THE Western alliance's reaction to the abortive presidential run-off in Afghanistan should show all who were led to believe that Anglo-Saxon opposition to President Mugabe's re-election was about the professed platitudes of electoral democracy, that they were sold a dead donkey.
President Ian Khama leaves for Washington today to attend the Conservation International board of directors meeting. While in the US, Khama will meet with President Barack Obama on Thursday.
The U.S. and South Africa have shared interests in many areas, including peacekeeping, climate change, economic development and counter-terrorism. However, the national interests of the two countries are also not congruent, as these recent statements reflect:
It is understandable that President Jakaya Kikwete was shocked upon learning that there were people who were using the plight of Aids orphans for personal gain.
African peoples of all backgrounds, academics and governments have long been concerned about the image of Africa in the West. More recently, countries are being encouraged to re-brand themselves for the Western market and entrepreneurs, from a place of wild animals and semi-naked tribal peoples, to modern spaces where business can be conducted with efficiency and in languages that can be ...
Botswana President Ian Khama is scheduled to leave today to the United States to meet President Barack Obama in Washington DC.
Lonrho is a London-listed conglomerate with a rich history and long involvement in Africa. Established in 1909 as the London and Rhodesian Mining Company, the company became well known under Tiny Rowland, who led it for three decades from 1961 and was a flamboyant and controversial supporter of, and investor in, newly-independent African states. Following Rowland's ouster in the mid-1990s, most of ...
Howard Wolpe has spent the best part of three decades helping to form and implement American policies on Africa. After chairing the Subcommittee on Africa of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives for 10 years, he later served as President Bill Clinton's special envoy to the Great Lakes region.
Transcript of remarks by President Barack Obama of the United States and President Ian Khama of Botswana after a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House on Thursday November 5, 2009:
Hailing Botswana as "truly one of the extraordinary success stories in Africa," President Obama welcomed that country's president, Ian Khama, to the White House for talks November 5.
Human Rights First urges the Obama Administration to take immediate and firm action in response to a new investigative report issued by experts monitoring the United Nations arms embargo on Sudan. The report, released late yesterday, reveals ongoing and systematic abuses against civilians in Darfur and provides detailed evidence of violations of the embargo and related Security Council resolutions ...
Wavering international support for HIV/AIDS efforts is resulting in funding shortfalls that could wipe out a decade of progress in rolling out AIDS treatment, the international medical and humanitarian organization, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), has warned.
Attorney-general Amos Wako's threat to sue the United States government for defamation has elicited sharp reactions, with lawyers differing on whether he has a case.
Ecobank Group is partnering with Western Union and United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to bring in N22 million worth of diaspora business investment in Africa
There is greater frankness today about development policy failures in Africa. It was reflected in President Barack Obama’s speech in Accra, Ghana on July 11 when he stated: "Development depends on good governance. That is the ingredient that has been missing in far too many places for far too long."
