The first passenger flight between Ethiopia and Eritrea since the start of a 20-year conflict will take place next Wednesday, Ethiopian Airlines said in a statement. The African aviation giant said Tuesday it would initially…
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Eritrea’s unique architecture under threat
Eritrea’s capital Asmara boasts buildings unlike anywhere else in Africa, a legacy of its Italian colonial past, when architects were given free rein for structures judged too avant-garde back home. Modernist architectural wonders in this…
Africa Movie Academy Awards ’13 deadline extended
The organisers of the Africa Movie Academy Awards have extended the deadline for receiving film entries to January 31, 2013. Tony Anih, the Executive Secretary of AMAA, says this extension is aimed at giving filmmakers…
Kwani? Litfest 2012 Conversations with the Horn
(Kate Hampton) The fourth biennial Kwani? Litfest kicked off on Sunday in Eric Wainaina’s spacious studio garden. Kwani? Litfest 2012: Conversations with the Horn brings together leading and emerging writers, artists and scholars from the…