Africa News Headlines - Special Ebola Edition - 28 October 2014

African students address their peers' misconceptions about Ebola
Source: The Daily Pennsylvanian

Finding Ebola's 'patient zero'
Source: The Guardian/Daily Maverick

New paper Ebola test can detect strains within 30 minutes
Source: UPI

WHO vaccines boss Marie-Paule Kieny signs up as first Ebola trial guinea pig
Source: Biznews.com/Reuters

The real worry isn’t Ebola in New York. It’s Ebola in Mali.
Source: The Washington Post

Virginia's tie to Liberia should bind us in Ebola fight
Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch

Why the Cuomo/Christie Ebola Quarantine is Stupid
Source: Reason

Ebola literacy

Source: Trinidad Express

Ebola: Experienced doctors still rare
Source: IRIN

Ebola ‘infects’ African tourism
Source: Newstime Africa

Ebola's family history revealed
Source: The Daily Mail

Ebola pandemic: Wake-up call for Africa
Source: The Standard

Evaluating Ebola as a Biological Weapon
Source: Forbes

AU offers 2,000 more staff to aid Ebola-hit region
Source: BusinessDay

Travellers with Ebola should not be stigmatised: UN chief
Source: ZeeNews

WHO plans to roll out mass Ebola vaccines by mid-2015
Source: Standard Digital/AFP

President Obama: "Focused on the Fight Against Ebola"
Source: The White House

Rap’s newest obsession: Lyrics about Ebola
Source: The Washington Post

Uganda sends more medical personnel to Ebola-hit West Africa
Source: Business Standard

Virginia increases Ebola monitoring of travelers, stops short of mandatory quarantine
Source: Roanoke Times

DP William Ruto calls for African unity in fight against Ebola, terrorism
Source: Standard Digital

Watch (and Cringe): U.S. vs. U.K. Media on Ebola
Source: Reason

New quarantine rules considered for aid workers returning to U.S. from Ebola-stricken region
Source: Washington Post

“Ebola virus will not be gone. It will only be hiding again”
Source: Salon

UN Foundation CEO on 3 untold Ebola stories
Source: Fortune

WHO sending Ebola experts to Mali, 43 people monitored for virus
Source: Reuters

Safari Operators Amend Cancellation Policies to Counter Ebola Panic
Source: Travel Pulse

4 innovative solutions to deliver on education amid Ebola crisis
Source: devex

US Isolates Troops After Ebola Efforts in West Africa
Source: Voice of America

Ebola death toll tops 4,900 as virus spreads: WHO
Source: Reuters

U.S. Ebola fighters head to Africa, but will the military and civilian effort be enough?
Source: The Washington Post

Fear and indifference leave West Africa desperate for Ebola staff
Source: Reuters

Cuban sent to fight Ebola dies of malaria
Source: New Vision

No runners from Ebola-stricken nations in marathon
Source: Colorado Springs Gazette

Monsters in suits: Ebola's traumatic effect on children
Source: News24

Australia slaps visa ban on Ebola-hit West Africa states
Source: Delhi Daily News

UK Ramps Up Ebola Monitoring in Shipping Industry
Source: International Business Times

Murray State Deferring Applications from Africa
Source: WBKO/AP

Halloween In The Time of Ebola
Source: SitNews

In a Liberian slum swarming with Ebola, a race against time to save two little girls
Source: The Washington Post

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Africa News Headlines - Special Ebola Edition - 21 October 2014

Woah! Did The Simpsons predict Ebola outbreak 17 years back?
Source: First Post

John Hoffmire: What's the next step in the Ebola crisis?
Source: Deseret News

Ebola vaccine trials could start in Africa in January
Source: USA Today

Samsung donates 3,000 smartphones in support of the fight against Ebola
Source: Biztech Africa

Ebola: Wake up call for Africa to build its own institutions
Source: Nehanda Radio

Cameroon braces-up though Nigeria declared Ebola-free
Source: CRTV

Rwanda to screen U.S. visitors for Ebola
Source: USA Today

Could Ebola Kill Our Chocolate Supply?
Source: Broward/Palm Beach New Times

Ebola hits West Africa food security
Source: IRIN

World Bank hails Uganda over Ebola fight
Source: New Vision

Cocoa industry donates $600K to Ebola prevention
Source: FoodBev.com

Ebola fears: Blame Hollywood?
Source: The Hill

Georgetown professor drops class to become U.S. Ebola coordinator
Source: Georgetown Voice

Plane Of Good Samaritans: Why Fly To (And From) West Africa
Source: North Country Public Radio

Ivory Coast Exporters Ramp Up Cocoa Shipments Amid Ebola Fears
Source: The Wall Street Journal

