Africa News Headlines for 20 June 2014

Local South Sudanese Plan Protest for President’s Arrival in U.S.
Source: KCRG-TV9

U.S-Africa Summit: Obama Rules Out Meeting With Jonathan, Others
Source: Daily Times

Africa suffers major brain drain
Source: eNCA

The most innovative country in Africa
Source: Business Tech

Rwandan farmers gain from EAX
Source: East African Business Week

Terrorism Insurance In Nigeria?
Source: Ventures Africa

Ebola myths help spread deadly disease
Source: The Independent

How big is Uganda’s drugs problem?
Source: The Independent

Teen Collects Baseball Gear for Children in Africa
Source: WBAY-TV

An American Radio Station That's Saying 'Jambo' To Kenyans
Source: NPR/All Things Considered

Shelter Afrique extends $9m loan to Uganda
Source: KBC

Nigeria Loses $15m To International Airlines Annually
Source: Ventures Africa

'The Other Man' - South Africa: film profiles last apartheid leader
Source: Sentinel & Enterprise/AP

Ford Drives Ahead With African Expansion Plans
Source: AFK Insider

Kenya woos Japanese investors
Source: East African Business Week

Africa ready to get money moving
Source: Financial News

Africa As Biggest Contributor Towards Boosting Global Food Production
Source: Ventures Africa

Africa’s under-development due to un-exploited women potential – ILO
Source: Lusaka Times

We promote Nigerian talents across Africa–John Ugbe, CEO, Multichoice Nigeria
Source: The Sun

How Chinese Urbanism Is Transforming African Cities
Source: Metropolis/ArchDaily

Somalia's al Shabaab claim responsibility for Kenya bus attack
Source: SABC

Pakistan for fulfilling development aid promises made to Africa
Source: Daily Times

Sierra Leone Fashion Company Brings Bitcoin to West Africa
Source: CoinDesk

Africa's Green Wall To Block Terrorism
Source: Forbes

Nigeria loses $3 billion annually to consumption of cattle skin-Expert
Source: StarAfrica

MSMGF: Injustice for Africa’s HIV positive people
Source: Gay News Network

Uganda: African leaders to establish rapid standby force with technical capability
Source: Geeska Africa

ENI signs deal to expand oil, gas exploration in Congo
Source: Reuters

KCA Deutag wins $170 million Sonangol jack-up contract
Source: Petro Global News

Meeting Tororo’s ‘Maggie Thatcher’
Source: The Observer

Nigerians in Uganda told to respect Ugandan laws
Source: New Vision

Uganda applauded for fighting hunger
Source: East African Business Week

African nations: Pakistan stresses need for fulfilling development aid promises
Source: Business Recorder

Ethiopia Determined To Intensify Campaign Against Terrorism, Says PM
Source: Bernama

Djibouti: Ambassador Tom Kelly, the first ambassadorial posting for the career civil servant
Source: Geeska Africa

Dangote: Africa’s Top Donor Raises New Bar in Philanthropy, Donates N30bn in Two Years
Source: This Day Live

About Sub-Saharan Monitor

Africa News Headlines for 31 May 2014

Mbabazi launches anti-corruption campaign
Source: New Vision

Malawi's New President and Vice President
Source: U.S. Department of State

West Africa seeks regional effort against Boko Haram
Source: Times of India/AFP

Africa needs some positive PR
Source: The Voice

5 Devastating Religious Conflicts in Africa That Will Make You Question All You Thought About Religion‏
Source: Atlanta Black Star

Wole Soyinka’s Tribute to Maya Angelou
Source: PM News Nigeria

Negotiating Democracy in Malawi
Source: Africa in Transition

Nigerian young entrepreneur nominated for Africa’s top award
Source: Premium Times

East African alliances necessary for U.S. to combat radicalism
Source: Foreign Policy Association

I was ambitious from childhood-Kola Aluko •On Forbes radar list of Africa’s 50 richest
Source: Nigerian Tribune

How to Find Charities That Are Worthy of Your Contributions
Source: Daily Finance

Reviving tourism sector in EA requires joint initiatives
Source: Daily News

Central African President: "We Will Come Out of This Crisis"
Source: Boston.com

Einstein African search to expand to Tanzania
Source: Daily News

Presidency denies amnesty offer to Boko Haram
Source: The Sun

McIver dismisses Tutu as misinformed ‘celebrity’ on oilsands
Source: Calgary Herald

New Africa Book of the Day - 27 April 2014

The Rise and Fall of Philanthropy in East Africa: The Asian Contribution by Robert G. Gregory

Release Date: April 30, 2014
Publisher: Transaction Publishers

Robert G. Gregory challenges the apparent assumption that non-Western peoples lack a significant indigenous philanthropic culture. Focusing on the large South Asian community in East Africa, he relates how, over a century, they built a philanthropic culture of great magnitude, and how it finally collapsed under the ascendency of increasing state regulation and policies directed against non-African communities.

