Addis Ababa News
Dubai World pulls out of Addis development
A US$100-million five-star luxury hotel development in Addis Ababa has been put on hold by Dubai World, the Dubai government owned conglomerate, whose majority stakeholder is Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashi...
Cairo News
Can you imagine paying to go into an airport? According to the Daily News reactions to the recent decision to charge visitors an entry fee at Cairo Airport
Dar Es Salaam News
Illegal water siphoning causing erratic supplies
Two locations in the Sinza area of Dar es Salaam have allegedly been found to be the sites of huge illegal water siphoning operations, according to the Daily News.
Water company Dar es Salaam Wate...
Lagos News
The new five per cent state-wide consumption tax, raised on goods and services in hotels, restaurants and the hospitality industry, has now come into effect as of 1 August in Lagos.
Revenue raised...
Nairobi News
Canadian Suaad Hagi Mohamud leaves Kenya.
The Canadian citizen held in Nairobi for over three months for allegedly travelling on a false passport has finally been allowed to leave Kenya.
The Canadian government has received stinging criti...
Accra News
Preparations are underway in Ghana for the official celebrations to mark World Tourism Day (WTD) on 27 September. The programme of events, whch this year has the theme
Addis Ababa News
Gilgel Gibe II to be comissioned in September.
The 5.2 billion birr Gilgel Gibe II hydroelectric power project 250 km south-west of Addis Ababa is to go into operation shortly.
Sources at the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) say the...
Arusha News
Residents of Arusha have been hit by a serious water shortage partly as a result of the poor performance of the March-May
Dar Es Salaam News
Residents of the middle- and upper-income suburbs north of the centre city area will be affected by power cuts over the coming weeks due to the rehabilitation of two electricity sub-stations in the ar...
Maputo News
Adil Water World to open in Maputo.
A new tourism development is to open outside Maputo in December, South Africa tourism and travel magazine
Lagos News
Nigeria extends amnesty to militants.
Militants operating in the oil-rich Niger Delta have been offered an unconditional pardon in exchange for disarmament and rehabilitation as part of efforts to bring peace to the area.
Under the amne...
Cape Town News
Eskom workers threaten strike.
There is no end to the problems for the new government of president Jacob Zuma with employees of the state electricity provider Eskom now threatening a strike over pay.
The National Union of Minework...
Nairobi News
Kenyan wins CNN African journalist of the year award.
John-Allan Namu from Kenya has clinched the top prize in this year
Accra News
Seasonal hunting ban introduced.
The annual ban on hunting in Ghana otherwise known as the
Addis Ababa News
Fire deaths down in Addis Ababa.
Twenty-one people died in fires in Addis Ababa in the 2008/2009 fiscal year according to the local fire and emergency prevention and control agency (FEPCA). This compares to 105 fire deaths during the...
Arusha News
Plans are being drawn up for the development of the Usa-River area following its elevation to the status of township at the start of this year.
The trading area strung along the Arusha-Moshi highw...
Accra News
Skin disease lecture series launched.
The Accra-based African Commission of Health and Human Rights Promoters (known by its French acronym CAPSDH) has launched a series of fortnightly public lectures on the skin, its functions and the cau...
Addis Ababa News
Parking revolution in Addis Ababa.
Responsibility for managing street parking is soon to be handed from the existing private operators to their employees, local news sources report.
Under the controversial plans by the city council p...
Arusha News
Tanzanite information centre to open in Mererani.
A centre providing information on the rare local Tanzanite gemstone is under construction in Mererani southeast of Arusha, the only place in the world where the stone is mined.
The centre will be ru...
Cairo News
Cairo-Alexandria high-speed rail link.
Plans are underway to create a high-speed rail link between Cairo and the Mediterranean coast city of Alexandria, Egypt
Dar Es Salaam News
Harambee Plaza opens in Dar es Salaam.
Kenya has a smart new high commission in Dar es Salaam. The so-called Harambee Plaza building in the upmarket Oyster Bay area north of the central business district was formally opened by Kenyan presi...
Maputo News
Staff from the optometry departments at Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) and the University of Ulster (UU) are to set up an optometry school at the new public L
Nairobi News
Kenya gets broadband internet.
Internet users in Kenya and other parts of east Africa now have high-speed connectivity after the 17,000 km submarine fibre optic SEACOM cable owned and operated by the private Mauritius-based telecom...
Cape Town News
Local council employees across South Africa have gone on strike over wages in the latest wave of protests to hit the country. On 27 July, the first day of the strike, news sources reported disruptions...
Cape Town News
2010 World Cup volunteers needed.
Organisers of the 2010 football World Cup in South Africa are looking for 15,000 volunteers to help run the competition. Prospective applicants can come from any country, must be 18 or older on 1 Marc...
Cape Town News
New central bank chief appointed.
Gill Marcus has been appointed governor of the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), the country
Cape Town News
Public service delivery protests grow.
Residents of townships across the country have staged a series of protests against poor delivery of essential services such as housing, water and sanitation facilities, local media sources report. Som...
Lagos News
Angola overtakes Nigeria in Africa oil production.
Angola has overtaken Nigeria as Africa