Ebola’s negative economic impact to spread in Africa
Source: The Malay Mail Online

Army medics' Africa mission to battle Ebola outbreak
Source: Darlington & Stockton Times

Uganda says no fresh cases of Ebola like Marburg virus
Source: Capital FM

Doctors back Kenya fight against Ebola
Source: The Star

“The Hot Zone” and the mythos of Ebola
Source: ScienceBlogs

Could mobile marketing be the key to combating Ebola in Africa?
Source: Bizcommunity.com

Nine "Diseases" CDC Considers More Important Than Ebola
Source: Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog

Navy scientist serves as front line Ebola fighter in Liberia
Source: Stars and Stripes

Cuba pledges more doctors, nurses to fight Ebola in Africa
Source; Myrtle Beach Online

Ugandan leader calls for political mobilization against Ebola
Source; StarAfrica

An Ebola Outbreak Contained: What U.S. And Other Nations Can Learn From Nigeria
Source: Forbes

Ebola Hysteria Fever: A Real Epidemic
Source: Huffington Post

Red Algae Extract Fights Ebola … and HIV, SARS and HCV
Source: Global Research

What the Ebola Experts Miss
Source: The Wall Street Journal

Former ObamaCare adviser: Pentagon’s Ebola team is ‘overkill’
Source: The Hill

U.N. Group Urges China's Wealthy to Fight Ebola
Source: The Wall Street Journal

In Fight to Stop Ebola, Nigeria Got Right Everything America Got Wrong
Source: The Cable

New Africa Books - Special Ebola Edition for 20 October 2014
Source: Sub-Saharan Monitor

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Africa News Headlines - Special Ebola Edition - 13 October 2014

Male Ebola survivors: No sex or wear a condom for 3 months
Source: Detroit Free Press

9 questions you were too afraid to ask about Ebola
Source: Vox

Frequently asked questions about Ebola
Source: Chicago Tribune

Sex in a time of Ebola
Source: The Washington Post

Ebola: Statistics about the deadly virus
Source: Coventry Telegraph

Ebola may pose risk to Africa Cup of Nations
Source: Sunday World

Ebola epidemic 'could lead to failed states', warns WHO
Source: BBC News

Ebola to cost MSF nearly $60m this year
Source: News24

Another Side-Effect of Ebola: Headaches For An Ohio University Professor
Source: WOUB Public Media

How to protect yourself from Ebola: 10 top tips to avoid the deadly disease
Source: Daily Mirror

UN budget committee approves funding for UN Ebola response mission
Source: UN News Centre

Are dogs a risk for Ebola transmission to humans?
Source: Outbreak News Today

Report: Not All Ebola Patients Will Display A Fever
Source: The Daily Caller

'We are late, but not too late to fight and win this battle,' against Ebola – UN
Source: UN News Centre

Why is Ebola being treated as an 'African disease?'
Source: Mail & Guardian

UVa panel discusses Ebola; local sites have contingency plans
Source: The Daily Progress

Liberians cope with the fear and realities of Ebola
Source: CBS Evening News

Can all US hospitals safely treat Ebola?
Source WBTW News 13

Ebola deflating hopes for 3 poor African economies
Source: AP/NWI.com

University Holds Interdisciplinary Symposium on Ebola Crisis
Source: Georgetown University

The many flaws of airports' Ebola screenings
Source: Crain's Chicago Business

UVa researchers identify structure in Ebola virus
Source: The Daily Progress

Ebola in UK: 'Don't Panic' says virus expert at University of Northampton
Source: Northants Herald & Post

Letter From a Spanish Ebola Expert in Sierra Leone
Source: The World Post

Why Isn't Silicon Valley Doing More to Fight Ebola?
Source: The Daily Beast

Majority of Americans Want Flights Banned From Ebola Countries: Survey
Source: NBC News

Obama reviews foreign, domestic response to Ebola
Source: Lynchburg News & Advance

Virginia Congressman Robert Hurt discusses Africa policy, Ebola threat, and AGOA
Source: Examiner.com

Ebola Panic Is Worse Than the Disease
Source: The Daily Beast

UPDATED: UVa. Patient Tests Negative For Ebola
Source: Newsplex

5 Ugandans in isolation over Marburg virus
Source: News24

Ebola airport screenings may seem intrusive, but they’re legal, experts say
Source: PBS Newshour/AP

Liberia healthcare workers demand Ebola hazard pay
Source: Oman Tribune

UVa Is Now Banning All Student Travel to Ebola Countries
Source: InTheCapital

UN agency: Ebola cuts food in Sierra Leone
Source: AP/Townhall.com

Obama, Ban call for more 'robust' fight against Ebola
Source: AFP/Rappler

Read this to get a better understanding of how Ebola spreads
Source: Reuters

Richmond clinic evaluating whether patient is at risk of Ebola
Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch

