Nollywood becomes the world’s second largest film industry. (via Africa Unchained)
The textile industry is shaking in East Africa.
How dissidents and homeless have become the new pariah in Rwanda.  (NYTimes)
Landslide kills 8 in Kenya. Maybe the government will finally debate the detrimental effects of deforestation in the region.
Over 100 people are killed in Chad clashes.

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Uganda: Why Sub-Standard Goods Flood the Market?
Chris Blattman writes about common donors’ mistakes.
Women, Africa, and the informal sector.
South Africa:  President Jacob Zuma is HIV-negative. We wish him well.
Sudan: Incumbent President Omar al-Bashir is declared the winner of the polls. Well, that’s a shocker…
French Lawyer uses racist slurs at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Fuck [...]

Liberian President Ellen Sirleaf becomes the first Liberian President to ever visit Brazil.
Climate change and its implications for Africa are analyzed in this timely  article.
Ghana: Not a lot of attention is paid by local media to gender issues.
Women and micro-finance in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Racial tensions and Nazi salutes at the funeral of the [...]

Rogue States and Rogue Presidents make the news this week.

Libya denies visas for Schengen Visa Passport Holders.
The European Union extends Zimbabwe sanctions for another year citing lack of progress in the power-sharing agreement. Ironically, this will reflect bad on Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai as he is the one who has campaigned for sanction removal.
Kenyan ministers [...]

Chad President Idriss Devy makes a surprise visit to Sudan.
South African President delivers the annual state of the nations speech.
“South Africa 20 Years Later: From Apartheid to World Cup.”
Religious clashes between Muslims and Christians in impoverished country of Guinea cloud an already forsaken territory.
UK says OK to a new scramble for African resources.

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BBC asks us to be presidents for a day.
Gaddafi loses the AU chairman position, but doesn’t want to go down quietly.
Nigerian internet slangs are hilarious. (via Chris Blattman)
Tsvangirai wants Zim sanctions to be dropped but future is uncertain.

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Rwanda joined the British Commonwealth validating my friend’s opinion that anything French-related is slowly disappearing from the country. I say good riddance, others might disprove.
COSATU tells Mbeki: Apologize for your AIDS bullshit policy. Will he?
Facing life with HIV. A very good account here.
Obama’s African aunt feels neglected.
South Africa begins new battle against AIDS.

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Niger’s president is looking for a third term thus dividing the country.

Jacob Zuma is facing opposition from those who elected him. Never a good sign

More people die form ethnic rivalries in Southern Sudan. As if Darfur was not enough…

Not technically news but Enterprise Surveys is one of the best tools I discovered recently. It [...]

60,000 US dollar digital library is launched in Egypt.

Five managers of the government-owned Kenya Pipeline Company and privately-owned Triton Petroleum Company have been charged with fraud in Nairobi.

South Africa is a source, transit and destination country for trafficked men, women and children

Museveni, president of Uganda: China is not a threat to Africa

Fewer refugees more problems [...]

Sarkozy’s Sugar Poppa Days in Africa are Numbered argues my friend Grant

White African published his 15 Travel Tips for Africa. Very interesting stuff which I strongly recommend.

William Easterly asks himself if the IMF is the new UN. The answer can be found here.

1,500 babies born on any given day in sub-Saharan Africa [...]