November 23, 2009
Tanzania: President Kikwete - 'Agriculture is Everything' [interview]
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As President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete of Tanzania was about to leave Dar es Salaam on November 15 to attend the World Food Summit in Rome, he sat down at State House to discuss a… Read more »
Western Sahara: Expelled Activist Weakens After Hunger Strike
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Aminatou Haidar, the Western Sahara human rights activist expelled from her homeland 10 days ago, has entered the second week of a hunger strike in protest against the expulsion. Read more »
November 19, 2009
Africa: Winners and Losers In Corruption Stakes
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Botswana continues to be seen as Africa’s least corrupt, and Somalia as the continent’s – and the world’s – most corrupt country, according to a new… Read more »
November 18, 2009
Guinea: South African Govt Probes Mercenary Reports
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The Pretoria government is probing reports that South African mercenaries are training Guinean militia, recruited by the country's military junta on an ethnic basis. Read more »
Algeria/Egypt: Desert Foxes Beat Pharaohs to Reach World Cup
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Algeria defeated Africa's football champions, Egypt, 1-0 today to take Africa's sixth place in the 2010 World cup. Read more »
November 16, 2009
Africa: Continent's Best Soccer Teams Head For World Cup
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There's only one slot left to be filled in Africa's line-up at the 2010 Fifa World Cup, to be played in South Africa next June, and it will be taken after what has the makings of… Read more »
Morocco: Sahrawi People Must Have Right to Choose Future, Urges Activist [interview]
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Aminatou Haidar, one of the most prominent human rights activists in the liberation of the Sahrawi people in Western Sahara, was detained, then deported, by the Moroccan… Read more »
November 14, 2009
Western Sahara: Human Rights Awardee Detained, Deported by Morocco
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In the wake of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's meeting with Moroccan King Mohammed VI last week, a prominent human rights activist was detained on her arrival in Western… Read more »
November 13, 2009
Africa: Climate Change Boosts Need for Policies to Support African Farmers
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Akin Adesina, vice president of the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (Agra), talked to AllAfrica about the work of the young, Nairobi-based institution and how its… Read more »
Zimbabwe: U.S., South Africa Press Govt Over Diamonds
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South African and American diplomats said this week that they expected Zimbabwe to implement "stringent controls" according to a "very tight work plan" to make the country's… Read more »
November 11, 2009
Africa: U.S. Peace Corps to Bring New Focus to Food Security [interview]
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The Obama administration earlier this year named a former United States Peace Corps volunteer, Aaron S. Williams, as the program's new director. The Peace Corps, which will soon… Read more »
Somalia: Pirates Hijack Cargo Ship
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Somali pirates hijacked a vessel carrying 22 crew members that was heading to Durban, South Africa, early Wednesday morning. It was the fourth attack on a ship off the Somali coast… Read more »
Guinea: Opposition Rejects Unity Govt
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Guinea's opposition has rejected a proposal for a government of national unity which would include the military junta which seized power last December, reports Le Potentiel of… Read more »
Zimbabwe: 'Slow Boat to China'
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When Zimbabweans were being attacked and killed in political violence, a little-known South African musician was inspired to act by the stories she heard from refugees living… Read more »
November 10, 2009
Liberia: Monrovia Tests Elections Commission
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Thousands of Liberians living in Montserrado county, the seat of the country's capital Monrovia, headed for the polls Tuesday to cast their votes in a senatorial by-election to… Read more »
November 09, 2009
Central Africa: Build Cohesion in Divided Societies, Urges U.S. Envoy [Part 2] [interview]
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The American government's new special adviser on the Great Lakes region, Howard Wolpe, comes to the post with the best part of three decades' experience in the Africa policies of… Read more »
Somalia: Pirates Launch Longest Range Attack Yet
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Pirates today fired rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons at a 330-metre long oil tanker sailing 1,000 miles from the Somali coast. Read more »
November 08, 2009
Zimbabwe: Failure to Act on Abuses Threatens Conflict Diamond Process [guest column]
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The decision to give Zimbabwe no more than a slap on the wrist for the human rights abuses which its army has committed on the Marange alluvial diamond fields in the south-east of… Read more »
November 06, 2009
Congo-Kinshasa: New Multinational Partnership Launches Peace Efforts [Part 1] [interview]
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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… Read more »
November 05, 2009
Guinea: Opposition Presents Demands to Compaor?
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A coalition of Guinean opposition leaders has presented President Blaise Compaoré of Burkina Faso a set of proposals they believe will end the political crisis… Read more »
November 04, 2009
Africa: Africa's Media Leaders Gather in Lagos
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Top executives from African media houses gather in Lagos on Thursday for two days of consultations on how to sustain the development of good journalism on the continent. Owners,… Read more »
November 03, 2009
East Africa: Saving Lives, Securing Livelihoods [guest column]
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Mount Kenya rises majestically from the Kenyan landscape, dwarfing all around it, a magisterial monument. The mountain is a fertile giant, but this year it became a killing field… Read more »
Equatorial Guinea: Govt Frees Mercenaries
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The government of Equatorial Guinea has freed four South African mercenaries jailed for plotting to overthrow President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, South Africa's foreign ministry has… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Cultivating Food Security in the City
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In recent years Zimbabweans have faced severe food shortages and staggering hyperinflation. As a result, residents in the capital, Harare, have increasingly turned to urban… Read more »
November 02, 2009
Africa: Most of Continent Provides 'Prosperous Emerging Markets' - CEO [interview]
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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… Read more »
