A Reminder: Sub-Saharan Monitor has moved

This is a friendly reminder to our readers that Sub-Saharan Monitor is now hosted by New World University.

You can find Sub-Saharan Monitor at www.newworld.ac/subsaharan.

Recent articles include:

Giraffes aren’t dangerous – but they will soon be endangered

Should Shakespeare be taught in Africa’s classrooms?

Around the world, regulators are realising Bitcoin is money

South African musicians in the eye of party political storm

Could Shakespeare have been high when he penned his plays?

Africa News Headlines for 12 December 2014

Antiporn law screws risque Ugandan singer
Source: Mail & Guardian

Why Rwandan men are rushing to be circumcised
Source: News of Rwanda

Mozambique sex workers learn to put life before money as HIV rates increase
Source: The Guardian

Africa Check: Does South Africa face an electricity grid collapse?
Source: Daily Maverick

South Africa: Don’t Let a Country’s Reputation Fool You
Source: Value Walk

Media Report: Advertising in Africa’s biggest economy
Source: MarkLives.com

Tutu marks 30 years since Nobel Prize
Source: Weekend Argus

Mugabe’s new ministers take oath
Source: SAPA

The Future of Egypt is in Education
Source: Egyptian Streets

Pulitzer-winning photojournalist dies in Liberia
Source: The State/AP

Six Africans Vie For $1m Global Teacher Prize
Source: Ventures Africa

Obama: US must remain vigilant in Ebola fight
Source: News & Observer/AP

Bad Hair Selfies Put Africa’s Rhino Poaching Crisis In the Spotlight
Source: The National Student

Three wise men from Africa promote reconciliation through interreligious dialogue
Source: National Catholic Reporter

Yale Programs Help Strengthen African Leaders, Businesses
Source: Yale University

China's Cnooc Says $2 Billion Uganda Oil Field Development on Course
Source: Capital.gr

FOREX Africa: How Will Oil Price Collapse Affect Africa’s Big Three Economies?
Source: AFK Insider

Moody's assigns first-time Ba3 rating to the Republic of Gabon; outlook stable
Source: Moody's Investors Service

Ugandan shilling edges down, outlook seen stable
Source: Reuters

Africa Focus: Ghana seeks law to protect HIV persons
Source: Shanghai Daily

Clearing Land Mines Becomes Women's Work in Mozambique and Beyond
Source: National Geographic

PHOTOS: 'Thousands' of Gambians Attend Antigay Rally
Source: The Advocate

Petition hopes to halt gay rights campaigner’s deportation to Uganda
Source: Pink News

Nigeria to Ghana Eurobonds Plunge as Oil Rout Hits Africa
Source: Bloomberg

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni lashes out at ICC, wants Africa to pull out
Source: Standard Digital

Vaalco strikes oil at Etame 8-H offshore Gabon but H2S remains a problem
Source: Oil and Gas Technology

Cameroon army kills 180 Boko Haram militants
Source: African Spotlight

A dynamic African woman lives up to Michelle Obama’s call to give girls the chance to go to school
Source: The Washington Post

EXCLUSIVE: Notorious British criminal and millionaire slum landlord Nicholas van Hoogstraten is bankrolling Mugabe’s ruthless wife ‘Gucci Grace’ to be the world’s first female dictator
Source: Daily Mail

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Africa News Headlines - Special World AIDS Day Edition - 1 December 2014

Prince Harry set to reveal secret for World Aids Day
Source: Independent

Charlize Theron on Aids: We cannot just wait for cure
Source: BBC News

Ebola Distracts Funders from AIDS Fight, Advocate Says
Source: Voice of America

Put focus back on Aids: FW de Klerk foundation
Source: Times Live/SAPA

As HIV rises, Uganda activist tries to stop AIDS
Source: U-T San Diego/AP

Trading HIV across the different borders
Source: New Vision

TAC boycotts ‘wasteful’ Aids Day
Source: IOL News

World Day AIDS day theme song launched
Source: The Herald

World Aids Day 2014: HIV on the Heroin Highway
Source: International Business Times

1.1 million HIV infections in children averted since 2005
Source: UNICEF Australia

HIV drug ‘effective against prostate cancer’
Source: The Scotsman

US President Obama issues a World AIDS Day proclamation
Source: Gay Star News

Cure for AIDS within reach, say researchers
Source: SBS

World AIDS Day 2014: This is what HIV looks like
Source: The Independent

World AIDS Day: Time to reflect on key populations
Source: Swazi Observer

HIV/AIDS: Stigmatisation, Discrimination Remain Greatest Challenge
Source: Leadership

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa to attend and address the World Aids Day Celebrations in the Free State Province
Source: Ad Hoc News

Ban: Progress in AIDS Fight, But Gains 'Fragile'
Source: Voice of America

HIV/Aids impact on education sector horrifying
Source: IPP Media

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Africa News Headlines for 30 June 2014

