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Four people were injured, one critically, when the building that formerly housed Club Avenida on Moi Avenue in Nairobi's central business district collapsed during a nighttime demolition exercise.
Uganda Railways Corporation will begin removing illegal occupants from its land along the Kampala-Mityana, Mubende and Kamwenge-Kasese corridors on Monday 19 October, before extending the exercise to the Busoga line.
The Nairobi Rivers Commission is re-demarcating the Kibagare River through Parklands to create a public park inside a 30- to 60-metre riverbank buffer, part of Ksh50 billion Nairobi River regeneration frameworks.
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis opened the upgraded Haven night shelter in Kensington on 15 October, lifting capacity from 80 to 200 beds as the city's shelter network passes 1,300 beds.
Special Homes Limited, the property company of Ghanaian businessman Dr Ernest Ofori Sarpong, is developing Special Towers on Lagos Avenue in East Legon, with studios to penthouses being sold off-plan.
The Parklands Residents Association says approvals for changes of use, densification, demolitions and building works issued after 14 October 2026 are null and void because Nairobi City County missed court-ordered planning deadlines.
Benjamin Onigbinde, chief executive of Sigvent Property Trust and convener of Housing First, says Nigeria's target of 200 housing units per local government area will not be met without harmonised federal and state policies on land, approvals and mortgages.
A Tanzanian parliamentary committee has urged the government to set up a dedicated land bank to speed up housing delivery for public servants, as Watumishi Housing Investments pursues 739 units in the 2026/27 financial year.
Moroccan developer Addoha has launched Palm Bay, an ultra-luxury villa scheme in Assinie, and unveiled a new premium brand as it expands across Cote d'Ivoire. Its 20 Ivorian projects represent potential revenue of about 22.3 billion dirhams.