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Nairobi News

Nairobi set for transformation.

Nairobi is headed for a major transformation under the new minister for Nairobi metropolitan development Mutula Kilonzo. The former lawyer of ex president Daniel arap Moi and secretary general of Ora...
Maputo News

Friends of José Craveirinha established.

The values and ideals of the late Mozambican poet Jos
Nairobi News

Kenya burning exhibition at RaMoMa.

The photographic exhibition
Nairobi News

Mobile phones in Kenya.

Kenya has the sixth highest mobile phone penetration in Africa in absolute terms according to the International Telecommunications Union. The number of subscribers in the east African country stands...
Cape Town News

Anti-immigrant violence in Cape Town.

Over 10,000 immigrants in the Cape Town area have been displaced from their homes by anti-immigrant violence, which erupted in the city on 22 May. Most of the victims are now sheltering in special
Cape Town News

New hotel for Middle Eastern visitors.

An alcohol-free luxury hotel targeted at Middle Eastern visitors is under construction in central Cape Town. The 140-room five-star facility is being built in the BoKaap district, which was first se...
Cairo News

Egypt extends emergency law.

Parliament has voted to extend emergency law by two years until June 2010 pending the formulation of new anti-terrorism legislation. Emergency law has been in force in Egypt since the assassination o...
Addis Ababa News

Mengistu sentenced to death.

Former Marxist dictator Mengistu Hiale Mairiam has been sentenced to death in absentia by Ethiopia
Addis Ababa News

Historic Addis Ababa railway station under threat.

The century-old La Gare railway station in Addis Ababa could soon face partial demolition according to a report in the English-language weekly newspaper
Addis Ababa News

New EPRDF headquarters.

The ruling Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) coalition is to build a new seven-storey headquarters near its existing premises in Arat Kilo close to the city centre. The buildin...
Lagos News

More fire fighters for Lagos.

The Lagos fire service will soon to be strengthen by the arrival of 250 graduate recruits, the state government has said. The new fire fighters are completing basic training before being deployed to s...
Lagos News

Nigeria unoins condemn South Africa violence.

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has condemned the current xenophobic attacks and murders in South Africa and urged the government of president Thabo Mbeki to
Lagos News

Nigerian project wins Lighting Africa prize.

A Nigerian project using cassava waste is among the 16 winning entries in a World Bank-sponsored competition to provide off-grid energy efficient lighting in sub-Saharan Africa. The idea, developed by...
Maputo News

Mozambique world’s 50th most peaceful country.

Mozambique has climbed two places to 50th place in the ranking of the world
Maputo News

Mozambicans flee xenophobia in South Africa.

Roughly 1,000 Mozambican nationals arrived at the central railway station in Maputo on 25 May to escape the xenophobic violence that has rocked South Africa in recent weeks. On arrival in the capital...
Cape Town News

Anti-immigrant violence spreads to Cape Town.

The wave of anti-immigrant violence that is sweeping across South Africa reached Cape Town on 22 May. Mobs attacked Somalis and Zimbabweans and looted their shops and homes in DuNoon township north of...
Nairobi News

East African Legislative Assembly meets in Nairobi.

Lawmakers from the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) are meeting in Nairobi from 12-23 May to promote ambitious plans to form a customs and monetary union and political federation similar to th...
Nairobi News

Faces of Kenyan IDPs exhibition.

Photographers and photojournalists are invited to submit entries for an exhibition portraying the reality of people displaced by the recent post-election violence in Kenya. The selected photos will go...
Maputo News

Mozambican finalist for African Journalist 2008 award.

Fernando Lima is among the finalists in the African Journalist 2008 competition sponsored by America
Addis Ababa News

Three killed in Addis Ababa bus blast.

Three people have been killed and nine seriously injured in an explosion in a minibus taxi in Addis Ababa, international news agencies report. The blast occurred on 20 May at around 19.30 local time o...
Dar Es Salaam News

New clearance system for Dar port.

The Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA) is to introduce a new computerised tax collection system at Dar es Salaam port to simplify and speed up clearance procedures,
Cape Town News

Mbeki condemns anti-immigrant violence.

South African president Thabo Mbeki has condemned as
Addis Ababa News

Wine production in Ethiopia.

Leading French beverages company Groupe Castel is to begin producing wine in Ethiopia,
Addis Ababa News

More power rationing for Ethiopia.

The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) is to increase its scheduled power cuts from the present two to five days per fortnight in an attempt to mitigate energy shortages particularly in Addi...

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