Accra News
Ghanaians in Libya return to Accra
Thousands of Ghanaians are stranded in Libya following the outbreak of political unrest and violence in the north African state. Statistics from Ghana's embassy in Tripoli put the number of Ghanaians...
Cape Town News
With the theme of "Water and Urbanisation" the South African government hosts a three day event in honour of the 2011 World Water Day in Cape Town, from 20 - 22 March. The global event, co-organised b...
Cape Town News
International jazz festival in Cape Town
More than 40 South African and international stars converge on Cape Town from 25-26 March to take part in the 12th annual Cape Town International Jazz Festival. Since it began 11 years ago the festiva...
Addis Ababa News
Addis Ababa hosts Indo-African summit
The Indian government has announced that Ethiopia is to host India's second international summit with African states in May. While it is believed that India's decision to hold the Indo-African summit...
Dar Es Salaam News
Sugar seminar in Dar es Salaam
Organised by the European Union, the EU-Africa Regional Sugar Seminar takes place on 8-10 March at the Sea Cliff Hotel in Dar es Salaam. The seminar provides an opportunity for African stakeholders an...
Accra News
Growing trade between Accra and Washington
Bilateral trade between the United States and Ghana grew by 48 per cent in 2010, reaching almost $1.3 billion. US investment in Ghana is currently valued at nearly $1 billion and is likely to increase...
Cairo News
All 24 of Egypt's museums and cultural institutions have reopened to the public after protests and violence forced them to close temporarily during the revolts that toppled the Mubarak regime.
Sin...
Arusha News
Arusha launches Think Asia campaign
The Tanzanian government has launched a campaign entitled "Think Asia" which is aimed at attracting tourists from Asia. Tanzania hopes that the strategy might attract at least 50,000 visitors out of t...
Cape Town News
Concern over Mandela Boulevard
Before Cape Town's Eastern Boulevard is re-named Nelson Mandela Boulevard, the Nelson Mandela Foundation has requested assurances from the city that Mandela's image will be protected against commercia...
Addis Ababa News
Protests against Ethiopia’s Gibe III dam
International environmental groups continue to protest against the construction of Gibe III, the biggest hydro-electric dam in Ethiopia. The latest protest, which took place on 20 February, saw campai...
Cape Town News
Ecological burn at Cape Town nature reserve
The city of Cape Town is planning a controlled "ecological" burn of a 50 hectare area on the north-western Plattekloof slopes of Tygerberg Nature Reserve in March.
The reserve is home to one of th...
Arusha News
Scientists exhume Laetoli footprints near Arusha
International experts have begun exhuming a famous set of 3.6 million-year-old human footprints from an ancient river bed at Laetoli near the Ngorongoro Crater conservation area 250km east of Arus...
Addis Ababa News
Addis Ababa voting registration extended
The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia has extended by one week the registration for voting in Addis Ababa
Lagos News
Fashola intensifies re-election campaign in Lagos
The governor of Lagos Babatunde Fashola of the main opposition party Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has intensified his campaign to be re-elected in the upcoming governorship election in April....
Addis Ababa News
The US embassy in Ethiopia has been relocated to a safer location on Entoto Road overlooking Addis Ababa. Housing both the US embassy to Ethiopia and the US mission to the African Union, the chancery...
Cairo News
The end came unexpectedly. Anyone watching ex-president Hosni Mubarak on television on the evening of 10 February would never have imaged that less than 24 hours later he would have left Cairo for goo...
Cairo News
Expectation high that Mubarak is to announce resignation
Expectations are high in Egypt that President Mubarak is about to announce his resignation. A television appearance is scheduled and the high council of the armed forces is in continuous session in or...
Cairo News
A roar went up from the square, of anger. About a minute into the president
Lagos News
Nigeria's voter registration extended
Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) extended its voter registration by two days until 7 February 2011 to facilitate those who have yet to enroll in the electoral register for th...
Accra News
The provisional results of the 2010 Population and Housing census by the Ghana Statistics Service (GSS) reveal that the country
Dar Es Salaam News
Sugar seminar in Dar es Salaam
Organised by the European Union, the EU-Africa Regional Sugar Seminar takes place on 8-10 March at the Sea Cliff Hotel in Dar es Salaam. The seminar provides an opportunity for African stakeholders an...
Cairo News
Mubarak government launches media offensive
To the background of continuing clashes in Cairo's central Tahrir Square between the supporters of President Murbarak and his opponents the presidential machine launched a combined public relations c...
Cairo News
Violence in Cairo leaves hundreds of injured
Several hundreds have been injured and at least one person dead in Cairo, according to news reports from Al Jezeera, as a result of clashes between supporters of President Mubarak and demonstrators wh...
Cairo News
No trains, no buses, no internet and no mobile phone connections have not deterred over a million demonstrators turning out in Cairo and across the country to demand the removal of Egypt
Addis Ababa News
African Union supports Kenya’s case against the ICC
The African Union (AU) has decided to support Kenya
Arusha News
World Bank offers to help re-route Serengeti road
The Tanzanian branch of the World Bank has confirmed that it is ready to help Tanzania in financing an alternative southern route for the controversial $480 million Arusha-Musoma highway through Senap...
Cairo News
Demonstrations into second week in Cairo
Demonstrators in Cairo continue to defy both a strict curfew and the deployment of military force on the ground and in the air after the appointment of two military men as President Hosni Mubarak
