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General 15 Apr, 2014

Mike Rann takes over from David Ritchie Former premier of South Australia Mike Rann is to become Australia's next ambassador to Italy, with non-resident accreditation to Albania, Libya and S. Mari...

Nairobi News

Nairobi embraces e-commerce

General 14 Apr, 2014

Capital turns to e-payments to cut long queues Nairobi city government will switch to electronic payments by July in an effort to combat long queues at the city hall. Instead of residents queuing...

Maputo News

Maputo declared free of land mines

General 02 Apr, 2014

Mozambique in final stage of demining programme The province of Maputo has been declared free of land mines following the successful of the country's demining programme which has lasted for over tw...

Lagos News

Recycling in Lagos

General 25 Feb, 2014

Innovative recycling loyalty scheme takes hold in Lagos Households in Lagos can exchange recyclable material for points which can be used to obtain food, kitchen equipment, mobile phone credit or e...

Addis Ababa News

Ethiopian Airlines plane hijacked to Geneva

General 16 Feb, 2014

Co-pilot hijacked Rome bound plane An Ethiopian Airlines co-pilot hijacked a plane bound for Rome and flew it to Switzerland where he wanted to seek asylum, according to officials in Geneva. The...

Cairo News

Islamic Museum in Cairo seriously damaged

General 27 Jan, 2014

Weekend of violence prompts Egypt to call early presidential elections The Museum of Islamic Art in central Cairo was extensively damaged when a car bomb exploded outside the adjacent police headq...

Dar Es Salaam News

No fireworks in Dar es Salaam for New Year

General 28 Dec, 2013

The police department in Dar es Salaam has banned the use of fireworks to celebrate New Year’s Eve. So far it has turned down requests from eleven companies for permission to stage fireworks dis...

Cape Town News

Nelson Mandela dies

General 04 Dec, 2013

Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president and the man who guided the country out of apartheid, has died at home just outside Pretoria. Mandela, 95, was receiving care for a lung infec...

Dar Es Salaam News

Tanzania included in United States Power Africa initiative

General 24 Nov, 2013

Programme to aid construction of Kirwira River Hydro Project in southern Tanzania Tanzania has been selected to be part of Washington's billion-dollar Power Africa Initiative whose objective is to ad...

Cairo News

Cairo court bans Muslim Brotherhood

General 23 Sep, 2013

An Egyptian court outlawed the Muslim Brotherhood and ordered the confiscation of its assets, following a ruling in Cairo on 23 September. The order marks a major escalation in the crackdown on the...

Cape Town News

Six months free wi-fi in Cape Town

General 18 Sep, 2013

Cape Town is to provide six months of free wi-fi to residents of Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha from December. The pilot project is part of plans to increase access to affordable wi-fi in under-se...

Cairo News

US embassy Cairo changes visa application process

General 16 Sep, 2013

The visa application process at the US embassy in Cairo is set to change from 4 October with a transition period in effect from 15 September. The new system is part of the Cairo embassy's efforts t...

Cape Town News

Cape Town targets breast cancer

General 04 Aug, 2013

South African breast cancer community carer Pink Drive has opened its first permanent education centre on Belgravia Road in the Athlone district of Cape Town. The Pink Drive education and walk-in c...

Cairo News

Morsi accused of Hamas connections

General 25 Jul, 2013

The Egyptian state prosecutor has ordered the detention of ousted former president Mohammed Morsi for 15 days pending an investigation into a variety of accusations against him, according to a report...

Cape Town News

Giant Mandela portrait unveiled in Cape Town

General 25 Jun, 2013

A giant portrait in honour of Nelson Mandela has appeared over the 11-storey Civic Centre in Cape Town, as the condition of the former South African president is described as "critical". The 42m-hi...

Addis Ababa News

Tensions between Ethiopia and Egypt over dam

General 23 Jun, 2013

Ethiopia and Egypt are holding high-level talks amid the ongoing crisis over water-sharing, arising from Ethiopia's construction of the $4.2bn Grand Renaissance Dam in the Benishangul-Gumuz region, ab...

Accra News

Accra launches international film festival

General 20 Jun, 2013

The inaugural Accra International Film Festival (AIFF) takes place in the Ghanaian capital from 25-30 June. Central to the festival is its tribute to 15 African and American actors who have made a...

Maputo News

Voter registration still slow in Mozambique

General 17 Jun, 2013

Less than 15 per cent of Mozambique's 3.5 million eligible voters had registered following the third week of the current voter registration exercise, according to the country’s Electoral Adminis...

Cape Town News

Cape Town liquor laws come into effect

General 04 Apr, 2013

Cape Town City Council has suspended its plan to ban alcohol sales on Sundays following a last-minute motion to amend its controversial liquor law which came into effect on 1 April. However the bul...

Cape Town News

Daredevil charity flight from Robben Island

General 02 Apr, 2013

A man plans to fly from Robben Island to Cape Town using 200 helium-filled party balloons, in aid of charity. Matt Silver Vallance, who has been planning the event for four years, is currently wait...

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