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Six-month ultimatum for illegal Lagos land owners

Economy 05 Aug, 2012

The state government of Lagos has warned that residents who have acquired land using fake documentation have six months to regularise their situation or face penalties. The governor of Lagos Babatu...

Cairo News

Egypt announces new cabinet

Politics 02 Aug, 2012

Egypt's new prime minister Hesham Kandil and his cabinet were sworn in on 2 August, becoming the first government since the inauguration of the president Mohammed Mursi on 30 June. The little-known...

Cairo News

Courts defer ruling on Egypt’s constitutional assembly

Politics 31 Jul, 2012

A Cairo court deferred a ruling on the legitimacy of Egypt’s constitutional assembly until 24 September, extending the ongoing legal row that has overshadowed the country's transition to democra...

Cape Town News

Cape Flats protests over lack of services in Cape Town

Welfare 31 Jul, 2012

At least two people were arrested and four intersections of major roads in the Nyanga area of Cape Flats were closed to traffic at the end of July following the latest violent protest over the lack of...

Dar Es Salaam News

Teachers divided over strike in Tanzania

Education 31 Jul, 2012

Some of Tanzania's 200,000 primary and secondary school teachers began a strike for better working conditions on 30 July. The striking teachers are demanding a more than 100 per cent increase...

Dar Es Salaam News

Kenya returns fossils to Tanzania

History 30 Jul, 2012

Kenya has returned thousands of hominid fossils taken from Tanzanian archaeological sites in the 1930s to the recently-expanded National Museum of Tanzania and the adjacent House of Culture in Dar es...

Nairobi News

Venezuelan in Kenyan court over diplomatic murder

Crime 30 Jul, 2012

Kenyan police arrested a senior Venezuelan diplomat on 30 July in relation to the murder of Venezuela's chargé d'affaires, who had been her country’s acting ambassador to Kenya since 15 J...

Nairobi News

Suggestion boxes at Lagos schools

Education 30 Jul, 2012

Suggestion boxes for children to report instances of abuse or harassment by parents, guardians, teachers and others have been introduced in all public secondary schools across Lagos State. The init...

Accra News

John Atta Mills successor sworn in

Politics 24 Jul, 2012

Ghana’s president John Atta Mills died suddenly on Tuesday 24 July. He had recently returned from treatment in the United States and was thought to have been suffering from throat cancer. Howeve...

Arusha News

Swahili teachers for work in Uganda

Education 23 Jul, 2012

Dr Shukuru Kawambwa, the Tanzanian Minister of Education and Vacation Training, recently welcomed with enthusiasm the suggestion of their neighbouring country Uganda to import Swahili teachers from Ta...

Dar Es Salaam News

Ferry disaster in Zanzibar

General 19 Jul, 2012

Three days of national mourning have been declared in Zanzibar after a Tanzanian ferry carrying an estimated 290 passengers capsized near the main island of Zanzibar on 18 July. The tragedy has lef...

Cape Town News

Doing Business in Africa

Animals 19 Jul, 2012

Doing Business in Africa is the subject of a seminar in Cape Town on 25-26 July organised by the Cape Chamber of Commerce and First National/Rand Merchant Bank. Subjects under discussion include tr...

Accra News

Ghanaian parliament bans smoking in public places

Health 18 Jul, 2012

The parliament in Ghana has introduced legislation banning smoking in public places, with the new law awaiting final approval from the country’s president John Atta-Mills. The legislation follo...

Arusha News

Arusha to host major diabetes congress

Health 18 Jul, 2012

Arusha is hosting an international summit aimed at addressing ways of improving life for people living with diabetes and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs), from 25-28 July. The inaugural Afric...

Lagos News

Lagos demolition may leave thousands homeless

Animals 17 Jul, 2012

Demolition on a large waterfront slum in the Makoko district of Lagos could leave tens of thousands people destitute. Residents of Makoko, a shanty town on stilts over the city's lagoon, were given...

