Accra News
The 2010 population and housing census will not be held in March as originally planned although it will still take place this year. No alternative date has been given, but the government has ruled out...
Nairobi News
Constitutional reform in Kenya
Kenyans are debating a new draft constitution presented to the public on 17 November. They have until 17 December to put their views to the committee of experts responsible for preparing the draft, wh...
Maputo News
Guebuza returned to power in Mozambique elections
Incumbent president Armando Guebuza of the Mozambique Liberation Front (FRELIMO) has won an overwhelming victory in Mozambique
Arusha News
East African Community marks ten years
The East African Community (EAC) marks its tenth anniversary in November with a programme of events in Arusha organised under the theme
Dar Es Salaam News
Tanzanians go to the polls on 25 October to vote in local government elections across the country.
Voters are called to choose their representatives on city, municipal or town councils in urban are...
Dar Es Salaam News
Tanzania is to mark the tenth anniversary of the death of its founding father and first president Mwalimu (meaning
Cape Town News
Helen Zille, Western Cape premier and leader of the official opposition party Democratic Alliance (DA), has got into another row with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) of president Jacob Zuma...
Cairo News
Obama picks Egypt for Muslim world address.
US president Barack Obama has chosen Egypt to be the stage for a speech on 4 June in which he is expected to reach out to the Muslim and Arab world. The exact location of the speech has not been made...
Accra News
United States president Barack Obama will be in Ghana from 10-11 July on his first official visit to sub-Saharan Africa since taking office in January. The trip is expected to highlight
Cape Town News
New Western Cape provincial government formed.
An all male and predominantly white cabinet has taken office in the Western Cape under the leadership of premier Helen Zille, leader of the national official opposition party Democratic Alliance (DA)....
Cape Town News
Dan Plato set to become Cape Town mayor.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has named Cape Town city councillor Dan Plato as its candidate for mayor to replace party leader Helen Zille, who stepped down at the end of April to take up the elected p...
Cape Town News
Jacob Zuma announced his new cabinet line-up on 10 May, the day after being sworn in as South Africa's fourth democratically elected president in Pretoria.
Perhaps the biggest novelty is the appoint...
Cape Town News
On 6 May the 400 newly elected members of the national assembly, South Africa
