August 04, 2009
Madagascar: Rivals to Meet in Top-Level Summit
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Preparations are on the way in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, for a summit on Friday that will for the first time bring together all four previous heads of state of Madagascar… Read more »
Africa: Local Skills Boost Development, Says Foundation Head [interview]
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Lloyd Pierson of the U.S. Africa Development Foundation (USADF) rejects claims that foreign aid has had little impact in Africa. He says aid is most effective when programs are… Read more »
Africa: Mobile Phones Achieve More Than Aid, Says Industry Chief [interview]
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Michael Joseph, CEO of Safaricom in Kenya, believes the mobile phone has had a greater impact than aid on development in the country. Read more »
Africa: We Can Eliminate Extreme Poverty By 2025 [interview]
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Jeffrey Sachs, author of The End of Poverty, is the director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University in New York. He believes that extreme poverty can be eliminated by 2025… Read more »
Africa: Change Ways of Giving Aid, Says Economist [interview]
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Paul Collier is the author of "The Bottom Billion," an award-winning book that shines a light on some 50 failing states in the world and the billion people who live in them. He… Read more »
Africa: Best Aid Monitors Are Those At Grassroots [interview]
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Africa needs to reinvigorate its traditions, revitalize its academic institutions and move away from aid to infrastructural development and intra-African trade, says Njongonkulu… Read more »
August 03, 2009
Africa: Clinton Visits Seven Countries to Highlight Africa as Policy Priority
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Hillary Clinton, making her first journey to Africa as U.S. Secretary of State, begins a seven-nation visit Monday with a stop in Kenya to take part in a forum on trade and… Read more »
Sudan: More Than 150 Die in Ethnic Violence in South
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Gunmen have killed more than 160 people, mostly civilians, in a pre-dawn attack on a camp in South Sudan, news agencies are reporting. Read more »
July 29, 2009
Somalia: Clinton to Meet Transitional Govt President
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The American Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, is to meet Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, the president of Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG), during her visit to… Read more »
July 28, 2009
Africa: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Visit Continent
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The United States Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, will begin a seven-nation trip next week during she will visit a range of key countries across sub-Saharan Africa. Read more »
July 27, 2009
Guinea Bissau: Nation Hopes Election Will End Instability
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Voters in Guinea-Bissau went to the polls on Sunday for the second round of voting in a presidential election to determine a successor to President João Bernardo Vieira, who… Read more »
July 24, 2009
Ghana: New Deal to Help Conserve Forests
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The Ghanaian government has signed a landmark agreement which will help it stop the export of illegally-cut timber, thus helping to conserve the country's forests. Read more »
July 22, 2009
Sudan: Tribunal Cuts Size of Disputed Abyei Region
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An international tribunal has cut the size of the disputed Abyei region of Sudan, rejecting the formal claims of both north and south Sudan and slicing at least 18,000 square… Read more »
Liberia: Journalists Work to Improve Standards, Expand Press Freedom [interview]
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Liberia's umbrella organization for journalists, the Press Union of Liberia (PUL), will be 45-year-old in September. Ahead of the anniversary, AllAfrica's Boakai Fofana asked the… Read more »
July 21, 2009
Africa: Uphold Continent's Contribution to Human Rights, Urges Top Diplomat [guest column]
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This week the United Nations General Assembly is to debate the responsibility of nations and the international community to protect people around the world from crimes such as… Read more »
July 20, 2009
Sudan: Court Ruling Will Test Peace Prospects [guest column]
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A small piece of land in Sudan and one of the international tribunals based in the Netherlands are about to have a large impact on Sudan's present and future. Read more »
Mauritania: Coup Leader Elected President
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General Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, who overthrew an elected government in Mauritania 11 months ago, was himself chosen president of the country in a new election at the weekend. But… Read more »
July 16, 2009
Congo-Brazzaville: Sassou-Nguesso Re-Elected With 78 Percent of Vote
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Denis Sassou-Nguesso was yesterday declared the winner of last Sunday's presidential elections in Congo-Brazzaville. Read more »
Niger: Lawyers Strike, President Clamps Down on Press
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Lawyers in Niger went on a one-day strike this week in solidarity with the Constitutional Court, which was dissolved by President Mamadou Tandja - an act the lawyers deemed… Read more »
July 15, 2009
Africa: Zimbabwe Has 'Potential for Change' - Says Top U.S. Congressman in Wide-Ranging Interview [interview]
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Donald M. Payne, who has represented New Jersey's 10th District in the United States House of Representatives since 1989, chairs the Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and… Read more »
July 14, 2009
Mozambique: Conference Seeks to Entice American Companies to Southeast Africa [interview]
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The American Embassy in Mozambique - in collaboration with the U.S.-Mozambique Chamber of Commerce, Center for Business Promotion, and the Confederation of Business Associations -… Read more »
July 13, 2009
Sierra Leone: Charles Taylor to Testify in His Own Defense
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Former Liberian leader Charles Taylor is scheduled to take the witness stand this week to testify in his own defence at his trial on charges of war crimes and crimes against… Read more »
July 11, 2009
Africa: Brother Barack Admonishes - and Encourages - Africa
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Speaking to Africans with the intimacy of a brother, and citing the heritage he shared with them, President Barack Obama of the United States delivered an uncompromising message to… Read more »
Africa: Support Democracy, Africans Urge Obama
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From across Africa, messages for President Barack Obama, submitted to allAfrica.com, have appealed for government by the people. "WE NEED DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA," insisted a… Read more »
July 10, 2009
Africa: G8 Nations Pledge U.S. $20 Billion for Agriculture
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Nations represented at the G8 Summit of the world's major industrial powers have promised to raise U.S. $20 billion to promote sustainable agricultural development in developing… Read more »
