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Housing 16 Nov, 2011

Addis Ababa city government is planning to lift a previous height restriction on commercial buildings according to the Ethiopia

Maputo News

Anti-piracy agreement between South Africa and Mozambique

Politics 15 Nov, 2011

An anti-piracy agreement has been reached between South Africa and Mozambique, to be extended eventually to include Tanzania. The agreement was signed at the third South African-Mozambican Joint Perma...

Cape Town News

Cape Town’s Table Mountain among

Environment 14 Nov, 2011

Table Mountain was listed among the Seven Wonders of the World by the Swiss-based New7Wonders Foundation on 11 November. The win was the result of a global competition in which hundreds of millions of...

Addis Ababa News

Traffic accidents take their toll on Africa

Transport 14 Nov, 2011

Road accidents are the second cause of death for the 5-44 age group on the African continent and it is estimated that they cost African countries about $10 billion a year, or two per cent of the conti...

Addis Ababa News

Addis buildings to go higher

Housing 14 Nov, 2011

Addis Ababa city government is planning to lift a previous height restriction on commercial buildings according to the Ethiopia

Arusha News

Dodoma linked to Great North Road via Arusha

Transport 14 Nov, 2011

Upgrading work has begun on the Dodoma to Mayamaya road in central Tanzania. The country's prime minister Mizengo Pinda inaugurated the 44 km stretch, which is being surfaced with tarmac, on 12 Novemb...

Addis Ababa News

Major road project between Addis Ababa and Kenya

Transport 13 Nov, 2011

Major road project between Addis Ababa and Kenya Ethiopia and Kenya have signed a $743 million deal to construct an 880 km highway that will connect the two bordering east African countries. The A...

Dar Es Salaam News

Plans to redesign Tanzanian capital

Infrastructure 13 Nov, 2011

The Tanzanian capital city Dodoma is to have a radically-redrafted master plan introduced in January by an international South Korean-based engineering company Saman Corporation and Tanzanian firm Tah...

Arusha News

Arusha chapter of British Business Group opens

Economy 13 Nov, 2011

During his recent visit to Arusha Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, opened the Arusha chapter of the British Business Group, a network of ex-pats to promote British business in Tanzania....

Addis Ababa News

Addis Ababa reports water shortages

Environment 07 Nov, 2011

The city of Addis Ababa is experiencing acute water shortages at its wells in recent weeks, with power shortages and the end of the rainy season believed to be the cause. Districts such as Mekete...

Cape Town News

New direct flights to Cape Town

Transport 07 Nov, 2011

Air France has launched seasonal direct flights between Cape Town and Paris. The French company said it would consider extending the service all year-round if there is consistent demand throughout...

Lagos News

Nigerian capital on alert for terrorist attacks

Politics 07 Nov, 2011

After the bombings that killed more than 100 people in northeast Nigeria around the city of Damaturu, the US embassy in Nigeria is warning that the Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram, which c...

Cape Town News

Cape Town community TV goes global

Telecoms 03 Nov, 2011

Cape Town's community television channel CTV has begun streaming worldwide via the internet, enabling Cape Town expats to view television programmes from back home. It also has a daily news slot at 19...

Addis Ababa News

Ethiopia reduces charges against Swedish journalists

Politics 03 Nov, 2011

The two Swedish journalists facing trial for terrorism in Ethiopia have had some of the charges against them dropped. Photographer Johan Persson and reporter Martin Schibbye no longer face the charge...

Dar Es Salaam News

Tanzania to ban plastic bags

01 Nov, 2011

Tanzania is set to introduce a total ban on the manufacture and use of plastic bags, amending its 2006 ban on plastic bags of a thickness between 30 and 65 microns, which has proved difficult to enfor...

Cape Town News

Cape Town’s new diamond museum

Culture 01 Nov, 2011

The Cape Town Diamond Museum has recently opened in the city

Nairobi News

Kenya bombs Al-Shabab targets in Somalia

Politics 30 Oct, 2011

Medecins Sans Frontieres, the international medical and humanitarian organisation, says that Kenyan planes have struck a camp for displaced people in Somalia close to the border with Kenya, killing at...

Maputo News

China to finance Maputo-Catembe bridge

Infrastructure 30 Oct, 2011

China has agreed to finance a bridge over the Bay of Maputo, which will link the centre of the Mozambican capital to the district of Catembe on the southern side of the bay. Until now the project had...

Lagos News

RwandAir to launch direct flights to Lagos

Transport 30 Oct, 2011

RwandAir, the national air company of Rwanda, is to introduce direct flights from its capital Kigali to Lagos by the end of 2011. The company made the announcement after purchasing a 154-seater Bo...

Cape Town News

South Africa targets pollution

Environment 30 Oct, 2011

South Africa is to place limits for carbon emissions on the country

Cape Town News

Cape Town named World Design Capital 2014

City 26 Oct, 2011

Cape Town has been named World Design Capital 2014 by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design on the final day of its congress in Taipei, on 26 October. The first African city t...

Addis Ababa News

AU meet in Addis Ababa after Gaddafi death

Politics 23 Oct, 2011

The Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) has been authorised by the African Union (AU) to take their place in the AU, during an emergency meeting at the AU headquarters in Addis Ababa on 20 Octo...

Nairobi News

Counterfeit medicine circulating in Kenya

Health 20 Oct, 2011

Kenya's government is acting to remove thousands of counterfeit antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) from circulation across the country. The existence of the fake medicine first came to light in September whe...

Cape Town News

Cape Town hopes to win World Design Capital prize

Fashion 20 Oct, 2011

Cape Town is vying against Spain

Lagos News

Lagos proceeds with light rail project

Transport 20 Oct, 2011

The Lagos state government is proceeding with plans for a multi-billion dollar investment in the construction of an integrated light rail system designed to link various locations in the greater Lagos...

Cairo News

Japan to finance Cairo’s fourth metro line

Transport 20 Oct, 2011

Japan has granted Egypt a long-term loan of $1.2 billion to fund the planned fourth underground metro line in Cairo, following the Egyptian government

Nairobi News

Kenya cracks down on Al-Shabab

Politics 19 Oct, 2011

The Kenyan government has announced that it will launch a major security operation against followers of the Somali Islamist movement, Al-Shabab, based in the country

Accra News

Doctors’ strike continues in Ghana

Health 17 Oct, 2011

Ghana

Cairo News

Cairo withdraws from hosting Olympic event

Sport 17 Oct, 2011

The Egyptian Football Association has pulled out of hosting the African men's football Olympic qualifying tournament which was due to be held in Cairo from 26 November to 10 December. Egypt told th...

Arusha News

Mining conference in Arusha

Economy 17 Oct, 2011

The Tanzanian Mining and Energy Conference and Exhibition (TMECE) is being held in Arusha from 19-20 October. At last 25 countries will be represented at the event which has been organised by Tanzania

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