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Africa News Headlines for 20 August 2014

China must stop its arms sales to war-torn South Sudan
Source: South China Morning Post

Shortage of school toilets leaves stink
Source: IOL/Daily News

Africa’s necessary data revolution
Source; Korea JoongAng Daily

E-readers bring hope to Africa's schools
Source: CNN

Uganda Foreign Missions websites a disaster
Source: New Vision

African Women Are Africa's Future
Source: The Huffington Post

'Sony phones top for porn in SA'
Source: iAfrica.com

Can China Save Africa's Elephants?
Source: Bloomberg View

Global Consulting Firm Links Businesses to Partnerships in Africa
Source: AFK Insider

'In Morocco youth unemployment is driving up inequality'
Source: The Guardian

Aga Khan Development Network to Invest U.S. $1 Billion (Sh1.6 Trillion)in Expansion Plans for Tanzania
Source: Daily News

Conservationists Urge Action As African Elephants Reach Tipping Point
Source: NPR/Here & Now

African Media Tries to Educate Public About Ebola
Source: Voice of America

Mutharika Urged to Protect Sexual Minorities in Malawi
Source: Nyasa Times

UK, US support Uganda malaria eradication efforts
Source: New Vision

Museveni tells off Bukusu, Bagisu over archaic circumcision ritual, 
says it promotes prostitution
Source: The Star

These Two Charts Show How China Is Helping Decimate Africa's Elephants
Source; Foreign Policy

President Uhuru assures investors in tourism industry of support
Source: Standard Digital

FM: Kenya Supports Iran's Right to Use Peaceful N. Technology
Source: Fars News Agency

In Liberia, Ebola Quarantine Sparks Riots
Source: NPR/Here & Now

Clearing the air on US-Kenya relations
Source: Standard Digital

Why Are So Many Women Dying From Ebola?
Source: Foreign Policy

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New Africa Book of the Day - 12 August 2014

Another America: The Story of Liberia and the Former Slaves Who Ruled It, by James Ciment

Release Date: August 12, 2014
Publisher: Hill and Wang

The first popular history of the former American slaves who founded, ruled, and lost Africa’s first republic

In 1820, a group of about eighty African Americans reversed the course of history and sailed back to Africa, to a place they would name after liberty itself. They went under the banner of the American Colonization Society, a white philanthropic organization with a dual agenda: to rid America of its blacks, and to convert Africans to Christianity. The settlers staked out a beachhead; their numbers grew as more boats arrived; and after breaking free from their white overseers, they founded Liberia—Africa’s first black republic—in 1847.

James Ciment’s Another America is the first full account of this dramatic experiment. With empathy and a sharp eye for human foibles, Ciment reveals that the Americo-Liberians struggled to live up to their high ideals. They wrote a stirring Declaration of Independence but re-created the social order of antebellum Dixie, with themselves as the master caste. Building plantations, holding elegant soirees, and exploiting and even helping enslave the native Liberians, the persecuted became the persecutors—until a lowly native sergeant murdered their president in 1980, ending 133 years of Americo rule.

The rich cast of characters in Another America rivals that of any novel. We encounter Marcus Garvey, who coaxed his followers toward Liberia in the 1920s, and the rubber king Harvey Firestone, who built his empire on the backs of native Liberians. Among the Americoes themselves, we meet the brilliant intellectual Edward Blyden, one of the first black nationalists; the Baltimore-born explorer Benjamin Anderson, seeking a legendary city of gold in the Liberian hinterland; and President William Tubman, a descendant of Georgia slaves, whose economic policies brought Cadillacs to the streets of Monrovia, the Liberian capital. And then there are the natives, men like Joseph Samson, who was adopted by a prominent Americo family and later presided over the execution of his foster father during the 1980 coup.

In making Liberia, the Americoes transplanted the virtues and vices of their country of birth. The inspiring and troubled history they created is, to a remarkable degree, the mirror image of our own.

Historian James Ciment is editor of Encyclopedia of Conflicts Since World War II (2007), World Terrorism: An Encyclopedia of Political Violence from Ancient Times to the Post-9/11 Era (2011), and Booms and Busts: An Encyclopedia of Economic History from Tulipmania of the 1630's to the Global Financial Crisis of the 21 st Century (2010); author of The Kurds: State and Minority in Turkey, Iraq, and Iran (1997), Angola and Mozambique: Postcolonial Wars in Southern Africa (1997), and Atlas of African-American History (2007); and co-editor (with Roger Chapman) of Culture Wars in America: An Encyclopedia of Issues, Viewpoints, and Voices (2013), among other books.

