Nairobi News
Fighting in Mathare slum leaves eight dead.
Calm has returned to Mathare slum in northeastern Nairobi after five days of fighting between two outlawed gangs which residents say have left at least eight people dead and thousands more displaced f...
Accra News
Hawkers at Kwame Nkrumah Circle moved for road.
Traders at Kwame Nkrumah Circle station have expressed their dismay following the demolition of their stalls to make way for a major road-building project, the on-line version of The Ghanaian Times re...
Addis Ababa News
Legal rights for disabled in Addis Ababa.
Disabled residents of the Yeka district of Addis Ababa and beyond are to benefit from a new project to promote their legal rights in light of their greater vulnerability to sexual violence and HIV/AID...
Maputo News
Proposed media law changes cause concern.
There is perplexity among some journalists and media operators in Mozambique about proposed changes to the 1991 press law, which is widely considered one of the most enlightened pieces of media legisl...
Accra News
Nine paint manufacturers and importers are offering a ten per cent discount on their products until 30 November as part of efforts to clean up the capital ahead of Ghanas golden jubilee in 2007, when...
Cape Town News
The Ambassador of Conscience 2006 award presented by Amnesty International has gone to anti-apartheid leader and former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela. The annual award went to the 88-year-o...
Nairobi News
Nairobi slum youth get vocational skills.
Unemployed youth living in the slums of Waruku, Gatina, Kangemi and Muthangari in west Nairobi will soon be able to receive vocational skills training as part of a Ksh40 million initiative aimed at re...
Maputo News
Gays and lesbians in Mozambique may soon have their rights championed by an official movement, state news agency AIM reports. The demand for organised representation came during the first ever seminar...
Addis Ababa News
Ethiopia prepares for WorldSkills.
On 18-19 November young people from six regions in Ethiopia are to take part in a competition to promote vocational skills training in the country. Technical and vocational education and training (TVE...
Maputo News
19 October is the 20th anniversary of the death of Samora Machel, independence leader and the founding president of the republic of Mozambique.
To mark the occasion on 5 October a library was opened...
Cape Town News
Hundreds homeless after shack fire.
Some 600 people living in Fish Hoek south of Cape Town have been left homeless after a fire destroyed around 150 shacks in the area, South African Press Association (SAPA) reports. The blaze broke out...
Addis Ababa News
The state television broadcaster ETV is showing a ground-breaking new educational programme for 3-6 year olds called Tsehai Loves Learning. Modelled on the cult American childrens show Sesame Street,...
Accra News
Child sex tourism on the rise.
The Ghanaian non-governmental organisation Coalition on the Rights of the Child (GNCRC) has warned of an increase in child sex tourism in the country, the Accra Mail reports. The warning, contained in...
Addis Ababa News
Distance learning for AAU postgraduates.
Preparations are underway at state-run Addis Ababa University (AAU) to launch a distance learning programme for postgraduate students, pro-government news site Walta Information Center (WIC) reports....
Maputo News
First Mozambican Social Forum.
The first national social forum in Maputo on 25-29 October will examine the theme Another Mozambique is possible. Roughly 5,000 participants are expected to attend the meeting to discuss questions of...
Addis Ababa News
Building 400,000 low-cost houses.
The government has announced plans to build 400,000 low-cost houses over the next four years, although the ministry of works and urban development says that a total of 900,000 is needed to meet the co...
Cape Town News
V&A Waterfront sells for R7 billion.
In what is the biggest property deal in South African history, London-based private property company London & Regional Properties, Istithmar, the investment arm of the government of Dubai, and a high-...
Maputo News
40 women complete vocational training.
Forty women from all over Maputo have just completed a course in dressmaking, embroidery, cooking, food processing and food conservation as part of an initiative of the Mozambican non-governmental org...
Cape Town News
Armed robberies in South Africa increase.
Latest crime figures show a significant rise in the number of armed robberies in South Africa. The police service says that attacks on cash delivery vans in the year to April 2006 were up 74 per cent...
Cape Town News
Protecting swimmers and sharks.
Draft legislation shielding swimmers from attacks by great white sharks in the waters around Cape Town while at the same time protecting the endangered species has been presented to parliament. The po...
