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Addis Ababa News

Infrastructure 09 Sep, 2013

Turkey is preparing to create an industrial zone in Addis Ababa, according to remarks by Turkish foreign minister Ahmet Davutoğlu at his government's recent African Strategies Sectoral Evaluation...

Cairo News

Egypt’s constitutional panel convenes

Politics 08 Sep, 2013

Egypt's 50-member constitutional panel convened in Cairo for the first time on 8 September to study proposed revisions to disputed articles in the nation's Islamist-backed 2012 constitution. Its fi...

Cape Town News

Cape Town clamps down on car washes

Environment 05 Sep, 2013

Cape Town is clamping down on "informal" car washes in an effort to preserve water, as it examines more effective ways of managing water use. Authorities say that too much water is being wasted at...

Lagos News

Lagos steps up demolition of illegal buildings

City 05 Sep, 2013

The Lagos state government has pledged to demolish illegal structures built around the city's fuel pipelines and drainage canals and under high tension electricity cable lines. The environment comm...

Nairobi News

Nairobi raises city charges

City 05 Sep, 2013

A bill signed into law by Nairobi governor Evans Kidero will see a sharp increase in the city's rents, rates, taxes and service charges, pushing the cost of living even further in the Kenyan capital....

Arusha News

Arusha tackles traffic congestion

Transport 04 Sep, 2013

A number of busy two-way thoroughfares in Arusha are soon to be changed into one-way streets as part of efforts to decongest the traffic-clogged city centre. The biggest initial changes will affect...

Nairobi News

Nairobi to open e-waste recycling plant

Environment 04 Sep, 2013

An e-waste recycling plant due to open in Nairobi by the end of the year will separate and dismantle electronic waste (known as e-waste) including domestic appliances, ICT electronics and cellular pho...

Addis Ababa News

Chinese firm to build new HQ for NIB

Real Estate 03 Sep, 2013

Construction of the new 35-storey headquarters for Ethiopia's NIB International Bank is to be carried out by Chinese construction firm China Railway No.3, with work scheduled to begin around the end o...

Lagos News

Lagos is world's fourth least liveable city

City 02 Sep, 2013

Lagos has been rated the fourth least liveable city in the world by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), an independent forecasting and advisory business within the Economist Group. The annual su...

Cairo News

Cairo film festival called off

Culture 29 Aug, 2013

The 36th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), which was scheduled for November, has been cancelled and rescheduled in September 2014. The festival's board of directors said the...

Nairobi News

Nairobi switches to digital television

Telecoms 29 Aug, 2013

Nairobi is set to make the switch from analogue television to digital on 13 December. The move is being taken in line with the global resolution passed by the Geneva-based International Telecommunica...

Accra News

Supreme Court upholds Ghanaian election

Politics 29 Aug, 2013

Ghana's Supreme Court has upheld the result of last December's presidential election following a legal challenge by the opposition. The announcement was made amid tight security at the court hous...

Accra News

Tension in Ghana ahead of court election verdict

Politics 27 Aug, 2013

Security will be tight around the Accra court house on 29 August ahead of the supreme court's ruling on the validity of last December's election which saw John Dramani Mahama of the governing National...

Cairo News

Mubarak to be placed under house arrest in Egypt

Politics 22 Aug, 2013

Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is to be placed under house arrest after being released from Cairo's Tora prison on 22 August. The order for house arrest has been made by the office of the...

Nairobi News

Kenyatta international airport closed by fire

Transport 06 Aug, 2013

Nairobi's international Kenyatta airport has been closed indefinitely by a large fire in the arrivals terminal. Passengers have been evacuated and incoming flights diverted, mainly to Mombasa. Some ai...

Addis Ababa News

Ethiopia signs major broadband deal

Telecoms 04 Aug, 2013

Addis Ababa will have a high-speed 4G broadband network and there will be 3G service throughout the rest of the country within two years, thanks to a $700 million agreement between Ethiopia and Huawei...

Lagos News

Lagos crackdown on drying laundry in public

Environment 04 Aug, 2013

The Lagos state government has warned of tough new measures to curb the practice of hanging laundry out to dry in public. The Lagos environment commissioner Tunji Bello said authorities would "seal...

Cape Town News

Cape Town targets breast cancer

General 04 Aug, 2013

South African breast cancer community carer Pink Drive has opened its first permanent education centre on Belgravia Road in the Athlone district of Cape Town. The Pink Drive education and walk-in c...

Dar Es Salaam News

New budget flights from Dar es Salaam to Johannesburg

Transport 01 Aug, 2013

African budget carrier FastJet is to offer low-cost flights between Dar es Salaam and Johannesburg in South Africa from 27 September. The airline will offer four weekly flights and the first...

Maputo News

Mozambique election date announced

Politics 01 Aug, 2013

General elections will be held in October 2014, following an announcement by Mozambican president Armando Guebuza on 31 July. Presidential, parliamentary and regional assembly votes will take place...

Cairo News

Morsi accused of Hamas connections

General 25 Jul, 2013

The Egyptian state prosecutor has ordered the detention of ousted former president Mohammed Morsi for 15 days pending an investigation into a variety of accusations against him, according to a report...

Arusha News

Swine fever outbreak in Arusha

Health 24 Jul, 2013

Arusha city council has imposed a quarantine on the movement of livestock in a bid to halt the spread of the African swine fever virus (ASFV) following the deaths of hundreds of infected pigs around t...

Accra News

Accra hosts Singapore trade office

Economy 24 Jul, 2013

Singapore has opened a trade and investment centre in Accra to promote economic partnership between Singapore, Ghana and other countries in the west Africa sub-region. The International Enterprise...

Cairo News

Cairo Opera House cancels Ramadan Evenings

Culture 24 Jul, 2013

The Cairo Opera House has cancelled this year's Ramadan Evenings over security concerns in the capital. The programme of events, which was reportedly to be smaller than usual, had been scheduled to ta...

Nairobi News

Nairobi could host Africa’s third tallest building

City 24 Jul, 2013

A 31-storey extension to the existing eight-storey Hazina Trade Centre in central Nairobi is set to make the building potentially the third tallest in Africa. Following the 18-month construction wo...

Cape Town News

Cape Town considers desalination

Infrastructure 22 Jul, 2013

Cape Town is conducting a feasibility study into establishing a giant desalination plant to turn sea water into potable water for the city's residents. The report, which is due for completion in De...

Cairo News

Morsi "abducted" says family

Politics 22 Jul, 2013

The family of ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi has claimed he has been abducted by the country's military. Morsi's family, who has had no contact with him since his removal from office on 3...

Cape Town News

Cape Town examines bike-share scheme

Transport 21 Jul, 2013

Cape Town is investigating the feasibility of a bike-share programme for use in the city centre to help create a more "liveable city" according to transport councillor Brett Herron. The feasibility s...

Lagos News

Lagos to use paving stones

Infrastructure 21 Jul, 2013

Lagos is to replace asphalt with paving stones on the city's roads most prone to flooding. The paving stones, which allow for more effective drainage, are to be used in the traditionally waterlogged...

Dar Es Salaam News

Dar es Salaam to boost railway services

Transport 21 Jul, 2013

The Tanzanian government has unveiled major plans to invest in the rail network in the Dar es Salaam region. As part of its Sh137.6bn investment in Tanzania Railway Limited (TRL) over the 2013/14 f...

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