Source: The Yorkshire Post
Oscar Pistorius allegedly involved in drunken altercation at South Africa nightclub
Source: UPI
Uhuru's rockstar cousin to tour with Linkin Park
Source: The Star
Source: Erasing 76 Crimes
Two African Obituaries: Dikko and Gordimer
Source: Africa in Transition
Uganda destined for middle income status - PM
Source: New Vision
Has Kenya Destroyed the ICC?
Source: Foreign Policy
Zimbabwe sex workers flood Botswana
Source: Bulawayo24
Botswana refuses to register sex workers’ association
Source: StarAfrica
WATCH: Four Youth Arrested, Forced to Explain Gay Sex in Equatorial Guinea
Source: The Advocate
How a piece of apartheid history became jewelry
Source: Quartz
Local man builds a hospital in Africa, with help of retired St. Vincent priest
Source: Akron Beacon Journal
University Of Ghana’s Institute Of African Studies Hosts 2014 MILEAD Fellows Institute
Source: Government of Ghana
Africa's next generation of leaders learns from UTSA entrepreneurship curriculum
Source: UTSA Today
Chinese president pledges to further ties with South Africa
Source: Xinhuanet
Johannesburg – A world class African city?
Source: Moneyweb
New partnership to support 10,000 new PhDs in Africa
Source: Punch
France to deploy troops across Africa's Sahel region
Source: Aljazeera America
New Contraceptive Shot Being Released in Africa
Source: New York Times
Who Aids Whom? Exposing the True Story of Africa’s $192 Billion Losses
Source: Think Africa Press
Aid to Africa: donations from west mask '$60bn looting' of continent
Source: The Guardian
No Quick End in Sight for Ebola Epidemic in West Africa
Source: Voice of America
Mozambique receives US$78.8 million from OPEC fund
Source: Macauhub
Uganda: Dissidents begin to shake Museveni’s base
Source: The Africa Report
Amnesty Calls on Kenya for Justice Six Years After Poll Violence
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek
Nairobi county, Chinese automaker Foton ink deal to improve public transport
Source: Global Post
Tetra Tech Wins USAID Contract to Assist Power Africa - Analyst Blog
Source: NASDAQ
Nelson Mandela protégé and figure of conscience bows out of S. Africa politics
Source: Christian Science Monitor
The Virginia Man Who Crowned Himself King In Africa Is Much More Serious Than You Think
Source: Business Insider Australia
Sub Saharan Africa Film Festival With Femi Kuti
Source: SpyGhana
This is a study of statecraft and nation building in Africa in the post-colonial era. Subjects covered include early years of independence, state legitimacy, constitutional primacy, institutional transformation, autocracy, quest for democracy, national integration, consolidation of the state, and others. It focuses on case studies whose relevance is continental in scope.
Oil, Democracy, and Development in Africa presents an optimistic analysis of the continent's oil-producing states. With attention to the complex histories, the interactions of key industry actors and policy makers, and the goals of diverse groups in society, this contribution fills a gap in the literature on resource-abundant countries. John R. Heilbrunn presents a positive assessment of circumstances in contemporary African oil exporters. The book demonstrates that even those leaders who are among the least accountable use oil revenues to improve their citizens' living standards, if only a little bit. As a consequence, African oil producers are growing economically and their people are living under increasingly democratic polities. Heilbrunn thus calls for a long-overdue reassessment of the impact of hydrocarbons on developing economies.