Nairobi News
Two cabinet members have resigned in the space of less than 24 hours, highlighting the growing tensions within the government of national unity.
Martha Karua quit her post as justice minister on 6 Ap...
Cairo News
Barenboim to conduct in Cairo.
Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim is to give a concert in Cairo on 16 April. The event, in which the conductor will conduct the Cairo Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven
Cairo News
Calls by political activists to hold a nationwide strike on 6 April went largely unheeded amid a large-scale deployment of security forces and reports of intimidation. The strike had been called by th...
Cairo News
Designopolis home furnishings store to open in Cairo.
Designopolis West, a shopping centre dedicated to home-furnishings and design, is due to open in Cairo in June. Located in Sheikh Zayed City on the Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road running west out of the...
Addis Ababa News
Road construction in Addis Ababa suspended.
CRBC Addis Engineering Plc, the Ethiopian subsidiary of the state-owned construction company Chinese Bridge and Road Corporation, has suspended work on three major road projects in the capital due to...
Addis Ababa News
Do you live in Ethiopia or have you visited the country recently and have a story about shoes? Then three young people from Holland want to hear it. Director Joost van der Wiel, journalist Luc van Kem...
Maputo News
Maputo is soon to get a new luxury hotel. The 150-room five-star Radisson Maputo Hotel will be located next to the international conference centre on the coast and will boast conference and meeting fa...
Cairo News
April 6 youth call for general strike.
Egyptians are being urged to strike on 6 April in protest against corruption, political repression and the rising cost of living in the country. The protest is being organised by the April 6 Youth Mov...
Addis Ababa News
Addis Coca Cola factory suspends production.
Coca Cola has disappeared from the bars and caf
Accra News
Ghana to buy property for foreign missions.
The government is taking steps to buy property abroad to house its foreign diplomatic missions, minister of foreign affairs and regional integration Alhaji Mohammed Mumuni has said. The announcement c...
Dar Es Salaam News
Maritime rescue centre launched.
A maritime rescue coordination centre (MRCC) has been launched in Dar es Salaam to oversee the rescue of people in distress at sea. The centre, located in the Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) traffic co...
Dar Es Salaam News
Entrepreneurs day in Dar es Salaam.
Friday 3 April will see the first ever entrepreneurs day dedicated to private sector business in Tanzania,
Nairobi News
The cost of a single entry tourist visa to Kenya, valid for three months, will drop from $50 to $25 per person as of 1 April as part of efforts to boost the tourism sector in the country. By the same...
Nairobi News
Murumbi Peace Memorial inaugurated.
A monument honouring Joseph Murumbi (1911-1990), Kenya
Nairobi News
The government has deployed hundreds of police, soldiers, forest service workers and members of the national youth service to help put out fires affecting key forest areas in central and western Kenya...
Lagos News
Lagosians are soon to get two light rail connections, state governor Babatunde Fashola has said. The promised services are the so-called Blue Line, running west-east from Okokomaiko to the central bus...
Lagos News
Lagos gets new waste compacting station.
Lagos state governor Babatunde Fashola has officially opened a so-called transfer loading station (TLS) at Simpson on Lagos Island in a bid to improve solid waste collection and disposal in the metrop...
Lagos News
Ilupeju gets solar street lighting.
Nighttime safety has improved in the Ilupeju neighbourhood of Lagos thanks to the introduction of solar-powered street lighting in the area. The street lamps have been installed by Private Networks Ni...
Cape Town News
Peace conference called off following Dalai Lama ban.
A conference in Johannesburg on peace, xenophobia and sport involving Nobel peace laureates and other personalities has been postponed indefinitely after the South African government refused to grant...
Lagos News
Two die in Lagos building collapse.
At least two people have died after a four-storey residential building collapsed on Oderinde Street in the Idi Araba neighbourhood on 24 March, rescue workers have said. Roiughly 14 people have been b...
Nairobi News
Nairobi buildings face demolition.
Nairobi landlords have no reason to smile as their treasured residential and commercial buildings could be on the verge of being demolished.
Landlords, especially in the prime areas of the city, bett...
Arusha News
Letter to Arusha: Juilliard students to give arts workshop.
Hello everyone! My name is Megan Griffin and I am a music student at The Juilliard School in New York City. Together with five fellow artists from Juilliard I will be traveling to Arusha, Tanzania, th...
Accra News
Nearly 100 musicians have been nominated for prizes in 15 categories including artiste of the year, most popular song of the year and discovery of the year.
Names to look out for include Gospel sing...
Accra News
Ghana cocoa farmers go Fairtrade.
Cocoa farmers in Ghana are to get a boost later this year when leading UK-based chocolate manufacturer Cadbury starts selling its popular Dairy Milk bar and drinking chocolate product under the Fairtr...
Lagos News
Cargo ships destined for Lagos are being diverted to other ports in the country due to congestion, port authority officials have said. Specifically they are being re-routed to harbours in the volatile...
