December 09, 2008
Zimbabwe: Europe Extends Sanctions on Mugabe Elite
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Europe has expanded travel and financial sanctions against members of what the British foreign ministry calls President Robert Mugabe's "closest political circle." Read more »
December 08, 2008
Zimbabwe: Annan Says Mugabe Has Failed
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Former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan has urged Southern African leaders to play a more active role in bringing about a transition to an inclusive government in… Read more »
December 06, 2008
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Must Go, Says West
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As governance in Zimbabwe continues to crumble and the United Nations reports nearly 14,000 suspected cholera cases, Western powers have stepped up their rhetoric against President… Read more »
December 05, 2008
Ghana: Voters Head for Polls in Tight Race
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Ghanaians head to the polls Sunday to vote in what could be prove to be tightly-contested presidential and parliamentary elections. Read more »
December 04, 2008
Africa: Campaign Presses Obama to Abandon Bush Plan for Africom [guest column]
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The administration of incoming United States President Barack Obama is likely to continue the militarization of U.S. policy toward Africa unless it comes under pressure to change… Read more »
South Africa: Tutu, De Klerk Call for Arms Deal Probe
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South African Nobel Peace laureates Desmond Tutu and F. W. de Klerk have called on President Kgalema Motlanthe to appoint a judicial commission of inquiry into the country’s… Read more »
December 02, 2008
Ghana: Election Focuses on Issues, Not Personalities [guest column]
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This Sunday, December 7, the people of Ghana will go to the polls to elect a new President and National Assembly. This will be the second transfer of power between presidents… Read more »
December 01, 2008
Africa: Winning the Fight Against Aids? [guest column]
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The global fight against Aids is not a losing battle – at least not entirely. On the positive side, more money is being ploughed into combating the disease: last year, global… Read more »
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 »
