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Affordable malaria medicine in pharmacies

Health 18 Aug, 2010

Elizabeth Juma, head of the malaria control division in Kenya's ministry of health, has confirmed that highly effective malaria drugs are now available to Kenyans from their local pharmacies at a grea...

Maputo News

Oil Discovery in Mozambique

Energy 18 Aug, 2010

US oil company Anadarko Petroleum Corporation has discovered oil deposits at a depth of 5,100 metres off the coast of northern Mozambique. The announcement was made by Mozambique's minister of mineral...

Cairo News

Cairo's Computerised Call to Prayer

Religion 15 Aug, 2010

For more than a millennium, Cairo's call to prayer has been communicated by a chosen person known as a muezzin, or muzim, from the top of the minarets at the city's 4,500 mosques. The muezzin leads th...

Cairo News

Cairo's Museum of Islamic Art Reopened

Culture 14 Aug, 2010

After a seven-year restoration programme, Cairo's Museum of Islamic Art was officially reopened by President Hosni Mubarak on 14 August. However the 25 galleries will not be open to the general public...

Addis Ababa News

Breakthrough Fossil Find in Ethiopia

History 12 Aug, 2010

A breakthrough discovery in Dikika, in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia, has provided unambiguous proof that our ancestors were capable of using stone implements to butcher meat 3.4 million years...

Dar Es Salaam News

Barclays Bank Invest in Eco-friendly Charcoal Production

Environment 11 Aug, 2010

Barclays Bank Tanzania, in collaboration with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has invested almost 1.5 billion Tanzanian shillings in projects related to environmentally-friendly charcoal production in t...

Lagos News

New Cargo Complex for Lagos Airport

Transport 10 Aug, 2010

A new cargo complex is to be built in Murtala Mohammed international airport in Lagos. In plans announced by the Nigerian Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO), the project will provide sufficient space w...

Cape Town News

Cape Town's Athlone Towers to be demolished

Infrastructure 09 Aug, 2010

One of Cape Town's most well-known landmarks is scheduled to disappear on 22 August. Both cooling towers from the decommissioned Athlone power station are to be demolished in the interests of public s...

Lagos News

New Voter Register for 2011 Nigerian elections

Politics 09 Aug, 2010

Nigeria's Independent Electoral Commission has announced that, subject to government funding, a new voters' register could be established in time for the next general elections in January 2011. Ce...

Dar Es Salaam News

Expansion of Kunduchi Water Park

Entertainment 09 Aug, 2010

The company which owns the largest water park in east and central Africa, Kunduchi Wet n' Wild Water Park north of Dar es Salaam, has begun a major expansion of the complex. Managing director of Kundu...

Nairobi News

Kenyans back new constitution

Politics 04 Aug, 2010

Kenyans voted by 6,016,550 votes to 2,712,952, or 68.9 per cent to 31.1 per cent, in favour of the new constitution in the 4 August referendum according to official results from 206 out of 210 constit...

Nairobi News

Polling peaceful in Kenya referendum

Politics 03 Aug, 2010

Vote counting is underway at polling stations across Kenya following the referendum on the new draft constitution, which surveys suggest will be approved. Despite reports of tension in the run-up t...

Nairobi News

Kenya prepares to vote on new constitution

Politics 02 Aug, 2010

On 4 August Kenyans are called to take part in a referendum on a proposed new constitution that has divided politicians and the country. 12.4 million Kenyans out of a total population of around 40...

Cairo News

Egyptair launches south Sudan service

Transport 29 Jul, 2010

Egypt

Nairobi News

New head for Kenya Anti Corruption Commission

Crime 29 Jul, 2010

Renowned constitutional lawyer Patrick Lumumba has been sworn in as head of the Kenya Anti Corruption Commission (KACC). He replaces Judge Aaron Ringera, who resigned from the post of KACC director af...

Dar Es Salaam News

EU mission in Dar es Salaam to plant trees

Environment 29 Jul, 2010

The delegation of the European Union (EU) in Tanzania has pledged to plant over 5,000 trees a year to offset its annual carbon emissions, the local Guardian newspaper reports. Quoting a statement i...

Addis Ababa News

Ethiopia gets new telephone directory

Telecoms 28 Jul, 2010

State telecommunications provider Ethiopian Telecommunication Corporation (ETC) has finally launched its 2009 telephone directory over a year behind schedule due to contractual problems with the publi...

Maputo News

Mozambique increases visa costs

General 28 Jul, 2010

Mozambique has increased significantly the cost of tourist visas and temporary and permanent residence permits, local news sources report. O Pais reports that on 12 July temporary residence permits...

Addis Ababa News

Honorary doctorate for Ethiopia’s Catherine Hamlin

Health 28 Jul, 2010

The Australian doctor Catherine Hamlin has been awarded an honorary doctoral degree by Addis Ababa University (AAU) for her work in Ethiopia with women suffering from fistula injuries due to obstructe...

Lagos News

Nigerian elections to be held in January 2011

Politics 28 Jul, 2010

Nigeria

Addis Ababa News

Ethiopia examines wind power project

Energy 27 Jul, 2010

State electricity company Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) is considering an ambitious proposal for the construction of a 300 MW wind farm in eastern Ethiopia near the Djibouti border, the...

Maputo News

Mozambique and Botswana to develop deepwater port

Infrastructure 27 Jul, 2010

The governments of Mozambique and Botswana have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop a deepwater port at Techobanine Point in the district of Matutuine in southern Mozambique. The plans...

Nairobi News

African EASSy optic cable goes live

Telecoms 25 Jul, 2010

The East African Submarine Cable System (EASSy) linking Sudan to South Africa has gone into service, providing another boost for high-speed internet services in the region. In an email to wantedin...

Nairobi News

2010 African Athletics Championships in Nairobi

Sport 25 Jul, 2010

The 17th edition of the African senior athletics championships takes place from 28 July-1 August at Nyayo national stadium in Nairobi. Over 1,500 athletes and officials from across the continent are e...

Cape Town News

DA and ANC tie in Western Cape municipal by-elections

Politics 22 Jul, 2010

The leading national opposition party Democratic Alliance (DA) won three out of six seats in municipal ward by-elections in the Western Cape on 21 July, the independent electoral commission of South A...

Cape Town News

Cape Town’s Desmond Tutu to retire from public life

Humanitarian 22 Jul, 2010

Desmond Tutu, Anglican archbishop emeritus of Cape Town and 1984 Nobel peace laureate, has announced that he will be withdrawing from public life starting later this year in order to spend more time w...

Arusha News

Serengeti road becomes Tanzanian election issue

Infrastructure 22 Jul, 2010

Tanzania

Cairo News

Play Causes Controversy in Cairo

Culture 21 Jul, 2010

Since Eve Ensler

Cape Town News

Cape Town book fair

Culture 21 Jul, 2010

The fifth edition of the annual Cape Town book opens on 30 July at the international convention centre in the city centre. The first day of the fair is devoted entirely to publishers, institutional...

Accra News

Road Deaths on the Increase in Ghana

Crime 20 Jul, 2010

Between January and June this year, 533 people have died and 2,960 people have received injuries in 3,516 road accidents recorded in Ghana. Based on statistics from the same period last year, there is...

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