Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sports. Show all posts

Sunday, November 30, 2014

Africa News Headlines for 30 November 2014

Kenya creates police squad to combat ‘public stripping’
Source: Newstime Africa

A small fried bean patty plays a big role in Brazil's links to Africa
Source: Los Angeles Times

No more Ebola cases in Mali: President
Source: PressTV

South African academy trains anti-poaching dogs
Source: The Fresno Bee/AP

15th Francophonie summit kicks off in Senegal
Source: World Bulletin

Another $500M E-Commerce Giant Emerges -- in Africa
Source: Forbes

Former Uganda Prime Minister’s wife denied him food to protest link with Museveni
Source: The Nairobian

Needle on Zero: Nigeria's Economy Tanking as U.S. Oil Exports Dry Up
Source: NBC News

Hollande warns African leaders who cling to power
Source: The Daily News/AP

Paris vows support for W Africa's fight against terrorism, ebola
Source: PressTV

Former Foreign Minister Olugbenga Ashiru Dies in S’Africa
Source: This Day Live

Gabon, St Maarten and Belize approved as new members of FINA
Source: Inside the Games




Monday, June 9, 2014

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


Monday, June 2, 2014

Africa News Headlines for 2 June 2014

A Frozen Conflict in the Sahara Still Enflames Morocco, Polisario
Source: The Washington Diplomat

How Africa is out-innovating Silicon Valley
Source: Boston Globe

Models of Development and Experiential Learning in the Niger Delta
Source: Brookings/Africa in Focus

Investors keen on Kenya
Source: East African Business Week

Bombings threaten Kenya growth goals, open new strains with wary West
Source: Reuters

Bright future – the key factors driving economic growth in sub-Saharan Africa
Source: Legal Week

Ugandan troops to remain in Somalia
Source: The Africa Report

Why Africa’s economic growth is not reducing poverty
Source: How We Made It in Africa

Africa's climate policies burned by firewood dependence
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

Is Africa the emerging market of the decade?
Source: Bizcommunity.com

As it plans its own future, Africa engages with the world
Source: Sierra Express Media

Obama called for more SDF involvement in Africa
Source: Japan Times

IOC president indicates hope to stage Olympics in Africa
Source: The National

Spain doing its bit for Africa’s renewal
Source: BD Live

Malawi's president looks to China and Russia
Source: Aljazeera

Turnover In Gabon Mobile Telephony Sector Growing Steadily
Source: SpyGhana

On Morocco, Its Western Allies, and Africa Policy
Source: Huffington Post

South African Making Bid to Lead African Development Bank
Source: Wall Street Journal

New China-Africa Development Fund Could Add Accountability, Transparency to Chinese Investments in Africa
Source: Huffington Post

Publisher Crusades Against Female Genital Mutilation in Africa
Source: Voice of America

The need for speed: Why Africa's datacenters are still trailing behind
Source: ZDNet

The consequences of the U.S. war on terrorism in Africa
Source: Aljazeera America

Nigeria: Addressing Boko Haram’s Roots
Source: Africa in Transition


Monday, April 21, 2014

Africa News Headlines for 21 April 2014

The science of why most marathon winners are from east Africa
Source: Vox

How Uganda Helped Me Mark Passover
Source: The Jewish Daily Forward

Aid To Sub-Sahara Expected To Decline – Analysis
Source: Eurasia Review

Nairobi, Addis Ababa nearing global city status
Source: Standard Digital

Africa's Elephant Havens Threatened by Political, Military Moves
Source: Auto World News

Africa gets new fund for climate change projects
Source: Standard Digital

Nigeria’s Boko Haram: “We Are in Abuja!”
Source: Africa in Transition

Humans May Have Left Africa Earlier Than Thought
Source: Discovery.com

Robert Mugabe is the lowest paid President in Africa
Source: ZimDaily

What Jews Can Learn From Rwandans
Source: The Jewish Daily Forward

International aid can’t arrive soon enough for the Central African Republic
Source: Washington Post

Tanzania set to relax its rules on capital controls
Source: Daily News

African Currency Unit: An Urgent Question in the Midst of the Capitalist Crisis
Source: Toward Freedom

Senegal's ex-president Wade to return home
Source: AFP

New Report Commissioned by Born Free USA Confirms Organized Crime, Government Corruption, and Militia Links to Elephant Poaching and the Ivory Trade
Source: Gnomes National News Service

Lawmakers push for expedited Congolese adoptions
Source: The Hill

South Africa's ANC set for two-thirds majority: poll
Source: Reuters




Saturday, April 19, 2014

New Africa Book of the Day - 19 April 2014

Class, Race and Sport in South Africa's Political Economy by Grant Jarvie

Release Date: April 16, 2014
Publisher: Routledge

In recent years the interest in the patterns and policies of South African sport has grown. This book examines the increasingly complex issue of race, class and sport in the context of South African social relations. The author disputes evaluations made purely on the question of race, maintaining that it is important to examine the complex interaction between racial and class dynamics as a background for understanding the South African way of life. The book demonstrates that sport must be understood in the context of the ensemble of social relations characterizing the South African social formation.

Grant Jarvie
is Chair of Sport at the University of Edinburgh. He has taught at the University of Illinois, Warsaw University, and the University of Toronto and has advised a number of governments, including Scotland, United Kingdom, Montenegro, Romania, Portugal, Monaco, Malaysia, and Kenya on policy matters. He is co-author (with Joseph Maguire) of Sport and Leisure in Social Thought (1994) and author of Sport, Culture and Society: An Introduction (2012), among other works.





Thursday, April 17, 2014

Africa News Headlines for 17 April 2014

International professor recounts history of physicians in Africa
Source: The Michigan Daily

Cuba and South Africa Mark 20th Anniversary of Political Links
Source: ACN

Scaling up agribusiness should be Africa’s next growth frontier
Source: BusinessReport

Sub-Saharan Africa hotels boom
Source: Business Day

Money Transfer: Are Africans getting ripped off?
Source: The Africa Report

Avoiding Africa's Oil Curse: What East Africa Can Learn From Past Booms
Source: Foreign Affairs

Foreign Firms Chase African Deals With New Facilities
Source: DefenseNews

Namibia: Africa's conservation success story
Source: Mother Nature Network

AFRICA INVESTMENT-Africa's hunger for data sends satellites into orbit
Source: Reuters

Total's Big Plans for Africa Will Provide Long-Term Growth
Source: The Motley Fool

Strässer: 'Human rights are also valid in Africa'
Source: Deutsche Welle

Brotherhood of Braai: How BBQ brings South Africans together
Source: CNN

Polio Hits Equatorial Guinea, Threatens Central Africa
Source: NPR

Boko Haram Kidnaps Nigerian School Girls
Source: Africa in Transition

Kenya bid for 2017 World Youth Athletics Championships
Source: Times of India

West African Ebola outbreak caused by new strain of disease: study
Source: Reuters

Protocols Agreed Between the EU and Gabon, Madagascar and the Seychelles
Source: The Fish Site

Kenyatta Warns Against Politicizing Security Operations
Source: Citizen News

The Troubled State of Freedom in Nigeria
Source: Freedom at Issue

Gabon: ICRC signs headquarters agreement with government
Source: ICRC

Obama Should Ensure Civil Society Has Key Role at Africa Leaders’ Summit
Source: Freedom House

Letter to President Obama on the U.S. Africa Leaders Summit
Source: Freedom House