Maputo News
Official opening of new Zambezi bridge.
The new bridge spanning the mighty Zambezi river and linking the central coastal Sofala and Zambezia provinces is due to be officially opened on 10 July according to the June newsletter of the develop...
Lagos News
The state-owned Nigerian Telecommunications Limited (Nitel) could be unbundled and sold as separate operational and service units under government plans to shore up the country
Nairobi News
Italian missionary Kizito in child abuse claims.
The Comboni missionary Renato Sesana Kizito is at the centre of child abuse allegations in Kenya after the privately-owned Kenya Television Network (KTN) broadcast a report in mid-June claiming he had...
Cairo News
Egyptians could soon be able to file their tax returns through the state
Maputo News
Photographer Ricardo Rangel dies.
The acclaimed Mozambican photographer Ricardo Rangel has died in Maputo at the age of 85.
Born in Louren
Cape Town News
Severe weather warning for Western Cape.
People living in the Western Cape are to expect severe weather conditions over the next couple of days, meteorologists have said. Over 50 mm of rainfall is expected in Cape Town and across the provinc...
Accra News
Investigations are under way into allegations of misappropriation of public funds in the celebration of Ghana
Dar Es Salaam News
Tanzania lifts tax relief on religious institutions.
Faith-based schools, colleges, hospitals and other institutions in Tanzania stand to lose their existing special relief on value added tax (VAT) under proposals contained in the 2009-2010 budget prese...
Dar Es Salaam News
Tanzania has an estimated road traffic death rate of 34.3 per 100,000 people according to the first
Dar Es Salaam News
Alfonso Lenhardt designated new US ambassador.
Retired army officer Alfonso Lenhardt has been nominated by president Barack Obama as the new United States ambassador to Tanzania. The nomination must be confirmed by the US senate before the new env...
Arusha News
Fly540 launches Kilimanjaro-Serengeti service.
Kenyan low-cost airline Fly540 is to launch daily direct flights between Kilimanjaro international airport and the Serengeti national park on Tanzania
Accra News
Following measures undertaken in a collaboration between Cuba based Biological and Pharmaceutical Laboratory Enterprise Group (LABIOFAM) and Ghana
Cairo News
The arrival of famous Spanish fashion brand Zara in Egypt, heralded by a crescendo of excited blogging among Cairo
Maputo News
HIV/Aids affects Mozambique civil service
Maputo has seen a sharp rise in the incidence of HIV/Aids, with around 500 new cases a day being reported. In light of the increase in the figures Prime Minister Luisa Diogo has announced plans to int...
Accra News
The government of new president John Atta Mills has increased the price of all petroleum products in Ghana by 30 per cent. Under the new tariff structure petrol costs GH
Arusha News
Arusha is to get its second set of traffic lights nearly two years after the first set was installed at the Sanawari junction at the northern end of Simon Boulevard,
Nairobi News
Delta postpones Kenya-US flights.
The launch by Delta airlines of direct commercial flights between Kenya and the United States has been postponed until further notice allegedly due to security concerns.
The American carrier was due...
Arusha News
Travel by road between the northern towns of Moshi and Arusha could become quicker and safer under plans to expand the present two-lane highway, the Tanzania roads agency (TANROADS) has said.
The pr...
Dar Es Salaam News
Small-scale miners in Tanzania stand to benefit from a new fund established by the government to assist their activities,
Cairo News
Zeinhom development scheme complete.
Zeinhom neighbourhood in southern Cairo has a new look thanks to an ambitious redevelopment programme completed recently. The project in the former slum area has involved building 179 new housing unit...
