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Energy 05 Mar, 2009

The federal government has announced plans to end subsidies on gasoline and other petroleum products, which cost the country N640 billion last year alone. The move is part of a package of measures to...

Nairobi News

Letter from Nairobi: police killings spark public outrage.

Justice 01 Mar, 2009

Kenyans are waiting with baited breath this week to see whether the beleaguered attorney general (AG) Amos Wako and police commissioner Hussein Ali will give in to pressure and step aside following a...

Lagos News

Teachers strike in Lagos.

General 28 Feb, 2009

Teachers at state primary and secondary school in Lagos began an indefinite strike on 25 February to demand a promised pay rise. Specifically they are calling on the state government to honour its pro...

Lagos News

Nigerian films at FESPACO.

Culture 27 Feb, 2009

Nigeria is one of 25 African countries taking part in the biannual Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) in Burkina Faso from 28 February to 7 March. The Nigerian offering...

Accra News

Ghana independence day.

General 26 Feb, 2009

6 March is the 52nd anniversary of Ghana

Maputo News

Mozambique per capita GDP rises despite financial crisis.

Economy 26 Feb, 2009

Per capita gross domestic product (GDP) in Mozambique rose from US$301 in 2004 to US$356 in 2006 and $US473 in 2008, or by over 50 per cent in four years, the Mozambican government has said. Instead e...

Maputo News

Mobile telecommunications in Mozambique.

Telecoms 26 Feb, 2009

The government is to launch a tender for a third mobile telecommunications operating licence in Mozambique. Two operators currently work in the country: the state-backed mCel, which has around 3.5 mil...

Nairobi News

Kenya police condemned by UN for killings and brutality.

Justice 25 Feb, 2009

The United Nations rapporteur for extrajudicial killings Philip Alston has called for the dismissal of police commissioner Ali Hussein after investigations uncovered

Cape Town News

Bishop Mvhume Dandala to lead COPE.

Politics 23 Feb, 2009

Methodist bishop Mvhume Dandala has been chosen as the presidential candidate of South Africa

Accra News

Ghana president Atta Mills calls for

Politics 23 Feb, 2009

Ghana

Arusha News

Arusha Arts Initiative.

Culture 23 Feb, 2009

A group of actors, dancers and musicians from Juilliard School in New York will be travelling to Arusha in the second half of May to introduce students at the Umoja Youth Empowerment Center to the per...

Nairobi News

Zain launches Zap m-banking service.

Telecoms 23 Feb, 2009

International mobile telecoms provider Zain has launched a new package of mobile banking services in direct competition with the M-Pesa service operated by its main rival Safaricom. Zap, as the new se...

Dar Es Salaam News

Government tackles Dar port congestion.

Infrastructure 23 Feb, 2009

The government has started moving thousands of containers that are piled up at the port of Dar es Salaam to inland depots as part of efforts to tackle long-running congestion at the docks. Other measu...

Addis Ababa News

Merkato fire death toll.

Humanitarian 19 Feb, 2009

One person died and two more were injured in a fire at Merkato in Addis Ababa. The blaze, which swept through the covered market in the early hours of 6 February, also caused damage to goods and shops...

Addis Ababa News

Addis Ababa gets children’s cardiac unit.

Health 19 Feb, 2009

A private hospital specialising in cardiac problems among children has opened its doors in the Ethiopian capital. The facility in the premises of the state-owned Black Lion hospital is a project of th...

Addis Ababa News

More Addis Ababa cafés promote safe sex.

Health 19 Feb, 2009

Twelve caf

Cape Town News

World Cup 2010 ticket sales begin.

Sport 19 Feb, 2009

Tickets for next year

Nairobi News

Kibera population lower than thought.

General 16 Feb, 2009

The population of Kibera, Nairobi

Addis Ababa News

East African Cross Country Championship.

Sport 16 Feb, 2009

Ethiopia will hold the East African Cross Country Championship on 22 February. At least four athletes from Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Egypt, Tanzania, Somalia and Djibouti are expected to take pa...

Arusha News

Arusha horticulture hit by global downturn.

Food and Agriculture 16 Feb, 2009

Flower farmers in northern Tanzania are suffering as a result of the global recession, Tanzania Horticultural Association (TAHA) has said. Prices of cut flowers in the main export markets (mostly Euro...

Arusha News

Speed humps in Arusha.

Transport 16 Feb, 2009

Speed humps are to be installed on roads in and around Arusha as part of efforts to improve traffic safety in the area.

Arusha News

Rwanda expert Des Forges killed in plane crash.

Humanitarian 16 Feb, 2009

American historian Alison Des Forges, one of the leading experts in the 1994 Rwandan genocide and its aftermath and a key advisor to the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in Arusha, wa...

Dar Es Salaam News

Global finance conference in Dar es Salaam.

Economy 16 Feb, 2009

Dar es Salaam is to host a global finance conference on 10-11 March under the title

Cape Town News

Ladysmith Black Mambazo wins Grammy award.

Culture 12 Feb, 2009

South African acapella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo has won its third Grammy award. The male choir scooped the award for best traditional world music album at the 2009 awards ceremony in Los Angeles...

Nairobi News

SEACOM broadband cable to arrive in Kenya.

Telecoms 12 Feb, 2009

There is good news for internet users in Kenya with the country

Maputo News

Mozambique receives Japanese rice aid.

Food and Agriculture 09 Feb, 2009

Mozambique is one of several African countries to benefit from a loan of $US4.2 billion from the Japanese government for the production of rice and other development initiatives. The other countries a...

Nairobi News

Letter from Nairobi: traffic stress in Nairobi.

Transport 09 Feb, 2009

Driving in Nairobi has never been more stressful and frustrating especially as a result of the latest petrol shortage. Last week was one of the worst since the headache started in December, with most...

Cape Town News

South African elections on 22 April.

Politics 09 Feb, 2009

On 22 April South Africans will go to the polls to elect their next parliament and provincial assemblies, interim president Kgalema Motlanthe has said. In a speech published on the website of the pres...

Maputo News

Opposition party threatens to create

Politics 08 Feb, 2009

The opposition party Renamo has announced that it will nominate

Maputo News

Organic fertilizer factory opens in Maputo.

Environment 08 Feb, 2009

Waste management in the city of Maputo has taken a step forward with the launch of a small organic fertilizer factory. The

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