November 28, 2008
Africa: Trade Chief Calls on Leaders to Commit to Aid, Trade [guest column]
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The global financial crisis raises threats to developing economies in Africa and elsewhere as well as to those in the developed world. Writing ahead of a major international… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Lifting a Nation From Its 'Heart of Darkness' [guest column]
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will not lift itself out of its “heart of darkness” until it addresses the human rights violations of its brutal past, writes… Read more »
November 27, 2008
South Africa: New Party Reads Signs of the Times [analysis]
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South African political leaders who have broken away from the African National Congress (ANC) in the ruling party's biggest split in half a century are to form a new party –… Read more »
November 26, 2008
Zimbabwe: Go! Tsvangirai Tells Mbeki
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Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has publicly repudiated the mediation of South Africa's former president, Thabo Mbeki, in the country's crisis, while Botswana has… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: One Million Children Get Life-Saving Mosquito Nets [blog]
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Nothing But Nets, an initiative of the United Nations Foundation, aims to prevent malaria by providing free mosquito nets for children. In this guest blog, Adrianna Logalbo, deputy… Read more »
November 25, 2008
Liberia: Amid Challenges, Children Are Eager to Learn
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From the sky, the huts dotted along unpaved roads leading to the port city of Harper resemble those in rural areas in Liberia. But while life in Harper resembles village life in… Read more »
Liberia: Govt Has 'Political Will' to Fix Education, Says Minister [interview]
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In a recent interview with AllAfrica's Boakai Fofana, Liberia's education minister, Joseph Korto, discussed the successes and challenges of rebuilding the country's educational… Read more »
November 23, 2008
Guinea Bissau: President Attacked After Election
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Soldiers attacked the residence of President João Bernardo Vieira of Guinea-Bissau in the early hours of Sunday in what appeared to be post-election instability, news… Read more »
November 22, 2008
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Bans Annan, Machel, Jimmy Carter
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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has barred the former United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, the former United States President, Jimmy Carter, and the advocate for the… Read more »
November 21, 2008
Somalia: UN to Crack Down on Pirates, Arms Smugglers
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The United Nations Security Council has approved a resolution establishing a framework through which the international commmunity can crack down on Somali pirates and better… Read more »
Africa: Continent's Telecoms Demand High-Tech Innovation [interview]
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The demand for mobile communications – such as mobile phones – in Africa is forcing large international companies to come up with new technology which leapfrogs over… Read more »
Africa: Low-Orbiting Satellites to Slash Internet Costs
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As East Africa awaits the expanded high-speed Internet connectivity that new submarine cables will bring the region, another endeavor is aiming higher – targeting all of the… Read more »
November 20, 2008
Sudan: Prosecutor Accuses Darfur Rebels of War Crimes
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The International Criminal Court (ICC), which is already considering charges against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir arising out of the war in Darfur, has now been asked to… Read more »
November 19, 2008
Africa: Top Egyptian Soccer Club Triumphs
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The Egyptian club Al-Ahly of Cairo have won the African Champions League trophy for the sixth time, winning 4-2 on aggegrate over Coton Sport of Cameroon. They concluded their… Read more »
November 18, 2008
Somalia: Pirates' Daring Attack 'Stuns' U.S. Navy
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Somali pirates have "stunned" the United States' top military leader by seizing a supertanker three times as big as an aircraft carrier hundreds of nautical miles off the Kenya… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: War Crimes Suspect Finally Faces Trial
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The first suspect to face war crimes charges before the International Criminal Court (ICC) - Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo - is now scheduled to go on trial next… Read more »
November 17, 2008
Africa: G20 Must Give Africa Better Deal
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Africa's sole representative at the weekend's Group of 20 (G20) summit of world leaders, South Africa's President Kgalema Motlanthe, says reforms agreed on at the summit would… Read more »
Africa: Top U.S. Charity Lauds Bush Africa Policy
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Africare, the leading United States charitable organization helping Africa, has awarded President George W. Bush the 2008 Bishop John T. Walker Humanitarian Service Award. Read more »
Guinea Bissau: High Voter Turnout in National Polls
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There was a high turnout and voting had been orderly in Guinea-Bissau's parliamentary elections on Sunday, news agencies report. Read more »
Somalia: Pirates Hijack Saudi Ship Off Kenya
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Pirates have seized a Saudi-owned supertanker and its 25 crew members off the Kenyan coast, the United States Navy announced Monday. Read more »
November 15, 2008
Congo-Kinshasa: UN Envoy Obasanjo Plans to Meet Rebel Leader [interview]
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Olusegun Obasanjo, the former Nigerian president who has been appointed special United Nations envoy to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is planning this weekend to meet… Read more »
November 14, 2008
Africa: How South Africa Should Handle G20 Summit [guest column]
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South Africa is the only country from Africa represented at Saturday's summit of the heads of state of the G20 grouping of countries, called to discuss the global financial crisis… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: People Flee, and Flee Again [interview]
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Civilians fleeing violence in the eastern Democratic Republic sometimes find a safe place, only to have to flee gain when fighting spreads, says Francois Dumont of… Read more »
November 13, 2008
Africa: Beyond Paid Content [blog]
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Congo-Kinshasa: Armed Men are Raping Women, Looting Homes, Says NGO [interview]
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Armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are looting homes, raping women and forcing civilians to carry water for them, says Rebecca Wynn of the Oxfam agency.… Read more »