Africa News Headlines for 9 June 2014

Gabonese Swimming Federation Holds First National Championship Meet
Source: Swim Swam

The 10 Hottest Travel Destinations Of The Future
Source: Business Insider

Doing business with Africa: Potential and challenge
Source: Dynamic Business

Oscar winner Nyong'o named MTV Africa 2014 personality
Source: Ahram Online/AFP

The legacy of an African web pioneer
Source: Financial Times

Airtel targets Africa’s ‘unphoned’ market
Source: IT Web Africa

Africa: Frontier of the ‘Golden Age of Gas’?
Source:  Energy Global

Public-Private Partnerships: Way to go for Africa
Source: The Southern Times

Boko Haram may expand reach: expert
Source: SAPA

Mobile internet usage on the increase in sub-Saharan Africa—Report
Source: Nigerian Tribune

Africa’s sports bars, TV shacks step up security for World Cup
Source: First Post

Nature Is Talking And Africa’s Legislators Are Listening
Source: Inter Press Service

Man Sentenced For Shipping Stolen Cars To Africa At Port Of Baltimore
Source: WJZ13/AP

Africa’s betrayal by African leaders
Source: San Francisco Bay View

Lawyers Discuss Illicit Flow of Money from Africa
Source: Voice of America

Supporting Women Farmers Is The Key To Africa's Continued Progress
Source: Forbes

Report: Nigeria Has Largest Displaced Population in Africa
Source: Voice of America

2014 World Cup Moment of Truth for Africa
Source: The Southern Times

Obama's High-Risk Africa Summit
Source: U.S. News & World Report

Somalia: UN Special Envoy commended Regional Anti-Piracy Authorities
Source: Geeska Africa

Cameroon and Chad to study 700km rail link
Source: International Railway Journal

China adopts a more hands-on approach to the conflict in South Sudan
Source: South China Morning Post

Regional Heads of State to Meet in Ethiopia
Source: Voice of America

Lamido Sanusi named as new emir of Kano in Nigeria
Source: BBC News

Kenya upbeat on ocean deal with Somalia
Source: Midnimo

Why Are Africa's Militaries So Disappointingly Bad?
Source: Foreign Policy

Africa News Headlines for 2 May 2014

Africa, India cultivate agricultural research ties
Source: Manica Post

Media Freedom Loses Ground in 2013
Source: Gallup World

Japanese Oil Refiner Opens Office In South Africa
Source: Ventures Africa

Kenya launches electronic system to cut trade red tape
Source: Reuters

President Uhuru Kenyatta's Speech On World Press Freedom Day
Source: The Star

Museveni travels to Kenya for Northern Corridor infrastructure summit
Source: New Vision

Africa Continues Going Mobile
Source: Gallup World

Africa Travel Market opens in Cape Town
Source: News24

Inside China: General hits U.S. in Africa
Source: Washington Times

African hipsters take vintage fashion back to the future
Source: CNN

Many Consider Media Freedom on the Decline
Source: FishbowlNY

Africa benefits from China's Growth: AU
Source: Xinhua

FedEx comes to Malawi, southern Africa
Source: Nyasa Times

Guest post: for growth to count, Africa must industrialise
Source: FT.com

A surprise: Bush is respected in Africa for launching huge campaign against AIDS
Source: Mondoweiss

Spectacular Kenya basks in Lupita Nyong'o's light
Source: Mail & Guardian

Purveyors of luxury goods have one eye set on Africa
Source: BDLive

Africa News Headlines for 22 April 2014

Gabon seeks to learn from Moroccan experience in management of expats’ affairs, Gabonese Minister
Source: Morocco World News

In Capturing Nature's Majesty, Film Makes Case for Its Survival
Source: Voice of America

Stowaway Teen May Have Been Trying to Get to Africa, Family: Report
Source: NBC News

Oil is treasure as African piracy shifts west
Source: Horseed Media

Portuguese frigate joins Gulf of Guinea naval anti-piracy exercise
Source: The Portugal News Online

Kenya to seek natural gas from Qatar for 700 MW power plant
Source: Reuters

Cracking down on Nairobi's Somalis
Source: Aljazeera

Airtel Gabon launches 3G+ service
Source: Telecompaper

Nigeria Receives $23m To Implement Environmental Projects – Official
Source: Leadership

The iron lady of booze stirs up a flat beer market
Source: Standard Digital

Rhino Horns Worth $16 Million Stolen in S. Africa
Source: WebProNews

Orlando Bloom found family history in South Africa
Source: New! Magazine

Bloomberg invests $5M in solar-powered lamp for sub-Saharan Africa
Source: Metro News Canada

An African City Creator: 'Lupita Nyong'o Is the Modern African Woman'
Source: BET

French troops in Central African Republic escort Muslims to safety
Source: Reuters

Islamists kill second Somali lawmaker, threaten more attacks
Source: Reuters