Cairo News
Egypt's tourism continues decline
Tourist numbers in June drop over 20 per cent since last year
The numbers of tourists visiting Egypt in June has fallen over 20 per cent compared to the same month last year, according to data rel...
Arusha News
Hippo under threat in Lake Manyara
Rice farming theatens hippo population at Lake Manyara
Rice farming is reducing the water levels significantly at Lake Manyara, threatening the existence of the hippos living in the surrounding na...
Lagos News
Health ministry issues warnings as virus spreads in west Africa
The Lagos government has outlined precautionary measures against the world's worst Ebola outbreak in nearby west African countries s...
Maputo News
Italian premier to visit Maputo
Renzi on three-day visit to Africa
Italy's premier Matteo Renzi will visit Maputo on 19 July as part of a three-day trip to Mozambique, the Republic of Congo and Angola. Renzi is due to hold meet...
Dar Es Salaam News
Dar es Salaam losing water to leakages and theft
Water authority says half of its supply is lost
Dar es salaam Water and Sewerage Authority (DAWASA) says that half of the city's water supply is lost due to leakages and thefts.
The state...
Lagos News
Escape follows days of heavy combat in northeast Nigeria
More than 60 girls and women kidnapped in June by Islamist militant group Boko Haram are reported to have escaped their captors in a remote...
Cairo News
Death sentences for senior Muslim Brotherhood leaders
Court sentences Brotherhood leader to life in prison
An Egyptian court has confirmed death sentences for 10 senior Muslim Brotherhood figures, eight of them in absentia, including Abdel-Rahman al-...
Nairobi News
Four dead in Nairobi plane crash
Crash claims all four passengers including crew
A cargo plane crashed into a commercial building in Nairobi shortly after taking off from city's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on 2 July.
Th...
Addis Ababa News
Educational facility to be built outside capital
Ghana's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to create a botanic garden on a 40-hectare site located 30 km north of Accra. Situated at Danfa,...
Dar Es Salaam News
Direct flights from Dar es Salaam to Harare
Fastjet to become first operator of direct service
Africa's new budget airline Fastjet is to launch services between Dar es Salaam and Harare in Zimbabwe, marking the third international route for...
Addis Ababa News
World class medical centre for Addis Ababa
Project by Ethio-American doctors
The foundation stone was laid at the site of a €100 million medical facility in Addis Ababa on 28 June by Ethiopia's foreign minister Tedros Adhanom.
The h...
Cape Town News
Public vegetable garden in Cape Town
Company's Garden goes back to its roots
A public vegetable and herb garden has been created at the Company’s Garden, a Cape Town landmark in the heart of the Central Business District (CBD)....
Arusha News
Tanzania steps up fight against poachers
Local community helps protect Arusha against poachers
Tanzania has launched a new community-based programme to increase its measures against illegal poachers.
The plan by Tanzania National Park...
Cape Town News
Public vegetable garden in Cape Town
Company's Garden goes back to its roots
A public vegetable and herb garden has been created at the Company’s Garden, a Cape Town landmark in the heart of the Central Business District (CBD)....
Addis Ababa News
Expansion begins at Bole airport
Addis Ababa airport project backed by China
A $250 million project to expand Addis Ababa Bole International Airport has begun with plans to turn the airport into a mega hub for the region.
Ethi...
Nairobi News
Taxis to be regulated in Nairobi
Legislation to be in place by end of year
All taxis in Nairobi are to be registered with the county government by the end of 2014 in an effort to reduce crime and allow authorities to keep track o...
Lagos News
More kidnappings by Boko Haram
Militants kidnap another 60 girls and 31 boys
The Islamist militant group Boko Haram has reportedly abducted another 60 girls and women and 31 boys from villages in northeast Nigeria, according to...
Arusha News
The East African Court of Justice has blocked the plans of the Tanzanian government to build a road through the north of the Serengeti national park.
The grounds for its injunction are that it woul...
Cairo News
Egypt sentences foreign journalists
Imprisonment of al-Jazeera reporters causes international outcry
Three al-Jazeera journalists received lengthy jail terms after being convicted of supporting the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood moveme...
Cape Town News
Uber taxis expand in Cape Town
Company launches low-cost service
The controversial taxi hailing mobile app Uber has expanded its services in Cape Town by launching its low-cost option known as uberX.
The car-sharing system w...
Arusha News
The Facebook page of Stop the Serengeti Highway has reported that the Tanzania government has indicated that it will now consider a German feasibility study to route the controversial Serengeti Highwa...
Cape Town News
Cape Town most congested city in South Africa
Johannesburg now in second place
Cape Town is the most congested city in South Africa according to the annual global traffic index report for 2013 by navigation company TomTom.
The result means...
Maputo News
Rising sea level in Maputo Bay
Advancing waters pose erosion threat for Maputo
Coastal erosion is diminishing the Xefina archipelago of three islands in the north-east of the Bay of Maputo, according to a report in local daily...
Cairo News
New tourist tax at Cairo airport
Tax applies to tourists leaving Egypt via Cairo Airport
Tourists leaving Cairo airport will now be charged $25 at Cairo International Airport, in a move that commentators suggest will further hit...
Cairo News
Sisi takes office as Egyptian president
Low key reception from West at Cairo ceremony
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in as Egypt's new president on 8 June following last month's landslide election in which he received 97 per cent of the...
Cape Town News
Major restyling for Cape Town centre
CBD being revamped over next decade
Cape Town's Central Business District (CBD) is set for a major upgrade over the next decade, with many projects nearing completion and others in the pipeline....
Nairobi News
Nairobi police on rollerblades
New police unit to combat muggers
A new team of police officers on inline skates, or rollerblades, will be deployed on the streets of Nairobi from 1 July, in an effort to curb the rising incidents...
Lagos News
Nigeria knows location of kidnapped girls
Army not willing to risk rescue
The Nigerian army says it knows the location of the school girls abducted by Boko Haram but that it will not attempt a rescue.
The nation's defence chief Alex Ba...
Maputo News
Renamo leader may run for president
Dhlakama seeks security before entering presidential race
Mozambique's Renamo opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama says he intends to run as a candidate in the 15 October presidential election but fi...
Cairo News
El-Sissi expected to win easily
Egyptians vote for a new president on 26 and 27 May, two years after Islamist Mohammed Morsi became the nation's first democratically elected leader.
The electio...
