July 10, 2009
Madagascar: Elections Before End of Year?
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The transitional authority in Madagascar is willing to bring forward elections for the presidency and the legislature and hold them before the end of this year, writes Iloniaina… Read more »
Africa: Obama Explains Food Security Initiative [document]
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During a news conference after the G8 Summit ended in L'Aquila, Italy, on July 10, President Barack Obama explained and answered questions on the summit's announcement on food… Read more »
Africa: Obama's Trip to Ghana - Special Report and Interview
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Obama Visits Ghana - Special Report Read more »
July 09, 2009
Kenya: Annan Sends Polls Violence Names to World Court
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The top mediator in Kenya's election crisis last year, former United Nations chief Kofi Annan, has sent the International Criminal Court (ICC) an envelope containing the names of… Read more »
Africa: G8 Leaders Pledge to Meet Promises to Continent
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Leaders of the world’s eight biggest industrialized nations have promised to boost development assistance to Africa by U.S. $25 billion a year over 2004 levels by 2010. Read more »
Africa: What the G8 Leaders Say On Africa [document]
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Leaders of the world's eight major industrialized countries meeting in L'Aquila, Italy, have devoted about one-third of their declaration to African issues. The verbatim text of… Read more »
July 08, 2009
Ghana: Obama Visits a Hopeful Nation on a Troubled Continent [guest column]
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Guest columnist Richard Joseph, an Africa expert at the Brookings Institution and Northwestern University in the United States, has been travelling to Ghana for 30 years. Beginning… Read more »
Africa: G8 Offers Nothing New, Say Campaigners [blog]
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Robert Fox, the executive director of Oxfam Canada, writes on the G8 meetings in Italy: Read more »
July 07, 2009
Africa: Climate Change Threatens Food Supply, G8 Warned
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Sub-Saharan Africa is set to lose U.S. $2 billion a year as the viability of its maize crops declines as a result of changes in global weather patterns. Cash crops such as tea and… Read more »
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]
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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
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"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]
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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
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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 »
