July 07, 2009
Africa: Beating the Effects of Climate Change [document]
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An excerpt from the Oxfam report “Suffering the Science: Climate Change, People and Poverty”: Read more »
Africa: Losing Homes and Eating Ants - Floods in Zambia and Uganda [document]
allAfrica
An excerpt from the Oxfam report “Suffering the Science: Climate Change, People and Poverty”: Read more »
Africa: Climate Change Threatens Crop Yields [document]
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Excerpts from the Oxfam report “Suffering the Science: Climate Change, People and Poverty”: Read more »
July 03, 2009
Africa: Ghana Visit to Highlight Effective Governance, Says Obama
allAfrica
"Lifting up successful models" of democracy in Africa encourages more democracy on the continent, President Barack Obama told AllAfrica Thursday, explaining why he chose the West… Read more »
Africa: Good Governance Drive Makes Progress [guest column]
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A day ahead of this year’s African Union summit in Libya, the 11th meeting of the forum of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) took place in the sweltering seaside town… Read more »
July 02, 2009
Africa: U.S. Wants to Spotlight 'Successful Models' And Be An 'Effective Partner' - Obama [interview]
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Barack Obama makes his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as president of the United States next week, following a trip to Russia as well as to Italy, where he will participate in a… Read more »
Niger: U.S. Criticizes Tandja's Bid to Keep Power
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President Mamadou Tandja has undermined Niger's efforts over the last 10 years to advance good governance and the rule of law, President Barack Obama's spokesman said on… Read more »
July 01, 2009
Africa: Obama Administration Tackling Wide Range of African Issues - Johnnie Carson [interview]
allAfrica
After a slow start on Africa, the Obama administration is picking up the pace. President Barack Obama will make his first stopover in a sub-Saharan African country next week when… Read more »
Rwanda: On Independence Day, Not Quite Free? [guest column]
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As Rwanda celebrates its independence on Wednesday, it stands as one of those African countries which appears on the face of it to be working well, despite pursuing a homegrown… Read more »
June 29, 2009
Africa: Zuma is Out of Step With History [guest column]
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Just ahead of this week’s African Union summit in Libya, South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma has advocated an old and discredited approach for dealing with African… Read more »
June 27, 2009
Somalia: U.S. Ships Small Arms, Munitions to Govt
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The United States has shipped about 40 tons of small arms and munitions to Somalia in the last two months to help the country’s transitional government fight off a challenge… Read more »
June 26, 2009
Somalia: Militant Islamists Try to Draw Kenya Into a Trap [guest column]
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As Somalia's transitional government fights for its existence and the region's governments debate how to respond, guest columnist Daniela Kroslak argues strongly against another… Read more »
June 24, 2009
Africa: Carson Outlines Four Key Areas of Obama Africa Policy
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The United States Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Johnnie Carson, promised Tuesday that he will "remember to listen and not forget to learn." Read more »
Africa: Business Engagement Critical to Global Health, Says Obama Adviser Gayle Smith [document]
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Gayle Smith, a senior foreign policy adviser to President Obama and senior director for relief, stabilization and development at the National Security Council, addressed the… Read more »
June 22, 2009
Zimbabwe: Reforms 'Irreversible' Tsvangirai Tells British PM
allAfrica
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai of Zimbabwe told his British counterpart in London on Monday that his country was engaged in "an irreversible process" of consolidating democratic… Read more »
June 21, 2009
Africa: Egypt, South Africa Hold Their Own in Confeds Cup
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Africa's two contenders in the Confederations Cup - the curtain-raiser to next year's World Cup - are riding high after doing relatively well in the first part of the tournament. Read more »
June 20, 2009
Madagascar: Region Appoints Chissano as Mediator
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Southern African leaders have responded to the deadlock in talks over Madagascar's future by appointing former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano as a mediator to lead an… Read more »
June 18, 2009
Madagascar: Regional Leaders Call Emergency Summit
allAfrica
Southern African leaders will begin an emergency summit in Johannesburg on Friday to discuss the deadlock in talks to end the political crisis in Madagascar. Read more »
South Africa: Bafana Bafana Stage a Comeback
allAfrica
South Africa is back on course to qualify for the second round of the Fifa Confederations cup after a 2-0 win over New Zealand. Read more »
June 17, 2009
Gabon: Delay in Presidential Elections?
allAfrica
Government and opposition parties in Gabon are discussing delaying presidential elections to enable the updating of voters' rolls, according to the Kinshasa newspaper, Le… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Is Tsvangirai's Optimism Enough? [blog]
allAfrica
I gained a new appreciation for Morgan Tsvangirai’s unique position recently. I had the good fortune of attending his first on-the-record event hosted by the Council on… Read more »
Africa: Continent's Soccer Teams Put Up Good Show
allAfrica
Although South Africa and Egypt, Africa's representatives at the Confederations Cup, failed to win maximum points in their first games, they are still very much in the tournament… Read more »
Egypt: Fifa Reject Egypt's Complaint Over Goal
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Fifa have rejected a complaint that the penalty which won Brazil its match against Egypt in the Confederations Cup on Monday was awarded on the basis of a video replay. Read more »
June 16, 2009
Central African Republic: International Court Charges DRC's Bemba
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has committed for trial the former vice-president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Jean-Pierre Bemba, on charges of war crimes… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Finding White Rhodesia in the American West [interview]
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The writer Alexandra Fuller is best known in southern Africa for two books which portray with vivid and – for one who grew up in the same milieu – discomforting… Read more »