Oscar Pistorius murder trial: live
Source: The Telegraph

Trade volumes strengthening Zambia-Japan ties
Source: Zambia Daily Mail

Yahsat Targets 600m Africans With Satellite Broadband
Source: Leadership Newspapers

Buying Into Paradise – Mauritius Woos Foreign Investors
Source: Ventures Africa

South Africa to commemorate Mandela Day
Source: Korea Times

The case for capital market integration in West Africa
Source: Business Day

African successes clouded by lack of economic data
Source: Ecns.cn

Tunisia should look to sub-Saharan Africa to expand growth
Source: Al-Monitor

Yale musicians study West Africa's drumbeats, a village at a time
Source: Christian Science Monitor

Rise of Africa opens up new opportunities
Source: East African Business Week

Back to the future? Battling Jihadis in Africa
Source: Journal-Pioneer

Stunning Pictures: Inside Africa's Last Wetland Wilderness
Source: National Geographic

UN determined to help Africa fight terrorism
Source: New Vision

Growth in Africa outperforms SWIFT’s global growth
Source: Business Day

Rothschild fund raises US$530mil to invest in Africa
Source: The Star Online

Electrify Africa and Save Hundreds of Millions of Lives
Source: Forbes

West Africa can’t manage the Ebola outbreak
Source: Washington Post

Oscar Pistorius murder trial to resume after psychiatric evaluation
Source: CNN

Africa News Headlines for 4 June 2014

Gabon launches vaccination campaign against polio
Source: StarAfrica

US Lauded in Africa for New Coal Emission Proposal
Source: ABC News/AP

Kanungu leaders row over Museveni visit
Source: The Observer

China Swaps Gusto for Rigor as It Learns From Africa
Source: Bloomberg

Big money for Niger's child brides
Source: BBC News

Total awards $1.1B deal for Nigerian oil rig
Source: UPI

We’ll protect Kenya’s sovereignty at all costs – Uhuru
Source: Capital FM

How African Consumer Habits Are Changing
Source: AFK Insider

Africa rising—Building to the future
Source: Business Day

Forensic Technology Helps Case Against West African Ivory Dealer Accused as a Trafficker
Source: National Geographic

Analyst: Counterterrorism Likely Focus of US-Africa Summit
Source: Voice of America

Grocer Casino to Take E-Commerce Unit to Africa With Bollore
Source: Bloomberg

Africa and the New European Parliament: How Much Change Can We Expect?
Source: Brookings/Africa in Focus

Trio team up to challenge Vodafone’s M-Pesa hold in Africa
Source: Financial Times

Minn. Soldiers Deploy to Horn of Africa
Source: KSTP-TV

Poly students win Africa Day debate competition
Source: New Era

In Mombasa, Africa's first 'alternative currency' helps Kenyans fight poverty
Source: Christian Science Monitor

Africa-Singapore trade worth $11billion
Source: StarAfrica

Fitting Africa into the musical map
Source: Independent Online

Africa should harmonise for broadband: Ericsson
Source: TechCentral

2 Nigerians Makes Forbes Richest Kings in Africa List
Source: Bella Naija

From the Arctic to Africa: Where China’s Wealthy Want to Travel
Source: Wall Street Journal

Experts Highlight Opportunities in Intra-Africa Trade
Source: This Day Live

Why delivering soft infrastructure matters in Africa
Source: Independent Online

Purdue tech creates storage for African crops
Source: Lafayette Journal & Courier

Chief Justice of South Africa: I will protect gay rights despite being against equal marriage
Source: Pink News UK

Chinese firms more cautious about Africa
Source: BDLive

Islamic Development Bank loans $180 million for Africa projects
Source: Business Day

Mbeki goes to core of Africa’s problems
Source: Independent Online

US to name first envoy to Somalia in decades
Source: Aljazeera

Lawmakers See Possible Contractor Issues in Africa as US Quietly Pivots There
Source: Defense News

Goat plague spreads down Africa
Source: Independent Online

Africa News Headlines for 6 April 2014

How access to power can fuel Africa's economic growth 
Source: CNN

As Ebola spreads in Africa, how worried should West be? 
Source: USA Today

Nigeria becomes Africa's largest economy
Source: Aljazeera

Army, Boko Haram Working Together in Parts of Nigeria?
Source: Voice of America

The Great Rift Valley - a name for an aircraft 
Source: eTurbo News

Cofek warns President Uhuru Kenyatta against disrupting devolution 
Source: Standard Media

Meet Fritz Ekwoge, a Cameroonian Developer of an App That Eliminates the USB Flash Drive Source: innov8iv.com

New PM appointed in Mali as entire government quits
Source: BBC News

Paul Simon celebrates Masekela's 75th birthday
Source: AP

U.N. chief warns against repeat of Rwanda in Central African Republic 
Source: CNN

Migrants crisis clouds Africa's rebirth dream 
Source: Daily Nation

It’s Not Just Uganda: Behind the Christian Right’s Onslaught in Africa
Source: The Nation

Somali leader vows to eliminate Al-Shabaab as more arrested in swoop
Source: Midnimo