It was already the worst Ebola outbreak in history. Now it’s moving into Africa’s cities.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/africa/it-was-already-the-worst-ebola-outbreak-in-history-now-its-moving-into-africas-cities/2014/08/30/31816ff2-2ed6-11e4-bb9b-997ae96fad33_story.html

11 Ancient African Writing Systems That Demolish the Myth that Black People were Illiterate

http://atlantablackstar.com/2014/08/08/11-ancient-african-writing-systems-demolish-myth-black-people-illiterate/

South Sudan’s child soldiers - a step backwards

http://www.irinnews.org/report/100534/south-sudan-s-child-soldiers-a-step-backwards

“This is a war”: A conflict photographer takes on the rapidly escalating poaching crisis

http://www.salon.com/2014/08/23/this_is_a_war_a_conflict_photographer_takes_on_the_rapidly_escalating_poaching_crisis/

Ebola horror hastens use of test drugs

http://www.irinnews.org/report/100522/ebola-horror-hastens-use-of-test-drugs

South Africa opens space for traditional rulers to claim land

http://www.irinnews.org/report/100525/south-africa-opens-space-for-traditional-rulers-to-claim-land

No Hope for AIDS-Free Generation in Uganda as Controversial HIV Bill is Signed into Law

http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/08/no-hope-for-aids-free-generation-in-uganda-as-controversial-hiv-bill-is-signed-into-law/

War Veterans Planting for Peace in South Sudan

http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/08/war-veterans-planting-for-peace-in-south-sudan/

Liberia Seals Off Slum To Control Ebola, Angry Residents Clash With Troops

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/20/liberia-ebola-west-point_n_5694315.html

Paul*, gay rights campaigner in DRC: “They said I was the Antichrist”

http://www.irinnews.org/report/100509/paul-gay-rights-campaigner-in-drc-they-said-i-was-the-antichrist

An American Bluegrass Band Woos Nigerian Audiences With Their Rendition of P-Square's Chop My Money

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/08/15/an-american-bluegrass-band-woos-nigerian-audiences-with-their-rendition-of-p-squares-chop-my-money/

School tries to heal the divide in northern Nigeria

http://www.irinnews.org/report/100507/school-tries-to-heal-the-divide-in-northern-nigeria

Warning over rampaging youth gangs in Abidjan

http://www.irinnews.org/report/100506/warning-over-rampaging-youth-gangs-in-abidjan

Sudanese consumers hit by spiraling prices of food products

http://www.sudantribune.com/spip.php?article52076

Food security alarm for east, central Africa

http://www.irinnews.org/report/100482/food-security-alarm-for-east-central-africa

African Writers Rip U.S. Summit

http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/08/african-writers-rip-u-s-summit/

Burkina Faso - heading for a showdown?

http://www.irinnews.org/report/100472/burkina-faso-heading-for-a-showdown

Man suspected of war crimes in Rwandan genocide entered the U.S. illegally from Canada

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/08/08/man-suspected-of-war-crimes-in-rwandan-genocide-entered-the-u-s-illegally-from-canada/

Lack of funds silences voice of opposition in Robert Mugabe’s Zimbabwe

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/10/lack-of-funds-silences-voice-of-opposition-in-robe/

Ann Coulter refers to Africa as “disease-ridden cesspool” in victim-blaming Ebola rant

http://www.salon.com/2014/08/06/ann_coulter_rips_apart_american_ebola_patient_for_going_to_disease_ridden_cesspool/

Ugandan Court Strikes Down Anti-Gay Law on a Technicality

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/08/07/ugandan-court-strikes-down-anti-gay-law-on-a-technicality/

Cameroon Wants the World to Wake Up to the Smell of its Coffee

http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/08/cameroon-wants-the-world-to-wake-up-to-the-smell-of-its-coffee/

How Farming is Making Côte d’Ivoire’s Prisoners ‘Feel Like Being Human Again’

http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/08/how-farming-in-making-cote-divoires-prisoners-feel-like-being-human-again/

Nigeria Wakes Up to its AIDS Threat

http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/08/nigeria-wakes-up-to-its-aids-threat/

Obama: We have a moral obligation to support Africa’s progress

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/08/05/235509/kurds-from-turkey-syria-enter.html

White House to announce $14 billion in new deals with Africa

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2014/08/05/235449/white-house-to-announce-14-billion.html

The Obama Administration Needs to Stop Ignoring Africa: Seven Ways the U.S. Could Help

http://dailysignal.com/2014/08/04/obama-administration-needs-stop-ignoring-africa-seven-ways-u-s-help/