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Cape Town News

Western Cape premier Rasool resigns.

Ebrahim Rasool of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) has resigned as premier of the Western Cape province. He will be replaced by provincial minister for finance and tourism Lynne Brown, also...
Nairobi News

New finance minister appointed.

Environment minister John Michuki has been named as acting finance minister following the resignation of Amos Kimunya over the sale of Nairobi
Nairobi News

Finance minister resigns over Grand Regency sale.

The fate of Nairobi's most expensive hotel, the Grand Regency, hangs in the balance after the resignation of finance minister Amos Kimunya of President Mwai Kibaki
Maputo News

Mozambique improves in World Bank governance indicators.

Mozambique has improved its ranking in four out of six of the World Bank
Lagos News

Former aviation ministers arrested.

Two former aviation ministers, Femi Fani-Kayode and Babalola Borishade, have been arrested as art of an investigation into the presumed misappropriation of a N19.5 billion fund set up by former presid...
Nairobi News

Grand Regency controversy deepens.

The grand coalition government of president Mwai Kibaki and prime minister Raila Odinga is faced with its biggest financial scandal since it was formed four months ago. The controversy concerns the r...
Nairobi News

Kenya by-elections results announced.

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) of prime minister Raila Odinga took three seats and the Party of National Unity (PNU) of president Mwai Kibaki took two seats in the parliamentary by-elections on...
Nairobi News

Kenyans pin hope on Barack Obama.

US senator Barack Obama is on his way to becoming a nationl hero in Kenya following his recent victory over Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential primary elections in the United States.
Addis Ababa News

New EPRDF headquarters.

The ruling Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) coalition is to build a new seven-storey headquarters near its existing premises in Arat Kilo close to the city centre. The buildin...
Nairobi News

East African Legislative Assembly meets in Nairobi.

Lawmakers from the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) are meeting in Nairobi from 12-23 May to promote ambitious plans to form a customs and monetary union and political federation similar to th...
Nairobi News

Kenya by-elections to be held in June.

Kenyans return to the polls on 11 June for by-elections in five parliamentary constituencies across the country, less than six months after disputed elections in December 2007 led to nearly two months...
Nairobi News

New Nairobi metropolitan development minister appointed.

Nairobi will go down in history as the first city in the world to have a full-fledged ministry created specifically to take care of its affairs. The ministry of Nairobi metropolitan development (NMD)...
Nairobi News

New Kenya cabinet sworn in.

The new unity government of Kenya has been sworn in at a special ceremony presided over by president Mwai Kibaki of the Party of National Unity (PNU). With 40 ministers and over 50 deputies, the new...
Addis Ababa News

Opposition withdraws from local elections.

The opposition party Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement (OFDM) has pulled out of elections in Ethiopia in protest over the alleged intimidation of its agents during polling, Reuters news agency repo...
Nairobi News

Kenya cabinet announced.

Kenya at last has a new unity government under the terms of the power-sharing agreement signed by President Mwai Kibaki of the Party of National Unity (PNU) and Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) leader...
Cairo News

NDP wins in Egypt's local elections.

The ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) has won an overwhelming victory in the 8 April local elections, which were characterised by a very low turnout across the country. The final results are st...
Nairobi News

Tension returns to Nairobi.

Tension has returned to Nairobi
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