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Nigeria : Govt Votes N50bn for New PH City

Fri, 05/16/2008 - 17:18 — AA Network
Nigeria: Govt Votes N50bn for New PH City - The Rivers State Government has begun the building of a new Port Harcourt city at the cost of N50 billion. [AA Urbanisation]

South Africa : Gauteng Seeks Solutions to Skills, Capacity Challenges

Fri, 05/16/2008 - 17:17 — AA Network
South Africa: Gauteng Seeks Solutions to Skills, Capacity Challenges - Senior managers from the Gauteng Provincial Government, including provincial municipalities, are attending a two-day conference to explore various ways of responding to challenges of skills development and capacity of the state. [AA Urbanisation]

South Africa : PE Councillor for Housing Clarifies Media Report

Fri, 05/16/2008 - 17:16 — AA Network
South Africa: Pe Councillor for Housing Clarifies Media Report - Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Councillor for Housing and Land Eldridge Jerry says allegations contained in a recent media report around the awarding of certain contracts are false. [AA Urbanisation]

Nigeria : Communities Fault Fadama Projects in Kaduna

Fri, 05/16/2008 - 17:14 — AA Network
Nigeria: Communities Fault Fadama Projects in Kaduna - Disagreement has erupted between some rural communities in Katsina State over the quality of jobs executed in the state. [AA Construction]

Tanzania: Zanzibar's women plaster old city

Thu, 05/15/2008 - 13:17 — AA Editor
Tanzania: Zanzibar's women plaster old city -

Tanzania: Zanzibar's women plaster old city - Source: BBC NEWS
Years of neglect have left many buildings in Stone Town, the historic capital of the Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar, close to collapse - but now a team of women builders are trying to put that right.

Nigeria : Lost Yoruba kingdom

Thu, 05/15/2008 - 13:16 — AA Editor
Nigeria : Lost Yoruba kingdom -

African archaeology Nigeria: Lost Yoruba kingdom - An older article but one which may be of interest:

By NORIMITSU ONISHI

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Which country has the largest collection of pyramids? Think again, for it is not Egypt...

Thu, 05/15/2008 - 13:16 — AA Editor
Which country has the largest collection of pyramids? Think again, for it is not Egypt... -

African archaeology: Which country has the largest collection of pyramids? Think again, for it is not Egypt, but Sudan - Source: Al-AhramWhich country has the largest collection of pyramids? Think again, for it is not Egypt, but Sudan. Join Mohamed El-Hebeishy as he visits north Sudan in search of answers

Nigeria: Population Explosion - Lagos to Set Up 7 Satellite Towns

Thu, 05/15/2008 - 13:09 — AA Network
Nigeria: Population Explosion - Lagos to Set Up 7 Satellite Towns - Lagos state government is to establish seven new satellite towns in different parts of the state as part of moves to decongest the highly populated density areas within the metropolis. [AA Urbanisation]

Nigeria: More Than 800,000 Residents Evicted From Abuja From 2003 to 2007

Thu, 05/15/2008 - 13:06 — AA Network
Nigeria: More Than 800,000 Residents Evicted From Abuja From 2003 to 2007 - More than 800,000 residents were forcibly evicted from informal  settlements in Abuja, Nigeria, from 2003 to 2007, during the  administration of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nasir Ahmad  el-Rufai, according to The Myth of the Abuja Master Plan: Forced evictions as urban planning in Abuja, Nigeria, a new report released  by the Geneva-based Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) and the Lagos-based Social and Economic Rights Action Cen

Uganda: Busia to Get Modern Landing Site

Thu, 05/15/2008 - 10:09 — AA Network
Uganda: Busia to Get Modern Landing Site - THE construction of a modern landing site at Majanji in Busia district has been commissioned by fisheries state minister, Fred Mukisa. [AA Construction]

Mozambique : "Development Starts in the Countryside"

Thu, 05/15/2008 - 10:09 — AA Network
Development Starts in the Countryside - Guebuza - Development Starts in the Countryside - Guebuza - The starting point for development in Mozambique must be the rural areas, declared President Armando Guebuza on Wednesday. [AA Network News] [AA Mozambique]

Kenya: Bitter Lessons Learnt

Thu, 05/15/2008 - 09:34 — AA Network
Kenya: Bitter Lessons Learnt - The demolition of properties built on road by-passes has started once again. Roads minister Kipkalya Kones has said that the exercise will continue and will only end when all structures that are on the land earmarked for the by-passes are brought down. [AA Construction]

South Africa: City of Joburg to Appeal Soweto Water Meter Ruling

Wed, 05/14/2008 - 18:09 — AA Network

South Africa: City of Joburg to Appeal Soweto Water Meter Ruling - The battle between the right to access to water and ensuring people save water is not over in Soweto as the City of Johannesburg is to appeal against the court's decision to have the pre-paid water meters in Soweto removed, writes Bathandwa Mbola. [AA Urbanisation]

Uganda : Hilton Hotel Kampala to Be Ready Next Year

Wed, 05/14/2008 - 18:09 — AA Network
Uganda: Hilton Hotel Kampala to Be Ready Next Year - Hilton Hotel Kampala, potentially Uganda's first "true" 5-star hotel and an architectural landmark is now set to be complete by September 2009, according to the project's developers, AYA Group. [AA Urbanisation]

Gambia : Lawyer Builds Bansang Police Station

Wed, 05/14/2008 - 18:08 — AA Network
Gambia: Lawyer Builds Bansang Police Station - A newly-built police station in Bansang, Central River Region (CRR), was on Thursday inaugurated by President Jammeh, as part of the itinerary of the Dialogue with the People Tour. [AA Construction]
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