Dar Es Salaam News
Charges over Zanzibar ferry disaster
Four people have been charged with causing the deaths of 203 people when an over-crowded ferry sank off Nungwi, a beach resort north of Zanzibar Island, in the early hours of 10 September.
The capt...
Lagos News
Flood-damaged housing to be demolished in Lagos
343 structures are to be demolished in the Ifako-Ijaiye municipality north of Lagos. The dwellings, on Odejobi Street in the Alausa Ikeja district, were extensively damaged in the July floods that dis...
Addis Ababa News
The Ethiopian government has arrested four members of opposing political parties, and one journalist, for allegedly plotting terrorist attacks against state security. The five arrested on 14 September...
Nairobi News
Over 100 people perished in a fire in the densely-populated Lunga Lunga industrial area of Nairobi on 12 September.
Police believe that the fire started after a cigarette butt was dropped into a f...
Dar Es Salaam News
Tanzania counts the toll of another ferry tragedy
As Tanzania mourns those drowned in the ferry disaster off the island of Zanzibar on 10 September questions are being asked once again about the safety of the country
Cairo News
Egyptian protestors attack Israeli embassy
The Israeli ambassador to Egypt and most of the embassy staff have flown out of the country in the wake of attacks on the embassy by protestors, which broke out after prayers on Friday.
Only the c...
Addis Ababa News
Ethiopia cracks down on journalists
Ethiopia charged two Swedish freelance journalists with terrorism, at a court in Addis Ababa on 6 September. Reporter Martin Schibbye and photographer Johan Persson had been held in jail since they we...
Cairo News
Mubarak trial resumes in Cairo
The trial of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, who is accused of ordering the killing of protesters during Egypt
Maputo News
Maputo threatened by fruit fly invasion
A fruit fly invasion, which has caused havoc in the central Mozambican province of Manica, is now travelling south to the provinces of Maputo, Inhambane and Gaza, despite the current ban on exporting...
Maputo News
All Africa Games begin in Maputo
The tenth All Africa Games were inaugurated on 3 September with a lively opening ceremony at the 42,000-seater Zimpeto National Stadium in Maputo. Accompanied by African drums, traditional Mozambican...
Maputo News
All Africa Games underway in Maputo
The tenth All Africa Games were inaugurated on 3 September with a lively opening ceremony at the 42,000-seater Zimpeto National Stadium in Maputo.
Accompanied by African drums, traditional Mozambi...
Nairobi News
The Kenyan government has commissioned a feasibility study to develop alternative water sources for Kenya
Dar Es Salaam News
New refuse trucks for Dar es Salaam
Four refuse trucks have been donated to the Kinondoni district in Dar es Salaam by an environmental agency. The vehicles are worth $300,000 and were a gift from the Ecology Protection Company (ECO)....
Cairo News
Egypt walls off Israeli embassy in Cairo
Egyptian has erected a 2.5m high concrete wall around Israel's embassy in the city of Giza, in the western suburbs of Cairo, amid escalating tensions between the two countries. The governor of Giza, A...
Cape Town News
A thick oil slick has washed up on a one-kilometre stretch of beach at Blouberg in Cape Town on 3 September. The crude oil had leaked from the Seli 1 bulk-carrier ship which ran aground near Table Bay...
Accra News
The fourth West & Central Africa Mining Summit takes place in Accra from 25-27 September.
Topics up for discussion include regional mining regulations and tax information, the outlook on foreign in...
Dar Es Salaam News
Japan finances Rusumo bridge on Tanzania-Rwanda border
Japan has granted Tanzania almost
Nairobi News
High-speed, low-cost broadband in Nairobi
A recent partnership between international internet giant Google and ISP Wananchi Group, a Nairobi-based telecoms provider, has resulted in the launch of a low-cost, high-speed wireless broadband netw...
Cape Town News
The city of Cape Town has issued swimmers with shark warnings and has drawn attention to the seasonal increase in the presence of Great White Sharks around in-shore areas along the Western Cape.
T...
Arusha News
Safari International Marathon in Arusha
The second edition of the annual Safari International Marathon is scheduled to take place in Arusha on 18 September.
Organisers hope to attract over 1,000 participants, with contestants confirmed...
Maputo News
Tenth All Africa Games in Maputo
48 African nations are participating in the tenth All Africa Games at Zimpeto Stadium in Maputo on 3 September. An estimated 5,000 athletes are expected to take part in 23 different sports over the tw...
Cairo News
Tourism in Egypt dropped 28 per cent from January to July 2011 according to the latest figures from the Egyptian Tourism Authority (ETA).
In the wake of the revolution that ousted President Mubara...
Maputo News
New flights to Maputo from South Africa
The airline company Comair, which operates British Airways flights in southern Africa, is launching scheduled services from Lanseria International Airport between Pretoria and Johannesburg to Maputo a...
Lagos News
Chinese trade mission visits Lagos
A trade mission of 38 Chinese entrepreneurs and government officials visited Free Trade Zones (FTZ) in Lagos State and Ogun State in late August with a view to establishing businesses in Nigeria. The...
Accra News
Ghana ranks high on peace list
Ghana is ranked as the third most peaceful country in Africa after Botswana and Malawi, according to the 2011 Global Peace Index published by the Institute of Economics and Peace in the United States....
Addis Ababa News
Measles vaccinations start in Ethiopian refugee camp
Measles has broken out in a refugee camp for Somalis in southern Ethiopia. In the Kobe camp near Dollo Ado in the south-east of the country 47 people were diagnosed with measles at the beginning of Au...
Dar Es Salaam News
Dar es Salaam drivers running out of fuel
Vehicles in Dar es Salam are slowing to a halt as filling stations run out of petrol. Oil companies are refusing to re-supply service stations in protest against government-imposed cuts of 9.17 per ce...
Nairobi News
Aladwa elected mayor of Nairobi
George Aladwa of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has been elected as the new mayor of Nairobi. He won 57 votes to 45 for James Gakuya of the Party of National Unity (PNU).
Aladwa has been act...
