Showing posts with label Young African Leaders. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Young African Leaders. Show all posts

Monday, August 11, 2014

Africa News Headlines for 11 August 2014

Licensed porn TV channels in South Africa contravened two criminal statutes
Source: PC Tech Magazine

Young African Leaders Cap Fellowship by Meeting with Obama
Source: NBC29

US-Africa Summit Ignores Human Rights Violations by African Leaders
Source: RIA Novosti

Young Africans at the White House
Source: The New Yorker

President Obama’s Africa Push
Source: The New York Times

Kenya tourism tanks amid increasing violence
Source: Aljazeera

Woodside buys into Gabon oil project
Source: The Australian

EAC leaders woo US investors
Source IPP Media

Ugandan universities improve in ranking
Source: New Vision

EAC among big winners
Source: East African Business Week

Bishops take aim at ‘evil’ porn
Source: IOL News/SAPA

Noble Energy announces new offshore exploration license in Gabon
Source: PennEnergy

State Department, USADF to support YALI entrepreneurs to DEMO Africa 2014
Source: Africa IT News

United States aims to develop Africa through S&T
Source: SciDevNet

'Are You, Like, African-AMERICAN Or AFRICAN-American?'
Source: WBUR

Uhuru Had A Sucessful Business Meeting With Former US President George W. Bush
Source: Africa News Posts

A leaders’ summit without African leadership
Source: The Zimbabwean

Nwapka: SMEs Now Playing Big Role in Oil and Gas Sector
Source: This Day Live

Africans See US Trade Policy Hindering American Firms
Source: The Wall Street Journal

Chinese Firm Plans $400 Million Economic Zone in Uganda
Source: The Wall Street Journal

Protecting wildlife goes hi-tech, and gets harder
Source: New Vision

Teaching science in the Ugandan countryside
Source: Radio Netherlands Worldwide

S. Sudan leaders miss deadline for unity government
Source: Oman Tribune

Threatening Remarks by Swazi Prime Minister Cause for Concern
Source: U.S. Department of State

Uganda Lawmaker Demands Inquiry Over Drug Use Allegations
Source: Voice of America

Ebola ‘Patient Zero’ May Have Been 2-Year-Old Child
Source: TIME

Meet the new face of Nigeria’s oil industry
Source: The Globe & Mail

From the Boardroom to the Farm:
Meet the Woman Helping African Refugees Make a Living Off the Earth
Source: NationSwell

Mobil boosting Nigerian economy
Source: Nigerian Tribune

President Paul Kagame to address global leaders at the 2nd Africa Global Business Forum
Source: BusinessGhana

Dubai Chamber to host Africa Global Business Forum in October
Source: Gulf News

Lawmakers in Kenya Propose New 'Stone the Gays' Law
Source: Edge Boston

Meet The Lawyer Who Helped Defeat Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Act
Source: BuzzFeed



Monday, July 21, 2014

Africa News Headlines for 21 July 2014

Sub-Saharan Economies Are Most Improved On 2014 Global Innovation Index
Source: International Business Times

Biafra and Boko Haram: Different Conflicts, Common Themes
Source: African Arguments

Young African leaders at Notre Dame
Source: South Bend Tribune

A United States of Africa? Not Yet
Source: Wall Street Journal

Al-Sisi not to attend US-Africa summit
Source: World Bulletin

Air Uganda suspends operations indefinitely
Source: Airfinance Journal

DA’s Ntuli uneasy after US racial incident
Source: The Mercury/IOL

US to Settle with African Leader’s Son in $71 Million Graft Cases
Source: 100 Reporters

U.S. Concerned by Convictions of Swazi Human Rights Lawyer and Journalist
Source: U.S. Department of State

Swiss Commodities Traders Go Big on African Oil
Source: Wall Street Journal

Gabon picks seven companies for final oil block talks
Source: Reuters

Obama Charts a Risky Course With Africa Heads-of-State Summit
Source: Wall Street Journal

Uninvited To The US-Africa Leaders Summit: The Tyrant Of Eritrea
Source: AFK Insider

AU Official Anticipates Stronger Ties at US-Africa Summit
Source: Voice of America

U.S.-Africa Leaders' Summit: Let's Ensure It's on the Positive Side of History
Source: The Huffington Post

Africans Open Fuller Wallets to the Future
Source: New York Times

Circumcision campaigns in Africa show their value in the fight against AIDS
Source: The China Post

Cape Town’s Labia cinema: Go digital or go dark
Source: Daily Maverick

Aircraft with U.S. personnel lands in Ugandan road
Source: Army Times

Q&A: How To Run A Community-Driven Tourism Venture In Africa
Source: AFK Insider

Expelled from Tanzania, Rwandans find new hope back home
Source: News of Rwanda

Uganda's street children: 'The police beat us with canes. We live badly'
Source: The Guardian

LRA Fights Disease, Finds a Way to Survive in CAR’s Bush
Source: AFK Insider

Uganda to review mining laws
Source: The Independent

Violence simmers in Central Africa as peace talks open
Source: Business Recorder




Saturday, July 19, 2014

Africa News Headlines for 19 July 2014

South Africa launches limited edition Mandela coins in birthday tribute
Source: GMA News

Witches & wizards issue warning to Boko Haram leader
Source: Bulawayo24

Future African leaders get a crash course in U.S. history
Source: Virginian-Pilot

Sub-Saharan Africa moves up innovations rankings
Source: New Vision

UN decries Africa's high interest rates
Source: Shanghai Daily

Immigrants Forced to Leave Gabon
Source: Voice of America

Inventors struggle to protect patents in Africa
Source: Business Day

Uganda Earns Big From Organic Agriculture
Source: Africa Agribusiness

African ministers meet on Africa’s infrastructure and integration
Source: SpyGhana

$50m Needed To Upgrade Zambian Railways Network
Source: Ventures Africa

Iron County Extension agent helps bring 4-H to Africa
Source: The Daily Globe

Ouattara urges developed countries to bail Africa on climate issues
Source: StarAfrica

Kony’s rebels change tactics to evade hunt
Source: Washington Post

Zone 9 Bloggers Charged by Ethiopian Court for Terrorism
Source: U.S. Department of State

Tourism gets tech savvy in Southern and Eastern Africa
Source: BBC News

Italy PM kicks off Africa tour in Mozambique
Source: Channel NewsAsia

French president in Chad announces new operation of 3,000 French troops in 5 African countries
Source: U.S. News & World Report

Françafrique: François Hollande’s African adventures
Source: The Economist

Oil find to transform East African economies
Source: SpyGhana

Fretting over 'bullying,' 'racism,' African Union to set up own court
Source: Interaksyon/AFP

Baltimore-area natives lift Uganda to success in world lacrosse championships
Source: The Baltimore Sun

Al-Shabab and the origins of East Africa's recent violence
Source: Aljazeera America

Danone Buys 40% of Kenyan Dairy to Expand African Footprint
Source: AgWeb/Farm Journal

France's Hollande Warns of Islamist Threat in W. Africa
Source: Sudan Vision Daily

Persecution of homosexuals in Africa hinders fight against AIDS
Source: Deutsche Welle

China Invests US$620m in Tororo Mining Project
Source: Chimpreports.com

The $10 Billion Pet Cheetah and Chimp Industry
Source: The Daily Beast

Your chocolate addiction is only going to get more (and more, and more) expensive
Source: Washington Post

Boy, 9, marries 62-year-old woman in South Africa
Source: Updated News