AfricaFocus (Washington, DC)

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September 12, 2011

  • Africa: Dead End for Diamond Monitoring?

    According to a new analysis from Partnership Africa Canada, the Kimberley Process, a joint government-industry-civil society group intended to monitor "conflict diamonds" is... Read more »



August 30, 2011



August 29, 2011



August 23, 2011



August 8, 2011

  • East Africa: Responding to Famine

    It is difficult to get beyond dichotomies. Either focus on responding to undeniably massive life-threatening famine or on understanding the multiple causes and the reasons that it... Read more »



July 30, 2011

  • Malawi: Challenging Power & Corruption

    "The protests and riots of July 20 are fundamentally about governance and development, the enduring desire among Malawians for the establishment of a sustainable democratic... Read more »



July 25, 2011



July 15, 2011



July 6, 2011

  • South Africa: Taking Leadership in Aids Fight

    South Africa's 5th AIDS conference, held from June 7-10 this year, marked a remarkable turnaround in the country's efforts against the AIDS pandemic. Achievements noted included... Read more »



June 30, 2011

  • Gabon: Reform Not At Top of U.S. Agenda

    The White House was brief in an official statement after the June 9 visit of the President of Gabon. The statement concluded by noting that "President Obama urged President Bongo... Read more »



June 24, 2011

  • Sudan: New Violence, Uncertain Future

    "The remainder of [Sudan] remains saddled with the 'Sudan Problem', where power, resources and development continue to be overly concentrated in the centre, at the expense of and... Read more »

  • Sudan: Security Council Debates Crisis

    Northern and Southern Sudan today [June 20] signed an agreement to pull their troops out of the disputed central Abyei region, scene of fierce fighting over the past few weeks,... Read more »



June 14, 2011

  • Guinea Bissau: Drug Trade in Broader Context

    "In Guinea-Bissau, drug trafficking ... is a consequence of the pre-existing lack of stability that allows smugglers to establish their networks in the region and operate to and... Read more »

  • Africa: 'War On Drugs' Blowback Effects

    Vast expenditures on criminalization and repressive measures directed at producers, traffickers and consumers of illegal drugs have clearly failed to effectively curtail supply or... Read more »



June 11, 2011

  • Cote d'Ivoire: No War, But No Security

    "Between May 13 and 25, Human Rights Watch interviewed 132 victims and witnesses to violence by both sides during the battle for Abidjan and in the weeks after Gbagbo's arrest.... Read more »



June 3, 2011



May 30, 2011

  • Africa: Cash Drain From Poorest Countries

    The 48 countries classified by the United Nations as LDCs [Least Developed Countries], 33 of which are in Sub-Saharan Africa, lost a cumulative total of $246 billion in illicit... Read more »



May 17, 2011

  • Africa: 'Game Changer' For Aids Research [analysis]

    A new randomized study of AIDS treatment as prevention, beginning early treatment of infected heterosexual people who are living in partnership with an uninfected person, has shown... Read more »



May 16, 2011

  • Eritrea: World Fails Refugees

    "If refugee flows are a sign of political meltdown, then Eritrea is a level seven nuclear disaster. Figures from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees indicate that... Read more »



May 6, 2011

  • Uganda: Protests in Perspective [analysis]

    In February this year Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told a press conference: "There will be no Egyptian-like revolution here. ... We would just lock them up. In the most humane... Read more »



April 28, 2011

  • Africa: Senegal - Music to Fight Malaria [analysis]

    Music may seem an unlikely way to fight malaria. But Senegal's highly successful program has relied not only on medical expertise but also on the star power of Youssou N'Dour and a... Read more »



April 25, 2011

  • Libya: Migrants Situation Update

    "So far, only about 2,800 out of a total of 500,000 people fleeing the violence in Libya have arrived in Europe. This is less than 0.6 percent of all cross-border movements. ...... Read more »

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