Cape Town News
As the world celebrates the annual Nelson Mandela International Day on 18 July, the man to whom the day is dedicated remains in a "critical but stable condition" at a hospital in Pretoria, the country...
Addis Ababa News
Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan start Nile talks
Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan are to begin negotiations on recommendations by a technical committee on the Ethiopian Nile dam project, according to a joint statement released by the Egyptian and Ethiopian...
Addis Ababa News
New railway between Addis Ababa and Djibouti
Construction of an 800-km railway line connecting Addis Ababa and Djibouti City was inaugurated by Ethiopian prime minister Hailemariam Desalegn and Djiboutian president Ismail Omar Guelleh at the beg...
Cairo News
Egypt's acting president and head of its supreme constitutional court, Adly Mansour, issued a decree on 8 July providing an election timetable in a bid to halt the continuing civil unrest between Egyp...
Cairo News
Egyptian army overthrows president
The Egyptian army removed president Mohammed Morsi from power on Wednesday 3 July, following a military ultimatum which expired earlier that day. In a televised address, army chief General Abdul Fatt...
Cairo News
Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi refused to step down late on Tuesday 2 July, following a day in which clashes between his supporters and opponents claimed at least 16 lives in the greater Cairo area...
Cairo News
Protesters demanding the resignation of Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi are preparing for a second day of demonstrations on Monday 1 July.
Tens of thousands of Egyptians demonstrated in Cairo's...
Maputo News
Mozambique faces growing political instability
Mozambican president Armando Guebuza has fired his army chief Paulino Jose Macaringue, amid escalating fears of a return to civil war with Renamo rebels, two decades after the end of a 16-year conflic...
Cape Town News
Giant Mandela portrait unveiled in Cape Town
A giant portrait in honour of Nelson Mandela has appeared over the 11-storey Civic Centre in Cape Town, as the condition of the former South African president is described as "critical".
The 42m-hi...
Maputo News
Dutch consortium design water project for Maputo
A Dutch consortium of engineering and water supply companies has been commissioned by Mozambique's Fund for Water Supply Investment and Assets (FIPAG) to design a major drinking water distribution sys...
Lagos News
The Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned its judgement until 9 July in the ongoing case surrounding the propriety of the tolling concession for the newly-opened Lekki-Ikoyi suspension bridge....
Addis Ababa News
Tensions between Ethiopia and Egypt over dam
Ethiopia and Egypt are holding high-level talks amid the ongoing crisis over water-sharing, arising from Ethiopia's construction of the $4.2bn Grand Renaissance Dam in the Benishangul-Gumuz region, ab...
Nairobi News
Nairobi severs illegal water connections
The Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company (NCWSC) is in the process of severing illegal water connections throughout the city as part of its ongoing crackdown aimed at improving the flow of treated...
Accra News
Accra launches international film festival
The inaugural Accra International Film Festival (AIFF) takes place in the Ghanaian capital from 25-30 June.
Central to the festival is its tribute to 15 African and American actors who have made a...
Maputo News
Voter registration still slow in Mozambique
Less than 15 per cent of Mozambique's 3.5 million eligible voters had registered following the third week of the current voter registration exercise, according to the country’s Electoral Adminis...
Cape Town News
Cape Town plans Mandela statue
Cape Town plans to erect a statue of former South African president Nelson Mandela on the city's Grand Parade, the site of his first public speech following his release from prison in 1990.
The ann...
Accra News
Virgin Atlantic discontinues Accra - London service
Virgin Atlantic is to discontinue its flights between Accra and London's Heathrow airport from 23 September, after operating the service for over three years.
Virgin said the operation of its fiv...
Dar Es Salaam News
China invests in major new Tanzanian port
Tanzania had signed a deal with China Merchants Holdings International for the construction of a major new port in Bagamoyo, located 75km northwest of Dar es Salaam.
The development will also inclu...
Addis Ababa News
Major human rights rally in Addis Ababa
A human rights rally in Addis Ababa on 2 June attracted about 10,000 supporters, according to Reuters.
The anti-government demonstration, which had received the go-ahead from authorities, was the...
Maputo News
Mozambique starts voter registration
A voter registration programme began in Mozambique on 25 May and runs until 23 July, ahead of the nation's presidential election in 2014.
The registration process got off to a shaky start due to te...
Cairo News
The management of Cairo Opera House as well as the cast of current production Aida have gone on strike in protest over the sacking of Cairo Opera director Ines Abdel-Dayem by the newly-appointed cultu...
Addis Ababa News
The African Union (AU) has demanded that the International Criminal Court (ICC) drop its proceedings against Kenya's recently-elected president Uhuru Kenyatta and vice president William Ruto, both of...
Cairo News
Egypt is to introduce a trial "smart card" system for subsidised fuel in July and August, allowing consumers to buy a limited amount of subsidised fuel, beyond which they must pay market prices. The...
Lagos News
Lagos bans out-of-hours construction
The Lagos state government has banned construction work on weekends, public holidays and at night.
The move was announced on 21 May by planning minister Toyin Ayinde, who said the law addresses the...
Accra News
Four people were killed and 30 seriously injured at a church in Accra on 19 May in a stampede by churchgoers seeking water with allegedly curative powers.
Thousands flocked to the church on Sphinte...
Arusha News
Bombed Arusha church to become pilgrimage site
The Catholic archdiocese in Arusha has declared the Olasiti church, where three people lost their lives in an explosion on 5 May, as a pilgrimage site.
In addition to the three casualties, 60 peopl...
Nairobi News
Major construction project at Nairobi University
The University of Nairobi has launched the construction of a 22-storey building at its main campus in the city's central business district, to meet increasing academic activities and provide expanded...
Addis Ababa News
Tourism and Hospitality Week in Addis Ababa
The inaugural Tourism and Hospitality Week is to be held in Addis Ababa by the Catering and Tourism Training Institute (CTTI) under the aegis of the ministry of culture and tourism.
The three-day e...
Dar Es Salaam News
Dar es Salaam counts over 5,000 homeless children
The Dar es Salaam region had a total of 5,580 children living and working on the streets as of June 2012, according to research conducted by the country’s health ministry in collaboration with t...
Accra News
New international airport for Accra
The Ghanaian government has acquired land for the construction of a new airport at Ningo-Prampram in the rural Dangme West district of the greater Accra region, to replace the existing Kotoka Internat...
