October 15, 2009
Africa: Gates Foundation Provides Grants for Agriculture Projects
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In advance of World Food Day, marked on 16 October every year, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will announce a total of $120 million in grants for agricultural projects.… Read more »
October 13, 2009
Guinea: 'Another Strategy' Required to Deal with the Deteriorating Situation - Challenor [interview]
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An international observer group on Guinea has recommended setting up an international commission of inquiry into last month's crackdown that news reports say claimed more than 150… Read more »
October 11, 2009
Madagascar: Ravalomanana Attacks International Mediators
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Deposed Malagasy president Marc Ravalomanana has accused an international contact group trying to mediate an end to the country's constitutional crisis of failing to respect a… Read more »
October 09, 2009
Africa: Obama Wins Nobel Prize - Full Text of Announcement
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President Barack Obama was named winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, boosting to eight the number of laureates of immediate African descent who have won the … Read more »
October 08, 2009
Madagascar: Ravalomanana Refuses to Sign Interim Deal
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The agreement on a multi-party transitional government for Madagascar has got off to a difficult start, with the deposed head of state, Marc Ravalomanana, refusing to sign the… Read more »
October 07, 2009
Guinea: African Union, Ecowas Must Help End Human Rights Abuses [guest column]
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The victims of 60 years of human rights violations in Guinea deserve to be heard, and West Africa and the African Union should join calls for an international inquiry into the… Read more »
Guinea: Military Junta Must Go, Says Clinton
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The United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has called for the ousting of Guinea's military junta in the wake of what she described as the indiscriminate murder and rape… Read more »
Madagascar: Leaders Agree on Interim Govt Until Elections
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Madagascar's political leaders have agreed to appoint a multiparty transitional government, headed by Andry Rajoelina, the leader who seized power last March, until new elections.… Read more »
October 05, 2009
Africa: Continent's Best, Worst-Governed Nations
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Southern Africa is the continent's best-governed and Central Africa its worst-governed region, according to a new ranking of Africa's quality of governance published today. Read more »
Africa: Viable Nations Depend on Integrating Economies, Says Business Leader [interview]
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Ahead of Monday's announcement of the 2009 Ibrahim Index of Governance, the survey which ranks the quality of Africa's governments, Mo Ibrahim, the Sudanese-born cellphone pioneer… Read more »
Somalia: Somaliland Elections - Fifth Time Lucky? [guest column]
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Last week the citizens of Somaliland were due to have elected their president for the next five years. However, they did not get to the polls, since elections were postponed for… Read more »
October 03, 2009
Africa: Pioneers of African Governance Rankings Split
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The launch of the 2009 results of an ambitious survey which ranks the quality of governance across Africa has been marred by a split between the foundation which inaugurated the… Read more »
October 02, 2009
Guinea: African Union to Increase Pressure On Junta [interview]
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Jean Ping, who as chairman of the African Union Commission is the continent's top diplomat, was in Washington, DC, for the United States-Africa Business Summit this week. On the… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Food Company Stops Buying Grace Mugabe's Milk
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The international food company, Nestlé, has announced that it is to stop buying milk from a dairy farm owned by Zimbabwean first lady Grace Mugabe. Read more »
October 01, 2009
Africa: Four Presidents Address Regional Integration at U.S. Business Summit [interview]
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As part of the U.S.-Africa Business Summit being hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa this week, four African heads of state, participated in a Presidential Roundtable on… Read more »
Africa: Microfinance Innovator Jennifer Riria Challenges Marginalization of Women
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Dr. Jennifer Riria was moved to tears – and not tears of joy – listening to the roundtable of African presidents at the annual U.S. Africa Business Summit, held this… Read more »
September 30, 2009
Africa: Climate Change Will Hit Ten Million Children - Report
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Climate change will increase the number of malnourished children in Africa by 10 million to 52 million in the next 40 years, and the continent needs new agricultural… Read more »
September 29, 2009
Malawi: President 'Determined' to Lead Country Out of Poverty [interview]
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Bingu wa Mutharika, who was elected to a second term as president of Malawi in May, is an international economist with a PhD from Pacific Western University in Los Angeles in the… Read more »
September 28, 2009
South Africa: The Right to Know and Justice in Africa [guest column]
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Ironically, International Right to Know Day, which is celebrated today, has been one of the world’s best-kept secrets. Read more »
Sudan: Bashir Ends Pre-Publication Censorship
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Sudan's government has replaced pre-publication censorship with "self-censorship," reports the Sudan Tribune from Khartoum. Read more »
Liberia: Refugees Produce CD of Music With Canadian University
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A musical link has been formed between a Canadian university and Liberia in the form of an annotated CD produced by the University of Alberta and Liberian refugee musicians. Read more »
September 24, 2009
Gambia: Jammeh Threatens to Kill Human Rights Defenders - Report
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Activists have launched a campaign to have the headquarters of a top African human rights body moved from the Gambia after the country's president reportedly threatened to kill… Read more »
South Africa: Al-Qaeda Threatened U.S. Offices - Report
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United States government offices in South Africa are expected to reopen on Friday after being closed for two days, reportedly after a threat from an al-Qaeda splinter group. Read more »
Africa: U.S. Calls on Malagasy, Guinea Leaders to Step Down
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The United States has called on the leaders of the "unconstitutional governments" of Madagascar and Guinea to step down and hold elections. Read more »
September 23, 2009
Africa: Maathai Urges World Leaders to Act on Climate Change [document]
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World-renowned Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel Peace laureate Wangari Maathai has appealed to the world's leaders to agree on an "ambitious" and "binding" deal at the United… Read more »