Addis Ababa News

Dlamini-Zuma elected head of AU Commission

Politics 16 Jul, 2012

South African home affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma was elected as chairperson of the African Union (AU) Commission at the 19th African Summit in Addis Ababa on 15 July, and she was sworn in as...

Cairo News

Egypt’s new president heads for African summit

Politics 12 Jul, 2012

Newly-elected Egyptian president Mohamed Mursi will attend the African Union’s (AU) African summit in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on 15-16 July. Mursi’s participation marks the first...

Maputo News

Mozambique’s demining programme continues

General 11 Jul, 2012

Almost 20 million sqm of Mozambican land deemed dangerous due to anti-personnel land mines had been made safe between 2008 and 2011 as part of Mozambique's National Mine Action Plan, according to fore...

Addis Ababa News

African Union summit in Addis Ababa

Politics 11 Jul, 2012

The African Union's 19th African Summit is being held in Addis Ababa on 15-16 July, following its heads of state and government assembly which began on 9 July. Ahead of the summit, the African Unio...

Maputo News

Mozambique suggests extension of anti-piracy patrols to Kenya

Crime 11 Jul, 2012

Mozambique has suggested the anti-piracy patrols it currently undertakes in collaboration with South Africa and Tanzania should be extended further north to cover Kenyan waters. Mozambican defence...

Nairobi News

South Korean strengthens ties with Kenya

Economy 11 Jul, 2012

The University of Nairobi is to establish a South Korean Study Centre following an agreement with the Korean Foundation, an independent organisation affiliated to South Korea's foreign affairs ministr...

Lagos News

Repair works on Lagos Third Mainland Bridge

Infrastructure 10 Jul, 2012

Work to upgrade the Third Mainland Bridge connecting Lagos Island with the mainland began on 7 July and is expected to take up to four months. The 12-km bridge is the longest of the three bridges c...

Accra News

Accra-Tema train service suspended for works

Infrastructure 10 Jul, 2012

The 24-km inter-urban railway line between Accra and neighbouring town Tema faces being suspended for up to six weeks following plans to remove Accra's overhead Bailey bridge. The existing temporar...

Maputo News

Mozambique gives green light for Moatize-Malawi railway

Infrastructure 10 Jul, 2012

The Mozambican government has awarded the tender for construction of the Moatize-Malawi railway and the Nacala-a-Velha branch line to the Integrated Northern Logistics Corridor (CLIN), which is a part...

Maputo News

Major ivory theft in Maputo

Animals 10 Jul, 2012

Maputo authorities have confirmed the theft of 266 elephant tusks, weighing six tons, from the country's National Directorate of Land and Forests (DNTF), a guarded institution under the aegis of the M...

Cape Town News

Cape Town battles with baboons

Animals 10 Jul, 2012

Cape Town has introduced measures to deal with recent forays by baboons into the small seaside town of Gordon's Bay in the Western Cape. It follows an increasing number of reports in recent weeks o...

Arusha News

Kenyan University inaugurates Arusha Campus

Education 09 Jul, 2012

The Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology has officially launched its Arusha Centre at the beginning of July 2012. Short Executive Courses for executives and senior officers in gov...

Cairo News

Mursi orders parliament to reconvene

Politics 08 Jul, 2012

Egypt’s newly-elected president Mohammed Mursi has ordered the Islamist-dominated parliament to reconvene until new elections can be held, in defiance of the generals who dissolved it days befor...

Lagos News

Lagos-Kano train to resume

Transport 08 Jul, 2012

The Lagos-Kano express train service is to recommence by the end of July, according to the head of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC). Adeseyi Sijuwade said that the final checks were currently...

Dar Es Salaam News

Swiss chocolate produced in Dar es Salaam

Economy 08 Jul, 2012

Swiss chocolate company Neuchatel Chocolate is to establish a facility at Dar es Salaam’s Export Processing Zone (EPZ) in September, when it will produce chocolates for export. The premium choc...

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