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Arusha News

Community library opens in Usa River.

Pastors and church leaders of all denominations, teachers, community leaders and students living in Usa River about 15 km from Arusha can make use of a new community library for study and reference pu...
Arusha News

English-speaking Alcoholics Anonymous meeting for women.

Women with alcohol problems can now attend a women-only meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) at the Arusha Community Church (ACC) on Fridays at 17.00. AA already holds four weekly sessions in English...
Dar Es Salaam News

International cricket tournament in Dar es Salaam.

Three cricket grounds in Dar es Salaam have been cleared by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to host the World League Division Four tournament from 4 to 11 October. The grounds in question are...
Cairo News

Rockslide rescue operations end.

Operations to clear the area devastated by the 6 September rockslide have come to an end amid uncertainty over the actual number of dead. An unnamed security official told the international news agenc...
Arusha News

Community library opens in Usa River.

Pastors and church leaders of all denominations, teachers, community leaders and students living in Usa River about 15 km from Arusha can make use of a new community library for study and reference pu...
Maputo News

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Maputo News

World Bank loan for Mozambican bank.

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector funding arm of the World Bank, has provided US$8.5 million to support a loan facility for small- and medium-sized companies operated by...
Cape Town News

Cape Town to get skyscraper.

A structure over twice the height of the tallest building in Cape Town is to be built on Buitengracht Street on the foreshore. The R1.2 billion, 150-m-tall skyscraper will contain office floors, a hot...
Maputo News

President Guebuza to run for re-election.

Incumbent president Armando Guebuza is the candidate for the ruling FRELIMO (Mozambique Liberation Front) party in the December 2009 presidential elections. The decision came after the head of state r...
Cairo News

Underwater museum to be built in Alexandria.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) has given its backing to ambitious plans to create an underwater archaeological museum near the remains of Cleopatra
Arusha News

Work on new Arusha convention centre to begin shortly.

Plans to build a second international conference centre in Arusha have been given a boost following presentation of the final feasibility study report. The Tsh122 billion facility, to be called the Ki...
Nairobi News

Kenya world’s

Kenya is the most famous location for movie sets according to a report in the British Airways in-flight magazine
Cairo News

Rockslide death toll rises to 61.

The death toll from the rockslide in Cairo on 6 September has risen to 61, state news agency MENA has said. No survivors have been found since the day of the tragedy, when large boulders broke away fr...
Cairo News

Chinese school opens in Cairo.

A school teaching Chinese language and history has opened in Six October City about 30 km northwest of Cairo. The school, built at a cost of $4 million with funding from the Chinese government, is the...
Maputo News

Mozambique bushfires claim 49 lives.

At least 49 people have been killed and a further 23 seriously injured in uncontrolled bushfires in central Mozambique since the start of September, a government spokesman has said. In addition over 2...
Arusha News

Maasai museum opens in Arusha.

A museum dedicated to Maasai culture has opened in the Meserani area about ten kilometres south of Arusha. The museum has been put together with assistance from representatives of east Africa
Cape Town News

Victims of xenophobic attacks relocated.

Foreign nationals displaced by xenophobic violence in May are being relocated to three
Dar Es Salaam News

Vodacom launches regional top-up service.

Local mobile telecommunications provider Vodacom Tanzania has launched a pre-paid roaming top-up service in conjunction with other wireless networks in Kenya and Uganda.
Nairobi News

Kenya-Uganda railway to be upgraded.

One of the oldest railways in Africa, dubbed The Lunatic Express, could soon be modernized. The Kenyan government and a group of consultants from the public and private sectors have drawn up plans to...
Cairo News

37 die in Cairo rockslide.

At least 37 people have been killed and dozens more injured in a rockslide in the shantytown of Manshiyet Nasser in eastern Cairo. On 6 September at around 09.00 local time huge boulders weighing up t...
Dar Es Salaam News

New conference centre for Dar es Salaam.

A new state-of-the-art conference centre is under construction as part of the ongoing Milimani City development project near the University of Dar es Salaam. The facility will be able to accommodate 2...
Lagos News

New cardiac and burns facilities for Lagos hospital.

Lagos state government has approved the creation of two specialist centres at Gbagada General Hospital treating cardiac and kidney patients and burns and trauma victims respectively. The cardiac and k...
Cairo News

New AUC bookstore opens.

Students and staff at the American University in Cairo (AUC) and the general public have the pick of over 20,000 titles at the newly opened AUC press bookshop on the new campus in the New Cairo suburb...
Cairo News

Parliament to be restored after fire.

Work has begun to restore the Shura Council or upper house of Egypt
Nairobi News

African broadcast and film conference.

Broadcasters, filmmakers, producers, advertising agency executives, regulators and policymakers from all over Africa are expected in Nairobi for the first African Broadcast and Film Conference from 23...
Addis Ababa News

Ancient obelisk unveiled at Axum.

Work has been completed to re-erect the ancient Axum obelisk at its original spot in the northern Ethiopian city from which it takes its name. Thousands of people gathered in Axum on 4 September to wa...
Nairobi News

Delta opens Nairobi office.

Delta airlines has opened offices in Nairobi ahead of the launch of direct flights between Kenya and the US, now scheduled for early next year. The American carrier was due to begin services in mid-20...

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