Addis Ababa News
Ethiopian Airlines has announced new flights from Addis Ababa to Toronto, beginning on 16 July.
The airline said that the twice-weekly service will be the only regularly-scheduled non-stop flight f...
Accra News
Britain has provided funding for the training of 16,000 police officers in Ghana ahead of the country's upcoming parliamentary elections on 28 December.
The two-week election security tra...
Dar Es Salaam News
Increased water supply to Dar es Salaam
Tanzania is undertaking a major project to lay new water pipes from the Lower Ruvu water plant to supply Dar es Salaam and coastal regions, as part of plans to expand the plant's processing capacity f...
Cape Town News
Eight Nations international tournament in Cape Town
Cape Town welcomes the Eight Nations international football tournament, open to players under the age of 20, from 25 May to 3 June.
Organised by the Cape Town division of the South African Football...
Dar Es Salaam News
US-based soft drinks giant Coca-Cola, in conjunction with its Tanzanian bottling partners, has programmed $187 million investment in Tanzania over the next three years.
The investments will go into...
Addis Ababa News
Conservation plan for Ethiopia’s wild animals
Ethiopia has unveiled a conservation plan to protect three of its largest carnivores – the cheetah, wild dog and lion, whose natural environments are under increasing threat by development and h...
Dar Es Salaam News
Postal codes for Dar es Salaam
The Dar es Salaam region is to introduce postal codes as part of Tanzania's National Policy on Posts, 2003.
The project is being overseen by the Tanzanian Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (T...
Nairobi News
Major water shortage in Nairobi
Nairobi is expected to endure a significant decrease in water supply until the end of May after floods washed away one of the city's principal water sources in the Gakoe forest in Gatundu, 80 km north...
Maputo News
Mozambique authorises Shell’s bid for gas field
Mozambique's ministry of natural resources has given the green light to the bid by Royal Dutch Shell to buy out Cove Energy’s 8.5 per cent stake in a major gas field.
In April, Shell Bidco, a...
Dar Es Salaam News
Tanzanians against train fare increases
A request by Tanzania Railways Limited (TRL) to increase train fares by 50 per cent for third class and 25 per cent for first and second classes has been rejected by stakeholders and members of the pu...
Dar Es Salaam News
The Tanzania Electric Supply Company (TANESCO) said that water levels are decreasing at the country's hydro power plants, leaving the country to face a 133MW power deficit in its national grid.
The...
Cairo News
Egypt’s ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has shortened a nightly curfew in Cairo's central Abbasiya district, where violent scenes on 4 May resulted in one death and 373 wounded...
Lagos News
Striking doctors dismissed in Lagos
The Lagos state government has fired 788 doctors who have been on strike since 16 April.
The doctors began their strike – backed by Nigeria’s Medical Guild - over the alleged failure of...
Accra News
More Ghanaians learning German
An increasing amount of Ghanaians are learning the German language and embracing the country’s culture, according to Hanna Schlingman, head of the language department at the Goeth-Institut...
Maputo News
Ireland funds climate change action in Mozambique
Ireland is to provide €5m to assist the Mozambican government in minimising the adverse effects of climate change over the coming years.
The agreement was signed in Maputo on 7 May by represen...
Arusha News
AfDB funds construction of Arusha road
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is funding the construction of the 120-km Namanga-Arusha-Moshi-Holili road in Rombo district in north-eastern Tanzania. Situated in the Kilimanjaro region near the...
Cairo News
Violent clashes in Cairo leave 11 dead
11 people have been killed in Cairo after protesters were attacked outside Egypt's defence ministry in the capital's Abbasiya district on 2 May.
In addition to the fatalities, 150 people were injur...
Addis Ababa News
British multinational grocery retailer Tesco is in negotiations with the Ethiopian government with a view to begin trading in Ethiopia.
It is reported that Ethiopian government representatives bega...
Accra News
Nigeria’s Glo launches in Ghana
Nigerian-owned telecommunication giant Glo Mobile launched its services in Ghana on 29 April, becoming the sixth mobile provider to operate in the country after MTN, Vodafone, Tigo, Airtel and Express...
Accra News
Ghana makes history with immunisation programme
Ghana has become the first African country to launch a double vaccination programme against rotavirus and pneumococcal diseases, two of the country’s principal infant killer diseases. Rotavirus...
Cape Town News
Increased shark spotting in Cape Town
The city of Cape Town is considering plans to increase its shark spotting programme to include the Kogel Bay area after a great white shark killed a South African body-boarder there recently. The inci...
Accra News
Ghana Fashion & Design Week teams up with Vogue Italia
Vogue Italia has been announced as the international media partner of this year's Ghana Fashion and Design Week (GFDW), taking place in Accra on 5-7 October.
The best-selling fashion publication ha...
Arusha News
Surge in cell phone users in Tanzania
The number of mobile phone users in Tanzania is expected to grow from the current 21 million to over 36 million by 2015, according to a report from UK-based independent analysts Business Monitor Inter...
Nairobi News
Nairobi’s Ruai dump site opposed
The Kenyan ministry of local government has requested that Nairobi's city council source an alternative site for waste disposal, following opposition to a dump site in Ruai as proposed by the independ...
Addis Ababa News
The city is to relocate the Lion Zoo Park to a new site at Peacock Park in the Bole area of the capital. The 30 million birr deal between the city administration and local firm Defense Construction En...
Arusha News
EAC heads of state meet in Arusha
The tenth Extraordinary Summit of the East African Community (EAC) Heads of State takes place in Arusha, at the Ngurdoto Mountain Lodge, on 28 April.
Those attending the event include t...
Maputo News
Mozambique to buy gas from South Africa’s Sasol
Mozambique is to buy six million gigajoules (GJ) of gas from South African petrochemicals group Sasol, according to the state-owned Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH).
Until now most of the...
Dar Es Salaam News
Increased water supply for Dar es Salaam
The Tanzanian government has allocated some 653bn/- to boost water supply to Dar es Salaam by 2013.
The deputy minister for water Gerson Lwenge said that the government was implementing a programme...
Addis Ababa News
Hub of Africa fashion show in Addis Ababa
A sustainable development-themed fashion show is being held in Addis Ababa from 25 - 27 April.
The Hub of Africa fashion show is designed to showcase the creations of young African designers...
Maputo News
Mozambique and Tanzania sign forest agreement
Mozambique and Tanzania have signed an agreement to work together to improve the management of their forests and conservation areas.
The deal between the National Directorate of Land and Forests of...
