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Africa’s tallest skyscraper set to be taller than Chicago’s Willis Tower and bring the continent of Africa into the skyscraper big league   Centurion Symbio-City, near Johannesburg, poised to become world’s 14th-tallest freestanding structure   An illustration of Centurion Symbio-City, which will soar to 447 metres/1,466 feet tall   South Africa could soon be home […]

Robert Mugabe asked to be UN ‘leader for tourism’ David Smith The Guardian With a line-up that includes Drew Barrymore, David Beckham, Orlando Bloom, and Ricky Martin, the UN’s choice of ambassadors has been known to cause raised eyebrows or the odd smirk. Seldom, however, has there been such anger, or questioning of the organisation’s […]

Urban Africa- Cities of Africa not often seen by people outside of the continent A collection of photos taken by awesome people of the world   Dilemma X   Africa is huge and diverse. It is the 2nd most populous continent, after Asia. The continent has 54 independent countries with many different ethnic groups.   Africa […]

Africa GDP seen rising By Duncan Miriri | Reuters ARUSHA, Tanzania  – Africa’s economy will expand 4.5 percent this year before accelerating to 4.8 percent in 2013, the African Development Bank said on Monday though it warned the festering euro zone crisis may hurt demand for African exports. AfDB said Africa’s economy grew 3.4 percent […]

Angola sets next general election date   AFP Angola has set August 31 as the date for elections likely to return President Jose Eduardo dos Santos and his ruling MPLA to power. But opposition parties claim voting cannot be free and fair.   “The Council of the Republic has pronounced in favour of August 31 […]

Egypt’s presidential election: Facts about the historic post-Mubarak vote By Leila Fadel The Washington Post Why is the Egyptian presidential election important? This is Egypt’s first competitive presidential election in modern history. For the first time, Egyptians will get to choose who leads, and people have a choice of 13 candidates. The result will also […]

Under fire, South Africa’s former president repudiates apartheid By Samuel Burke, CNN (CNN) — Under fire for his comments on apartheid, former South African President F.W. de Klerk clarified his position again Wednesday, saying that he repudiates the system of racial segregation as unacceptable. De Klerk called apartheid “morally unjustifiable” and “that it could not […]

China Daily to publish African edition as Beijing strengthens voice abroad State-owned English-language newspaper that claims an independent editorial policy ‘to introduce China to the world’ David Smith The Guardian China’s biggest English-language newspaper is to publish a weekly African edition with bureaux in at least two countries on the continent. The African operation of […]

South Africa’s economy to grow about 3% By Andres R. Martinez and Franz Wild Bloomberg South Africa’s economy will probably expand about 3 percent this year, even after a slump in manufacturing output cast doubt on the outlook for growth, South Africa’s Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said. Factory production unexpectedly fell 2.7 percent in March […]

Is now the time to remove wig wearing as part of court dress in Africa’s Commonwealth of Nations and those in the Caribbean? The use of wigs in British courts dates back to the 1680s. The Commonwealth of Nations is an organization of 54 independent member states. All members except Mozambique and Rwanda were part of the British […]