Dar Es Salaam News
Dar es Salaam's Old Boma to be restored
European Union providing funds to restore heritage centre
The Old Boma cultural and heritage centre in Dar es Salaam is currently being restored thanks to an agreement between the European Union an...
Arusha News
Laetoli site to be managed by Ngorongoro Conservation
Archaeological site and Olduvai Gorge Museum to be managed by NCAA
The Tanzanian government is in the process of transfering the management of Tanzania's ancient Laetoli archaeological site to Ngo...
Nairobi News
Kenya’s celebrations of 50 years of independence begin on the afternoon of 11 December when Uhuru Gardens are open to the public. The official ceremonies start at midnight with the hoisting of t...
Addis Ababa News
Lucy fossil returns to Addis Ababa
The celebrated 3.2 million-year old Ethiopian fossilised skeleton known as “Lucy” has returned to Addis Ababa after five years on tour in the US.
The fossil of the earliest known homini...
Dar Es Salaam News
Kenya returns fossils to Tanzania
Kenya has returned thousands of hominid fossils taken from Tanzanian archaeological sites in the 1930s to the recently-expanded National Museum of Tanzania and the adjacent House of Culture in Dar es...
Cairo News
The American University in Cairo (AUC) to digitise rare Egyptian manuscripts
The American University in Cairo (AUC) has begun digitising its collections of rare Egyptian manuscripts.
The burning of the historic Egyptian Scientific Institute on 17 December 2011 spurred the A...
Nairobi News
Tom Mboya statue goes up in Nairobi
A statue of Tom Mboya will be unveiled officially in central Nairobi on 20 October or Mashujaa Day
Arusha News
Scientists exhume Laetoli footprints near Arusha
International experts have begun exhuming a famous set of 3.6 million-year-old human footprints from an ancient river bed at Laetoli near the Ngorongoro Crater conservation area 250km east of Arus...
Cape Town News
Cape Town's Bertram House reopens
Bertram House, the only extant Georgian-style red brick house once a common sight in many parts of Cape Town, has opened its doors to the public after extensive renovations.
Located at the top of...
Addis Ababa News
Breakthrough Fossil Find in Ethiopia
A breakthrough discovery in Dikika, in the Afar region of northern Ethiopia, has provided unambiguous proof that our ancestors were capable of using stone implements to butcher meat 3.4 million years...