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Africa News Headlines for 31 July 2014

Oscar Pistorius Murder Trial: Judge Thokozile Masipa Has Considerable Testimony To Consider
Source: Sports World News

Michelle Obama Urges Young Africans to Embrace Women's Rights
Source: Voice of America

Trade, Investment, Growth Are Key Issues at US-Africa Summit
Source: Voice of America

Barclays Africa to expand in Nigeria
Source: Business Day

Ambulance fitted to restore eyesight in Togo, West Africa
Source: Tyler Morning Telegraph

Fort Worth doctor in Africa tests positive for Ebola virus
Source: KHOU-TV

Liberia shuts all schools as Ebola virus spreads
Source: France24

World’s first malaria vaccine to hit markets soon
Source: Free Malaysia Today

US not looking for permanent military presence in Africa
Source: Business Standard

First lady asks African leaders to change gender attitudes
Source: The Modesto Bee/AP

State Dept. official: Anti-gay laws ‘not consistent’ with African values
Source: Washington Blade

U.S. Africa Summit Leaders Face Weighty Agenda for Continent
Source: United States Institute of Peace

EU, Cameroon Implement Economic Partnership Agreement
Source: Tax-News

President Jonathan Drops Wife From Washington DC Trip, To Travel With 73 Delegates
Source: Sahara Reporters

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New Africa Book of the Day - 4 May 2014

Agricultural Land Redistribution and Land Administration in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Studies of Recent Reforms edited by Frank F. K. Byamugisha

Release Date: May 5, 2014
Publisher: World Bank Publications [Kindle Edition]

Agricultural Land Redistribution and Land Administration in Sub-Saharan Africa: Case Studies of Recent Reforms focuses on “how” to undertake land reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa, but with relevant lessons for other developing countries. It provides details, with case studies, on how reforms were undertaken to address a pressing and controversial development challenge in Africa – land ownership inequality – and an intransigent development issue – inefficiency and corruption in land administration. An equally important contribution of the book is assessing reforms and highlighting valuable lessons for other countries contemplating reforms.

The six case studies collectively cover two main areas of land governance: reforms in redistributing agricultural land and reforms in land administration. The first two case studies discuss reforms in redistributing agricultural land in Malawi and South Africa, part of the southern Africa region where land ownership inequalities rival those in Latin America. The remaining case studies, four in number, are focused on addressing corruption and inefficiency in land administration in a variety of contexts of governance including stable and post-conflict countries. The case studies cover:

• Decentralizing land administration with demonstrations from Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Ghana;
• Developing post-conflict land administration systems with examples from Liberia and Rwanda;
• Re-engineering and computerizing land information systems with examples from Ghana and Uganda; and
• Improving management of government land through land inventories with examples drawn from Ghana and Uganda.

The common elements between sometimes disparate experiences provide lessons of relevance to African and other developing countries contemplating similar reforms. The rigorous analysis and yet down-to-earth lessons of experience are a reflection of the authors’ deep global experience underpinned by personal participation in the reforms covered by the book. This volume will be of interest to a wide audience including land specialists and practitioners, African policy makers, experts and managers in the international development community, and the academia.

Frank F. K. Byamugisha is author of Securing Africa's Land for Shared Prosperity: A Program to Scale Up Reforms and Investments (2013) and The effects of land registration on financial development and economic growth: A theoretical and conceptual framework (1999).

Africa News Headlines for 9 April 2014

Is Facebook planning to use drones to connect Africa?
Source: How We Made It in Africa

Angola’s Sovereign Wealth Fund Appoints Audit Board
Source: Ventures Africa

Murray & Roberts Signs Africa Water Deal With Singapore’s Hyflux
Source: BloombergBusinessweek

Africa’s Growth Set to Reach 5.2 percent in 2014 With Strong Investment Growth and Household Spending
Source: World Bank

Mapping startup ecosystems across Africa: How to facilitate entrepreneurial success
Source: VC4Africa

Back to Africa? For some African-Americans, the answer is yes
Source: Christian Science Monitor

Sub-Saharan Africa GDP seen rising to 5.2 pct in 2014
Source: Reuters

Guinea, Liberia investigate more Ebola cases
Source: University of Minnesota CIDRAP

Warburg Pincus Wagers on Mideast, Africa After Dubai Investment
Source: Bloomberg

20 Important African Startups to Watch
Source: Mashable

Africa Internet Holding launches Lendico marketplace in South Africa
Source: HumanIPO

Nigerian startups boosted by revised GDP stats
Source: ITWebAfrica

South African, Kenyan leaders show support for Turkish schools
Source: Today's Zaman

Tracking South Africa’s Democracy in Real Time
Source: Africa in Transition