November 17, 2008
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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An occasional blog by AllAfrica's chief content and strategy officer Read more »
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 »
November 12, 2008
Congo-Kinshasa: 100,000 Cut Off By Fighting, Says UN Chief [press conference]
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November 10, 2008
Zimbabwe: Regional Leaders Decide Against Tsvangirai
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Southern Africa's leaders have told Zimbabwe's two main parties to form a unity government and to share control of the ministry which supervises the country's police force, but… Read more »
South Africa: Miriam Makeba Sang the Music of Her Roots
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Singer, song writer, political activist and actress Miriam Zenzi Makeba, or "Mama Africa" as she was popularly known, was born in Johannesburg on March 4 1932. Read more »
South Africa: Miriam Makeba Sings to the Last
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Miriam Makeba, the South African singing star whose career took off in the 1950s and who famously appeared at the United Nations to condemn apartheid, has died suddenly after a… Read more »
November 09, 2008
Zimbabwe: Summit Tells Leaders to 'Show Maturity'
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South Africa's President Kgalema Motlanthe opened an extraordinary summit of southern African leaders on Sunday with a call to Zimbabwean leaders to "show political maturity" by… Read more »
November 06, 2008
Kenya: The Day After in Obamaland [blog]
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Today is a Kenyan public holiday in honor of President-elect Barack Obama. Kisumu city is quiet, save for the barrage of Obama songs playing from speakers, and the loud snippets of… Read more »
Zimbabwe: South Africa Takes Hard Line Over Talks [press conference]
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The South African government will be taking a hard line with Zimbabwean political parties at a summit meeting this weekend over their failure to agree on a power-sharing cabinet,… Read more »
November 05, 2008
Kenya: Nation Erupts in Ecstasy at Obama Election
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Kenya is ecstatic at the news of Barack Obama's historic election as president of the United States. Upon hearing news of their beloved "son's" win Wednesday morning (East Africa… Read more »
Kenya: 'We Are Ready to Take White House,' Sing Kenyans [blog]
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AllAfrica's Katy Gabel blogs from the birthplace of Barack Obama's father in western Kenya on the first responses to his historic victory. East Africa Time is eight hours ahead of… Read more »
Africa: Media Have Central Role in Development [document]
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The media have a central role to play in improving the human condition in Africa, and should collectively address a range of issues to enable them to fulfill their potential. Read more »
Africa: Media Leaders Forum Convenes in Dakar [press release]
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Over 32 CEOs of African media organizations met in Dakar, Senegal, and called for a stronger push for media development in Africa, and agreed to collaborate so that media can play… Read more »
Africa: Dakar Declaration - African Media Leaders Forum (AMLF) - Shaping the Future of African Media [press release]
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We, owners of African media organizations in Africa, met in Dakar, Sénégal on November 3-4, 2008, to discuss the state of media in Africa, and media's relationship to… Read more »
Africa: African Media Leaders Call for Increased Collaboration and Investment to Strengthen Africa's Voice and Media Professionalism [press release]
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Chief executives from more than 30 African media organizations meeting in Dakar on November 4 and 5 issued a call for a stronger push for media development in Africa and agreed to… Read more »
November 04, 2008
Africa: Media Leaders Call For New Blueprints [blog]
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Pioneering African media leaders who are meeting in Dakar have called for closer co-operation among publishers and broadcasters across the continent to promote development. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Botswana's Khama Calls For New Election
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President Ian Khama of Botswana has called for Zimbabwe's contested presidential election to be re-run under international supervision. Read more »
Kenya: Prayers Offered for Obama in Kogelo [blog]
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AllAfrica's Katy Gabel blogs from the home of Senator Barack Obama's family in Kogelo, western Kenya. Read more »
Kenya: Waiting for Returns in Kisumu [blog]
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AllAfrica's Katy Gabel captures the anticipation in Kisumu, just hours before the polls will start to close in the United States. Read more »
