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Africa Nears Agreement on Continental Infrastructure Plan With Accord in MoroccoAfrican Development Bank | 31 Oct 2011The development of infrastructure is not something Africa can postpone. It is at the very core of the development of our continent to bring truly inclusive and sustainable economic growth over the long term. he said. PIDA (Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa) promotes the development of regional and continental infrastructure projects in transport, energy, information and telecommunications technologies (ICT), as well as trans-boundary water.
Morocco | Energy | Freshwater | Transport Rains leave Mombasa homes, roads floodednairobistar.com | 04 May 2011A heavy downpour in Mombasa town and its environs has displaced hundreds of people and rendered many roads impassable. Residents had to evacuate flooded homes yesterday morning after the rains that started on Sunday night. Admininstration police officers reported homes in Likoni had to be evacuated...
Kenya | Floods | Transport | Urban Environment Cairo upgrades battered taxis, cleans up imageReuters | 19 Jan 2011Grimy old Fiats and Ladas have long been a defining feature of Cairo's creaking taxi fleet, clogging the city's streets and sputtering out fumes. Now the scruffy black-and-white cabs are giving way to metered, air-conditioned cars assembled in Egypt using kits from firms like General Motors, Hyundai of South Korea and China's Chery. Taxis under the French brand Peugeot originate from factories in Iran.
Egypt | Air Pollution | Transport South Africa thieves hit traffic lights for Sim cardsBBC World Service | 17 Jan 2011Some 400 high-tech South African traffic lights are out of action after thieves in Johannesburg stole the mobile phone Sim cards they contain. The thieves ran up bills amounting to thousands of dollars by using the stolen cards to make calls. Johannesburg Road Agency (JRA) said it is investigating the possibility of an "inside job" after only the Sim card-fitted traffic lights were targeted.
South Africa | Economics and the Environment | Transport How Kenya was left stranded with tanks meant for S. SudanDaily Nation | 09 Dec 2010The US last year threatened to impose sweeping sanctions against Kenya if it delivered 32 Russian-made tanks to the government of Southern Sudan, according to leaked embassy cables. The cables prove that the government did not tell the truth when it claimed that the tanks were meant for the Kenyan military. Not only were the tanks, now lying at the Kahawa Barracks, meant for Southern Sudan, but a further 67 had already passed through Kenya.
Kenya | Sudan | Trade and Environment | Transport Tough proposals in bid to rid Kenya roads of bloodDaily Nation | 09 Dec 2010The number of Kenyans dying from road crashes is not likely to go down if recent reports are to go by. A report released by the Ministry of Transport indicates that 3,000 lives are lost annually through road carnage. In the report, 85 per cent of road accidents are caused by human error while 15 per cent are due to poor road conditions and defective vehicles.
Kenya | Health and Environment | Transport Uganda: Environmentalists Warn On Murram ExcavationAllAfrica.com | 22 Oct 2010Kampala — environmentalists have expressed concern over the rate at which road constructors are degrading the environment in search of murram. They said the Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) should ensure that constructors restore the degraded areas, especially those along major highways.
Uganda | Transport | Urban Pollution