November 11, 2010
Africa: Major Summit Promotes Mobile Technologies for Better Health
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More than 2,500 participants from around the world in the fields of technology and public health have wrapped up a summit in Washington, DC, on how to more effectively deliver… Read more »
Niger: Release Tandja, Orders Ecowas Court
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A West African court has ruled that the house arrest of the former president of Niger, Mamadou Tandja, is illegal, reports Fazozine. Read more »
November 10, 2010
Africa: Mobile Phones 'Powerful' in Promoting Health, Advocates Say
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Leaders in the business, development, health and research communities are gathering this week in Washington, DC, to plan how to more effectively deliver healthcare through mobile… Read more »
November 05, 2010
Madagascar: U.S. Calls for Return to Democratic Rule
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A senior United States diplomat told the Malagasy people this week that the political structures and processes created by their de facto government were “insufficiently… Read more »
November 04, 2010
Africa: Continent Makes Major Gains in Improving People's Lives, Says UN Report
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Ethiopia has emerged as Africa's top performer in improving its people's lives over the past 40 years, says a major United Nations report published today. But while most African… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Hotly Contested Election Leads to Run-off Vote
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President Laurent Gbagbo will face longtime rival Alassane Ouattara in a run-off vote later this month after neither candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in Sunday's… Read more »
November 02, 2010
Sudan: Obama Renews Sanctions Against Khartoum [document]
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President Barack Obama has renewed sanctions agains the Sudanese government in Khartoum. Read more »
October 29, 2010
Cote d'Ivoire: Security Fears as Nation Heads to Polls
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After being delayed six times, Cote d'Ivoire's landmark presidential elections will go ahead on Sunday. The nation has been in turmoil since a military coup in 1999, six years… Read more »
October 22, 2010
Cote d'Ivoire: Armed, Masked Men Terrorize West, Says Rights Group [interview]
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Cote d’Ivoire is preparing to hold long-delayed presidential elections on October 31. Read more »
October 17, 2010
Liberia: Chevron Takes Another Step in Investment
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A team from the Chevron Corporation has concluded a fact-finding mission in Liberia, following up its sealing of a three-year oil exploration deal with the government of President… Read more »
October 14, 2010
Kenya: Gibraltar MP Contests Report on Nairobi Meeting
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Gibraltar Member of Parliament Steven Linares, in a letter to AllAfrica, has contested the accuracy of a recent report on a meeting in Nairobi in which he was quoted on the issues… Read more »
October 13, 2010
Sudan: Remarks to "The Sudan Referendum - Dangers and Possibilities" at The Brookings Institution [document]
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Let me thank the Brookings Institution and Rich Williamson – Nonresident Senior Fellow and Former U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan -- for inviting me to speak at this event… Read more »
October 11, 2010
Nigeria: Our Bet Should Be with the People [guest column]
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Fifty years after independence, Africa's most populous nation is at a crossroad – heading towards an election that can either empower a reform-minded public or entrench a… Read more »
Nigeria: Only Democracy Can Solve Our Problems, Says Civil Society Leader [interview]
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Only democracy, even with all its imperfections, can resolve Nigeria's problems, Father Matthew Hassan Kukah, one of Nigeria's most respected leaders of civil society, tells… Read more »
October 08, 2010
Nigeria: Jonathan Needs to Allay Fears of Ordinary Citizens - Civil Society Leader [interview]
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Father Matthew Hassan Kukah is one of Nigeria's most respected leaders of civil society, having worked consistently to bring together the country's religious, regional and ethnic… Read more »
October 07, 2010
Eritrea: World Must Act to Prevent Another 'Failed State' [guest column]
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Just a decade ago, Eritrea might reasonably have been described as challenged but stable. Today it is under severe stress, if not yet in full-blown crisis. Read more »
October 06, 2010
Central Africa: Deliver Justice to All Congo's Victims [guest column]
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Last week, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released a crucial report that describes the atrocities committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during… Read more »
October 05, 2010
Nigeria: Militant Claims Govt Wanted to Blame Northerners for Abuja Blasts
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The former leader of a Niger Delta militant group, Henry Okah, has reportedly claimed he was arrested and charged in South Africa because he refused to cooperate in a plan to… Read more »
October 04, 2010
Africa: Governance Improves in Liberia, Angola, Togo But Declines in Eritrea, Madasgascar
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Governance standards have improved significantly in Angola, Liberia and Togo over the past four years, but have declined in Eritrea and Madagascar, according to a leading survey… Read more »
Nigeria: Betting on the Nigerian People [guest column]
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In early September, we participated in a meeting at a prestigious think tank in Washington, DC, where the discussion focused on Nigeria and more effective ways to address the… Read more »
October 01, 2010
Liberia: Funding Reading is Fundamental, Says Sirleaf [guest column]
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The sight of children making their way to school every morning - missing during 14 years of chaos and conflict - is a sign that Liberia has returned to stability. But a durable… Read more »
September 30, 2010
Nigeria: No North-South Armageddon Over Elections [guest column]
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A vigorous, sharply-worded debate has been set off in Nigeria and among the ranks of U.S. foreign policy analysts by an article in which a former U.S. ambassador to Nigeria,… Read more »
September 24, 2010
Africa: Women and Children the Focus of Achieving MDGs
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With five years remaining to achieve the targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has made it clear that a concerted,… Read more »
Guinea: Election Commission Sets New Date For Polls
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The new head of Guinea's election commission has announced that postponed second round of the presidential elections will now be held on October 10. Read more »
September 23, 2010
Sudan: U.S. Congress Members Urge Obama Administration to Define Policy
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Members of the U.S. Congress on Thursday sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging his administration to "take additional steps" to define its policy on Sudan and to "publicly… Read more »
