Ababa

    Economy
    Chinese firm to build convention centre in Ethiopian capital. Ethiopian president Mulatu Teshome has laid the foundation stone of a $130-million convention and exhibition centre being built by Chin...
    Accra to open spaceship centre
    Accra News

    Accra to open spaceship centre

    Science
    Africa’s first spaceship research centre to open in Accra. Accra will soon be home to Africa's first spaceship research centre, thanks to an agreement between Keshe Foundation International, a Neth...
    New Nairobi-Mombasa railway opens
    Nairobi News

    New Nairobi-Mombasa railway opens

    Transport
    Major Kenyan rail route launches 18 months ahead of schedule. Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta launched the new 472-km railway line between the capital Nairobi and the country's main sea port of Mom...
    Boda boda listed in Oxford Dictionary
    Nairobi News

    Boda boda listed in Oxford Dictionary

    General
    Recognition from Oxford but banned from Nairobi's Central Business District. The boda boda motorbike taxi, popular in Nairobi and across east Africa, has made it into the latest edition of the Oxfo...
    King Tut relics move to Grand Egyptian Museum
    Cairo News

    King Tut relics move to Grand Egyptian Museum

    Culture
    Artefacts begin transfer to new facility near Giza Pyramids. A gilded funerary bed and chariot from Tutankhamun’s tomb have been transferred from the existing Egyptian Museum in Cairo to the new Gr...
    Coptic Christians killed in Egypt bus attack
    Cairo News

    Coptic Christians killed in Egypt bus attack

    Religion
    Latest attack against Christians comes one month after Pope Francis visit. More than 20 people have been killed after gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying Coptic Christians in central Egypt on the...
    Cape Town prays for rain
    Cape Town News

    Cape Town prays for rain

    Environment
    Drought-stricken city holds interfaith prayer service for rain. Cape Town held an interfaith religious service on Table Mountain on 25 May, with prayers calling for rain as the Western Cape grapple...
    Pope Francis travels to Cairo
    Cairo News

    Pope Francis travels to Cairo

    Religion
    Apostolic visit to Cairo takes place from 28-29 April. Pope Francis will begin his two-day visit to Egypt on Friday 28 April, in a mission to build on inter-faith dialogue with Muslim leaders and s...
    Dozens killed in Egypt church bombings
    Cairo News

    Dozens killed in Egypt church bombings

    Terrorism
    Three-month state of emergency declared after twin church attacks on 9 April. Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has declared a three-month state of emergency after terror attacks killed more...
    Ethiopia extends state of emergency
    Addis Ababa News

    Ethiopia extends state of emergency

    Politics
    Addis Ababa adds four months to existing state of emergency. The Ethiopian government has extended the nation's current state of emergency by four months, amid reports of continuing violence and an...
    Lagos celebrates last 50 days of jubilee
    Lagos News

    Lagos celebrates last 50 days of jubilee

    Culture
    Lagos at 50 events take place from 8 April until 27 May. The final celebration of Lagos State’s Golden Jubilee will last for 50 days, beginning on 8 April and ending on 27 May, according to the Lag...
    Cape Town lists top water-wasting streets
    Cape Town News

    Cape Town lists top water-wasting streets

    Environment
    Top 100 water consuming streets identified as Cape Town battles drought. The Cape Town administration has released a list of the streets containing the top 100 water consumers as the city grapples...
    Cairo International Women’s Film Festival marks ten years
    Cairo News

    Cairo International Women’s Film Festival marks ten years

    Culture
    Annual festival spotlights films from Switzerland and Denmark. The Cairo International Women’s Film Festival, which screens international and local films on important social, cultural and political...
    Dar es Salaam bans cash payments for parking fines
    Dar Es Salaam News

    Dar es Salaam bans cash payments for parking fines

    Transport
    Penalties for parking offences to be paid by bank cards. The Dar es Salaam city council has banned cash payments for parking offences in the city, following media reports of motorists being harasse...
    Nairobi keeps track of its lions
    Nairobi News

    Nairobi keeps track of its lions

    Animals
    Nairobi's lions fitted with tracking devices. Lions in Nairobi National Park are to be fitted with tracking collars to help Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers monitor the animals' movements. T...
    Accra prepares for independence anniversary
    Accra News

    Accra prepares for independence anniversary

    History
    Ghana independence anniversary logo unveiled ahead of Accra celebrations. Celebrations marking the 60th anniversary of Ghana’s independence from Britain on 6 March 1957 are centred in the nation's...
    Cape Town street art festival
    Cape Town News

    Cape Town street art festival

    Culture
    International Public Art Festival hits Cape Town streets in mid February. South Africa’s first International Public Art Festival (IPAF), featuring a programme designed to teach, create and showcase...
    National Theatre in Lagos to be renovated
    Lagos News

    National Theatre in Lagos to be renovated

    Culture
    British Council to run major theatrical workshop at Lagos Theatre. Nigeria's National Theatre in Lagos is to be renovated by the federal government and Lagos State, according to the nation's cultur...
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