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Dar Es Salaam News

Energy 20 Jul, 2010

London-based oil and gas exploration and production company Ophir Energy is to start prospecting for oil off the coast of Tanzania in what will be the first ever deepwater drilling project in the coun...

Dar Es Salaam News

Tanzania’s Precision Air in initial public offering

Transport 19 Jul, 2010

The privately owned airline Precision Air, Tanzania

Cape Town News

Cape Town MyCiTi inner city loop service to end

Transport 18 Jul, 2010

The MyCiTi inner city loop service is to end on 18 July but should return in an improved version later this year, the Cape Town city council has said. The bus service, which travels in a clockwise...

Cape Town News

Amazon to open customer service centre in Cape Town

Retail 18 Jul, 2010

Amazon to open customer service centre in Cape Town United States on-line retail giant Amazon has announced that it is to open a customer services centre in Cape Town later this year, five years af...

Cape Town News

Nelson Mandela Day

Politics 16 Jul, 2010

18 July is Nelson Mandela Day and the 92nd birthday of the iconic anti-apartheid activist, 1993 Nobel peace laureate and first president of the democratic South Africa Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela. For t...

Nairobi News

Kenya police in pay rise dispute

Crime 14 Jul, 2010

Junior police officers in Kenya are protesting against what they describe as a meagre pay rise, raising concerns about security during the referendum on the proposed new constitution on 4 August....

Accra News

SIM card sales down in Accra

Telecoms 13 Jul, 2010

SIM card sales have declined in Accra since compulsory registration came into effect in the middle of June. As a result of a directive from the National Communications Authority all existing and new S...

Lagos News

Nigerian oil firm in row over insolvency claim

Economy 13 Jul, 2010

Nigeria

Maputo News

Maputo provincial hospital ready in 2011

Health 13 Jul, 2010

Work is underway to build a new provincial hospital in Matola, near Maputo, taking pressure off existing facilities in the capital. The construction of the $9.5 million hospital is running slightl...

Cape Town News

New xenophobic violence in Cape Town

Crime 13 Jul, 2010

There has been renewed xenophobic violence in the Western Cape, with scores of foreigners reportedly seeking refuge in local police stations following attacks on shops run by foreigners. Local medi...

Nairobi News

US in Kenya constitution controversy

Politics 13 Jul, 2010

United States ambassador to Kenya Michael Ranneberger has come under fire from opponents of the new draft constitution for allegedly taking sides in favour of the

Nairobi News

Kenya MPs desert parliament over pay rise

Politics 13 Jul, 2010

Parliamentary activity ground to a halt on 14 July after MPs failed to show up for business in support of their demand for a controversial pay rise that is opposed by most ordinary Kenyans, the Daily...

Cape Town News

South Africa praised for World Cup organisation

Sport 11 Jul, 2010

The 2010 FIFA World Cup drew to a close in South Africa on 11 July with Spain

Cape Town News

Olufemi Terry wins African Booker prize with Stickfighting Days

11 Jul, 2010

Cape Town resident Olufemi Terry, originally from Sierra Leone, is the winner of this year

Lagos News

Nigeria and China to build oil refineries

09 Jul, 2010

Nigeria and China are pursuing plans to build three oil refineries in Lagos, Kogi and Bayelsa states under a $23 billion provisional deal agreed in May. The start of construction is dependent on the c...

Nairobi News

British passport application changes in Nairobi

General 08 Jul, 2010

The British High Commission in Nairobi has announced that after 31 July all British passport applications will no longer be processed in Nairobi but in Pretoria, South Africa. Details about the pr...

Nairobi News

Africa internet disrupted by Seacom fault

Telecoms 07 Jul, 2010

High-speed internet services in parts of east and southern Africa have been disrupted due to a fault in the new Seacom underwater fibre-optic cable. The exact cause of the problem is still being i...

Addis Ababa News

Ancient Ethiopian Garima Gospels restored

Religion 07 Jul, 2010

British and French specialists working at a remote monastery in Ethiopia have helped restore what could be among the oldest surviving illustrated Christian manuscripts, the June 2010 issue of The Art...

Lagos News

Nigeria president reverses football ban

Sport 07 Jul, 2010

Nigeria

Cairo News

Makro store opens in Cairo

Retail 06 Jul, 2010

The international retail company Metro Group has opened its first wholesale cash-and-carry supermarket in Egypt, in the El Salam City district on the outskirts of Cairo. The store, which operates unde...

Lagos News

Lagos and Abuja airports to get upgrade

Transport 06 Jul, 2010

Nigeria

Arusha News

Tenure of Arusha Rwanda tribunal judges extended

Crime 05 Jul, 2010

The United Nations Security Council has agreed to extend the terms of office of the judges sitting on the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha to allow them to complete their wo...

Lagos News

Nigeria football ban sparks controversy

Sport 04 Jul, 2010

The International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) has threatened to expel Nigeria from world football unless the country

Dar Es Salaam News

Second container terminal for Dar es Salaam

Transport 04 Jul, 2010

Congestion at the port of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Dar Es Salaam News

Independent candidates excluded from Tanzania elections

Politics 04 Jul, 2010

Independent candidates have been excluded from the forthcoming presidential and parliamentary elections in Tanzania following an appeal court ruling upholding the constitutional obligation for all con...

Lagos News

Lagos residents’ registration bill

General 04 Jul, 2010

Lagos state government is trying to introduce legislation providing for the registration of all people living in the state to help plan and implement development projects for the population. The s...

Cairo News

Egypt Human Development Report 2010

General 04 Jul, 2010

Unemployment, poverty and lack of political participation are three of the main problems facing young people in Egypt according to the Egypt Human Development Report 2010, which was released at the en...

Nairobi News

Oppostion grows to pay rise for Kenyan MPs

Politics 04 Jul, 2010

Kenya

Cairo News

Cairo’s Garden City villa to be restored

Culture 02 Jul, 2010

US and Egyptian experts are involved in a joint project to restore Villa Castagli in the leafy Garden City district in central Cairo. The building, one of a number of stately villas built in this...

Cairo News

New Egypt tobacco tax

Health 02 Jul, 2010

The price of tobacco products has risen sharply in Egypt as the result of a new tax aimed at encouraging smokers to kick their habit. Under the new levy, which came into force on 1 July, the cost...

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