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Nairobi News

Key negotiator withdraws from crisis talks.

Efforts to find a solution to the crisis in Kenya have suffered another setback following the withdrawal of a key mediator from the peace process. South African lawyer and businessman Cyril Ramaphos...
Nairobi News

UN secretary general visits Nairobi.

UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has thrown his weight behind diplomatic efforts to resolve the crisis gripping Kenya as a result of the disputed presidential elections of 27 December. Speaking after...
Nairobi News

Second opposition MP shot dead.

David Kimutai Too, Ainamoi member of parliament for the main opposition party Orange Democratic movement (ODM), has been shot dead in the Rift Valley town of Eldoret by a traffic policeman. A woman wi...
Cairo News

Egyptian telecommunications hit by damaged cables.

There have been disruptions to telecommunications services in Egypt following damage to two underwater cables near Alexandria on the Mediterranean coast. One of the cables has been completely severed...
Nairobi News

Opposition MP shot dead.

Tension has returned to Nairobi following the shooting of newly elected member of parliament Melitus Were of the main opposition party Orange Democratic Movement (ODM), who was killed outside his home...
Nairobi News

More violence in Kenya.

At least 12 people are believed to have died in another day of violence in Kenya partly fuelled by the shooting of opposition member of parliament Melitus Were in the capital in the early hours of 29...
Nairobi News

Kenya crisis: army steps in amid growing violence.

Kenya is at its worst crossroads since independence 45 years ago as the number of men, women and children displaced by the violence sparked by the disputed presidential election of 27 December rises b...
Maputo News

Restaurants come and restaurants go.

Since the beginning of 2008 Jersey islanders have learnt of the closure of three well-known restaurants. Two of these were in the little village of Rozel in the northeast corner of Jersey. The Bistro...
Nairobi News

Kibaki and Odinga meet.

Incumbent president Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga have met for the first time since the announcement of the disputed presidential election of 27 December, which returned the head of s...
Lagos News

Yoruba arts festival in Lagos.

The World Festival of Yoruba Arts and Culture (WOFEYAC) takes place in Lagos in April. The main aim of the event is to promote the artistic and cultural heritage of the Yoruba people of West Africa. B...
Cairo News

American University in Cairo gets new campus.

The new campus of the American University in Cairo (AUC) in the New Cairo suburb of the Egyptian capital is due to open in September 2008. Designed by US architects Sasaki and Associates in conjunct...
Cape Town News

Energy crisis in South Africa.

There is mounting anger in South Africa over the latest power crisis, which has already cost local businesses an estimated R2 billion and is affecting other countries in the region. State electricit...
Maputo News

Price of bread to rise.

The price of bread is to rise by 50 centavos across the country as of 1 February, the Mozambican bakers
Nairobi News

Kenyan marathon runner among dead.

Kenyan marathon runner Wesley Ngetich is among the victims of the latest violence in Kenya sparked by the disputed presidential elections of 27 December. The 34-year-old athlete was killed by a pois...
Nairobi News

Kenya crisis: international mediation resumes.

All roads lead to Nairobi in the week beginning 21 January as international mediation efforts resume to try to resolve the three-week crisis in Kenya sparked by the disputed presidential elections of...
Nairobi News

More dead in Kenya.

Tens of people are thought to have died on 19 and 20 January in fresh political and ethnic violence sparked by the disputed presidential elections of 27 December. In the worst known incident interna...
Accra News

African Cup: Ghana beats Guinea 2-1.

It was the long grass rather than the ball that drew the attention of players and supporters on 20 January in the opening match of the 2008 African Cup of Nations between host team Ghana and Guinea.
Maputo News

Jersey Rhapsody

There are four sections to the Jersey Rhapsody: Sunrise over St Ouen
Nairobi News

More deaths in Kenya protests.

More people have died in Kenya on the second day of banned protests against the disputed presidential elections of 27 December. Fresh clashes broke out between police and supporters of the Orange De...
Nairobi News

Violence returns to Kenya.

At least two people have died in clashes with police during a day of nationwide protests over the results of the 27 December presidential elections, which the main opposition party Orange Democratic M...
Nairobi News

Kenya's ODM candidate voted parliamentary speaker.

Kenneth Marende of the main opposition party Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) is the new speaker of parliament. The opposition candidate defeated former speaker Francis Xavier Ole Kaparo of the ruling...
Nairobi News

Independent panel to review polls.

Government and opposition representatives have agreed to set up an independent committee to review the disputed December elections, the chief mediator Kofi Annan has said. The review panel should be...
Cairo News

Nasser house to become museum.

The private residence of Egypt
Cape Town News

Cockroaches in Cape Town.

The number of cockroaches in Cape Town is on the rise according to a report in the local daily newspaper
Lagos News

New bridge for Lagos.

Lagos may soon get a N160 billion bridge linking Lagos Island to the suburb of Ipakodo in Ikorodu on the northern side of Lagos lagoon, local news sources report. The so-called Fourth Mainland bridge...
Accra News

Ghana’s Onetouch gives Accra’s roundabout a new look.

Kwame Nkrumah Circle, Cantonments, Dansoman, Nima and La Interchange roundabouts are to get a make-over sponsored by Onetouch, the mobile phone division of Ghana Telecom, as part of its corporate soci...

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