December 18, 2007
South Africa: Zuma Wins Presidency of Ruling ANC
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Jacob Zuma, the deputy leader of the African National Congress, inflicted a severe defeat on South Africa's national leader, President Thabo Mbeki, at the ruling party's national… Read more »
December 17, 2007
West Africa: Central Bank in Stalemate as Politics, Tradition Clash
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A rift between heads of state of the eight-nation West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) has left the bloc's central bank, BCEAO, with an interim governor for over two… Read more »
Mali: Mothers Form Long Lines For Children's Health [blog]
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The latest instalment in the reflections of Dr. Steven Phillips, ExxonMobil's Medical Director for Global Issues and Projects, on the huge campaign to reach millions of children… Read more »
South Africa: ANC Engages in Damage Control [blog]
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Charlayne Hunter-Gault reports on how the ANC embarked on damage control after the exuberant behavior of presidential challenger Jacob Zuma's supporters at the ANC conference on… Read more »
South Africa: Mbeki is All Head, Zuma Heart [blog]
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Standing out from today's local coverage of what most journalists saw as the humiliation of South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki at the ANC's conference on Sunday, was a piece in… Read more »
South Africa: Two ANCs Emerge Amid Unprecedented Tensions [blog]
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Charlayne Hunter-Gault, who reports on the ANC conference principally for National Public Radio in the United States, continues her personal reflections on the process. Read more »
December 16, 2007
South Africa: Mbeki Defends Record, Condemns 'Lies,' Confronts Divisions [document]
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The president of South Africa's ruling African National Congress, Thabo Mbeki, defended the party's record under his leadership, condemned some practices in the party and… Read more »
South Africa: ANC Displays Growing Pains of Democracy [blog]
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Award-winning South African journalist Zubeida Jaffer, who has chronicled South Africa's struggle for liberation from the inside, sums up the first day of the ANC's five-yearly… Read more »
South Africa: Key ANC Conference Sees Partisan Responses [blog]
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Charlayne Hunter-Gault continues her reflection from the floor of the ANC conference in Polokwane, in South Africa's northern Limpopo province. Read more »
South Africa: ANC Conference Starts on Raucous Note [blog]
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The leading American public broadcast journalist, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, blogs for allAfrica live from the floor – literally – of the ANC conference during President… Read more »
South Africa: Mbeki Admits Mistakes, Plans Fightback [blog]
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South Africans woke on Sunday morning to read what appeared to be President Thabo Mbeki's strategy for a fightback to try, against the odds, to secure his re-election as leader of… Read more »
December 15, 2007
South Africa: Tension Underlies Backslapping at ANC Meeting [blog]
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One of America's most renowned public broadcast journalists, Charlayne Hunter-Gault, is blogging for allAfrica from the University of Limpopo which, situated near the city of… Read more »
South Africa: Presidential Hopefuls Speak for Themselves [blog]
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IF YOU LISTEN to the detractors of the two principal protagonists in this week's African National Congress leadership election, you will hear that the choice is between a ruthless,… Read more »
December 14, 2007
Africa: Leaders Divided on Rights, Says Amnesty Chief [interview]
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A group of international figures gathered in Cape Town this week to launch a new global campaign for human rights. One of them was Irene Khan, who as secretary-general of Amnesty… Read more »
December 13, 2007
Mali: Bed Nets From Vietnam Protect People From Malaria [blog]
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On the second day of a visit to Mali, Dr. Steven Phillips, ExxonMobil's Medical Director for Global Issues and Projects, tells of the logistics of a campaign to get bed nets, which… Read more »
December 12, 2007
Nigeria: Yar'Adua Visit to U.S. Launches New Era
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Nigeria, apart from being the fifth-largest source of American oil imports, is a key partner of the United States in containing a range of emerging transnational threats, writes… Read more »
Mali: Health Groups Rally to Improve Children's Health [blog]
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Through this blog, Dr. Steven Phillips, ExxonMobil's Medical Director for Global Issues and Projects, will share his observations from the Republic of Mali, where he is part of the… Read more »
December 11, 2007
Africa: 'Elders' Condemn Human Rights Abuses
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu has joined leading international figures in appealing to the global community to fight human rights abuses in countries including Sudan, Zimbabwe and Chad. Read more »
December 10, 2007
Africa: Our Tradition Upholds Free Speech, Democracy [guest column]
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To suggest that Africans do not care about free speech, electoral fairness or misappropriation of public funds is to misread African traditional culture, write Kwaku Asante-Darko… Read more »
December 08, 2007
Africa: Baroness Amos of Brondesbury, Valerie Ann Amos [interview]
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Leaders of over 70 African and European countries have arrived in Lisbon for this weekend's African Union/European Union summit. Refusing to attend, in protest at the inclusion of… Read more »
South Africa: 2nd test message on allafrica blog [blog]
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well, today's conference proceedings were much more exciting than yesterday;s. Read more »
South Africa: first test message on allafrica blog [blog]
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Early reports on the first summit day show that Mugabe had already invited attention after he commandeered a plane to take him to Lisbon on Thursday, leaving hundreds of passengers… Read more »
December 07, 2007
Nigeria: 'Brothers At Each Others' Throats'
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Roy Mog-Appia's attention is focused on a sheet of white paper, where he scribbles hastily. A few minutes later, he slides the notepad across the table. Read more »
December 06, 2007
South Africa: Mbeki Seeks to Cool Party Leadership Fight
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The forthcoming national conference of South Africa's ruling African National Congress, where the party will elect a new leader, should not be seen as "the beginning and… Read more »
December 05, 2007
Liberia: New Study Spotlights Sexual Violence
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Preliminary findings of a new study by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and Columbia University may have given relief workers the evidence they say they need to focus… Read more »
