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Cairo celebrates Egypt Cup of Nations win

Sport 30 Jan, 2010

Jubilant fans took to the streets of Cairo in celebration on 31 January following Egypt

Maputo News

Maputo flooded in heavy rains

Environment 29 Jan, 2010

Large parts of Maputo flooded on 27 January as a result of sudden heavy rain, the Mozambican news agency AIM reports. The National Disaster Management Institute (INGC) has said that the flooding af...

Nairobi News

Kenya prime minister position to be abolished

Politics 29 Jan, 2010

Members of parliament working on a new draft constitution for Kenya have agreed to abolish the position of prime minister in favour of an executive president checked by a strengthened parliament and j...

Cairo News

Egypt and Ghana through to Cup of Nations final

Sport 29 Jan, 2010

Egypt plays Ghana in the final of the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament in Angola on 31 January. This is the third consecutive final for defending champions Egypt, which beat their great ri...

Dar Es Salaam News

Zinduka anti-malaria concert in Dar

Health 28 Jan, 2010

On 13 February musicians from Tanzania will gather in Dar es Salaam for a concert to launch an anti-malaria campaign targeting the country

Nairobi News

Kenya steps up fight on HIV/AIDS

Health 25 Jan, 2010

Kenya has unveiled a new strategy to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS that will specifically target the most at risk populations in the country, including male and female sex workers and intravenous drug...

Addis Ababa News

Ethiopian Airlines plane crashes off Lebanon

Transport 24 Jan, 2010

An Ethiopian Airlines plane carrying 82 passengers and eight crew members crashed in the sea off Lebanon on 25 January just a few minutes after leaving Beirut for Addis Ababa. So far over 20 bodies ha...

Lagos News

Nigerian cabinet to decide on Yar’Adua illness

Politics 24 Jan, 2010

The Nigerian cabinet has been given until 5 February to decide if President Umaru Yar

Dar Es Salaam News

East African Community studies Dar es Salaam to Burundi railway

Transport 23 Jan, 2010

The East African reports that the African Development Bank has pledged $8.15 million to study the viability of a railway connecting Dar es Salaam with Burundi and Rwanda. The project is being over...

Lagos News

Lagos to protect cultural sites

Culture 23 Jan, 2010

This Day online reports that a bill is to be put in place in the Lagos metropolitan area and state to halt the demolition of culturally significant sites. Deputy chief whip of the Lagos State Hous...

Maputo News

Maputo to Brazil direct flights

Transport 23 Jan, 2010

Direct flights to Brazil will be available from Maputo by mid 2010, according to Macauhub online. A spokesman from Mozambique

Accra News

Accra continues national identification drive

General 22 Jan, 2010

After long delays, the nationwide registration drive coordinated by the National Identification Authority (NIA) for the issue of national identity cards is finally in full swing in the Greater Accra r...

Accra News

Ghanaians demand Right to Information bill

Politics 22 Jan, 2010

Ghanaians will take to the streets of Accra on 27 January to protest against delays by parliament in approving a right to information (RTI) bill. The demonstration is being organised by the RTI Coa...

Arusha News

Arusha aims for city status

City 22 Jan, 2010

Arusha may finally get its long-awaited official upgrade from municipal town to city, which has been in the administrative pipeline for over five years. Deputy minister for local governments and regio...

Accra News

Accra Millennium City

City 21 Jan, 2010

Accra is to be developed into a Millennium City under the Millennium Cities Initiative (MCI), a programme that aims to assist sub-Saharan cities in their efforts to reduce poverty by the year 2015....

Cairo News

Egyptian court revokes ban on niqabs

Education 20 Jan, 2010

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Cairo News

Saudi BinLaden Group gets Cairo airport hotel contract

Tourism 19 Jan, 2010

The Saudi Arabia-based BinLaden group has won the contract to build a new 330-room five-star hotel at Cairo International Airport. Egypt

Lagos News

Scores die in Jos clashes

Religion 19 Jan, 2010

Scores of people have died and hundreds more have been injured in clashes between armed groups in the central Nigerian city of Jos. A further 5,000 people have also been displaced by the violence, acc...

Arusha News

Tanzania's new postal system launched in Arusha

Telecoms 18 Jan, 2010

A new system of addresses and postal codes covering the whole of Tanzania was officially launched on 18 January to replace the old PO box system centred on local post offices. Within the next five...

Addis Ababa News

Ethiopia Hotels Enterprise up for sale

Real Estate 18 Jan, 2010

The Ethiopian government has put up for privatisation the state owned Ethiopia Hotels Enterprise (EHE), which controls hotels and restaurants in prime central Addis Ababa locations. The Privatizat...

Cape Town News

Cape Town cemeteries get clean up

City 18 Jan, 2010

The city of Cape Town has issued a warning to residents about

Cape Town News

SABC Sea Point property to be repaired

Real Estate 17 Jan, 2010

Cape Town city council has won a legal battle to oblige the owners of an abandoned property at Sea Point west of the city centre to take care of its maintenance. The property in question is Rock...

Cape Town News

Air traffic control plans for World Cup

Sport 17 Jan, 2010

Plans are being drawn up for the movement of football fans around the country before, during and after this year

Lagos News

Dana Air opens Lagos flights to Uyo

Transport 16 Jan, 2010

Dana Air starts flights between Lagos and Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom State, on 18 January. The service runs seven days a week, operating out of Lagos. The daily flight leaves Lagos in the morning...

Accra News

Hawkers descend on Achimota transport terminal in Accra

Transport 15 Jan, 2010

Hawkers are causing problems at the new transport terminal at Achimota in north Accra just a few weeks after it opened for service. Local news sources reported in mid-January that petty traders fro...

Addis Ababa News

Egypt to lease Ethiopia farmland

Food and Agriculture 15 Jan, 2010

The Ethiopian government has agreed to lease 20,000 hectares of land in the northern Afar region to Egypt for commercial farming purposes, the English-language business weekly newspaper Capital Ethiop...

Addis Ababa News

Timeshare resort opens on Lake Langano in Ethiopia

Tourism 15 Jan, 2010

Lake Langano 200 km south of Addis Ababa is the site of a new timeshare resort, the first of its kind in Ethiopia. The complex has been developed by the Africa Vacation Club Ethiopia at a cost of 3...

Cape Town News

Cape Town beaches reopen after shark attack

Tourism 15 Jan, 2010

Beaches in the popular False Bay area south of Cape Town have reopened after a brief closure following a fatal shark attack on 12 January, although the local authorities continue to urge caution. B...

Arusha News

Poaching in the Serengeti

Environment 14 Jan, 2010

The number of arrests for poaching in the Serengeti national park increased from 959 cases in 2002 to 1028 in 2009, according to an article in the Arusha Times. During a recent visit of a parliame...

Maputo News

Mozambique parliament opens to protests

Politics 11 Jan, 2010

The new Mozambique parliament has elected its first woman speaker. Veronica Macamo, who was previously vice speaker, was voted in unopposed after the main opposition party Renamo failed to put forward...

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