Compelled by poverty to seek better oppurtunities overseas, most Asians arrived in East Africa as peasant farmers. Denied access to productive land and sensing economic opportunity, they turned to business. Despite severe forms of racial discrimination in the colonial society, they suffered few restrictions on their business enterprises and some became very wealthy. Gregory’s historical analysis shows philanthropy as an important contribution, one that stemmed from deep roots in Hindu, Muslim, and Buddhist culture. The sense of nonracial social responsibility cultivated social, medical, and educational facilities designed for all.

This age of philanthropy terminated with the Asian exodus. The socialist and racial policies adopted by East African governments over the past few decades have virtually destroyed the foundation necessary for philanthropy as well as the distinct Asian cultural identity. Gregory’s account of the East Asian’s role in philanthropy deserves great attention and sober reflection.

Robert G. Gregory, professor of history emeritus at Syracuse University, has also written India and East Africa: History of Race Relations within the British Empire, 1890-1939 (1972), South Asians in East Africa: An Economic and Social History, 1890-1980 (1993), and A guide to daily correspondence of the Coast, Rift Valley, Central, and Northeastern Provinces: Kenya National Archives microfilm (1984).

Africa News Headlines for 13 April 2014

Ethiopia: African Anti-graft Court sought to arrest culprits of illicit capital flight
Source: African Manager

Private equity helps drive African growth
Source: Business Day

From North to South, East to West, Media Freedom in Africa Under Challenge
Source: AllAfrica.com

African problems stem from mindset, says don
Source: Daily News

Rewinding The Charts: USA For Africa's 'We Are The World' Tops Hot 100
Source: Billboard

Air Force mission on the rise in Africa amid Afghan drawdown
Source: Stars and Stripes

Crisis response force adds fire power to US base in Africa
Source: Stars and Stripes

Guinea-Bissau votes amid major challenges
Source: Aljazeera

Côte d’Ivoire ‘one of Africa’s best bets’, says investor
Source: Business Day

Young Architects in Africa Announced
Source: Arch Daily

Kenyan Telecom Uses Free Wi-Fi on Minibuses to Get Consumers Hooked on Mobile Internet
Source: NASDAQ

Somaliland: A Unique, Strange and Intriguing Place, certainly it is
Source: Somaliland Sun

Tanzania awaits Kenya for Holili border status
Source: East African Business Week

Uhuru Kenyatta, Paul Kagame criticised over lack of media freedom
Source: Daily Nation

Rooting for agribusiness development in Africa
Source: The Independent (Uganda)

Uganda Wants India’s Help To Boost Energy Sector
Source: AFK Insider

Africa News Headlines for 11 April 2014

Kenya’s First Lady ready to pursue marathon history
Source: Coastweek

Is The East African Community Headed For Another Collapse?
Source: AFK Insider

Kenya Criticized for Arrests of Somalis to Curb ‘Terrorism’
Source: Bloomberg

Oil India Said to Study Purchase of Shell Oil Blocks in Nigeria
Source: Bloomberg Businessweek

African oil prospects attracting investors
Source: Investors Chronicle

Medicines Sans Frontiers Critical of UN Mission in South Sudan
Source: Africa in Transition

Africa’s Top 10 Philanthropists
Source: IRIN

African philanthropy on the rise
Source: IRIN

Somalia in high speed internet 'culture shock'
Source: BBC News

Nigeria complains about Mugabe calling it corrupt
Source: AP

Africa’s economic prospects according to the IMF
Source: KPMG Africa Blog

The growth of bitcoin in Nigeria
Source: Bitscan

Ebola in West Africa: EU increases its immediate health assistance to €1.1 million
Source: H5N1

Italy appoints its first science attaché in Sub-Saharan Africa
Source: SciDevNet

African Citizens Being Robbed of Their Natural Resources, Kofi Annan Says
Source: Africa Progress Panel

Africa's Anti-Gay Movement Spreads to Ethiopia
Source: AP/ABC News

Senegal to host gay art exhibition in May despite criminalizing gay sex
Source: Gay Star News

Marine Corps Preparing For Expanded Role in Africa
Source: National Defense Magazine

U.N. warns Burundi leaders against stoking political violence
Source: Reuters

South Sudan: A Civil War by Any Other Name
Source: International Crisis Group

US Marines Headed To Chad Park To Fight Poaching
Source: Defense News

Zimbabwe opposition expels anti-Tsvangirai dissidents
Source: Reuters