June 04, 2007
Sierra Leone/Togo: Helicopter Crash Kills at Least 19
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A Paramount Airlines helicopter in Sierra Leone crashed Sunday, reportedly killing at least 19. The helicopter was carrying passengers from an African Cup of Nations qualifying… Read more »
West Africa: Website Launched to Cover Taylor Trial
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Civil society groups today launch a project to provide daily news and expert analysis of the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor. Read more »
June 01, 2007
Senegal: Police Seize Radio Station Equipment
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Sixty armed Senegalese government security agents raided the headquarters of a radio station yesterday, the Senegalese newspaper Wal Fadjri reported. Read more »
Africa: Ethiopian, Zimbabwean Women Journalists Honored
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The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) has honoured an Ethiopian publisher for her courage and a Zimbabwean reporter for her achievements in journalism over a period… Read more »
May 31, 2007
Africa: Bush Launches New Funding Plan for HIV/Aids
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U.S President George W. Bush is asking Congress to follow up his Administration's current program to fight HIV/Aids around the world with a new plan doubling spending to $30… Read more »
Africa: Aid Set to Drop, Warns Monitoring Group
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Aid flows to Africa have remained static for two years and are set to drop, in spite of donor promises to increase giving, a monitoring group has found. Read more »
May 30, 2007
Sudan: U.S. Sanctions Welcome But Too Late, Say Activists
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Advocacy and activist groups in the United States have welcomed President George W. Bush's new sanctions on Sudan but have said they do not go far enough. Read more »
May 29, 2007
Sudan: Bush Imposes New Sanctions Over Darfur
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The United States has stepped up its sanctions against Sudan and announced that it will press the United Nations Security Council to adopt a new package of international sanctions,… Read more »
Africa: Growth Strong, But Not Enough to Meet Development Goals [document]
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Extracts relating to Africa from the United Nations report, World Economic Situation and Prospects 2007, produced by the UN's Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the… Read more »
May 28, 2007
Eswatini: Report Links Discrimination to HIV
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Gender-based discrimination in Botswana and Swaziland is integrally linked to the high rates of HIV infection among women in those countries, a study by Physicians for Human Rights… Read more »
May 25, 2007
South Africa: Mbeki Clashes With Unions
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As tens of thousands of public servants marched in support of a pay claim against the government on Friday, President Thabo Mbeki clashed publicly with a top official of the union… Read more »
May 24, 2007
Africa: Hundreds of Thousands Evicted Across Continent
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Hundreds of thousands of Africans in many different countries were deliberately rendered homeless last year, Amnesty International has reported. Read more »
May 23, 2007
Africa: 1,500 to Gather for International Women and Aids Summit
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Urgent action to cut rising HIV infection rates among women and girls will be planned at what is billed as the world's first international summit on women and Aids. Read more »
May 21, 2007
Zimbabwe: Parliament's Human Rights Probe to Continue, Says MP
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The South African member of the Pan African Parliament who successfully proposed that the body should investigate reports of human rights abuses in Zimbabwe has denied that the… Read more »
May 20, 2007
South Africa: Presidential Aspirant Challenges Ruling ANC [analysis]
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A South African liberation fighter turned business tycoon has challenged the opaque leadership selection processes of the ruling African National Congress ahead of its choice of a… Read more »
May 18, 2007
Nigeria: Ex-Im Bank Denies Approving Loan for Police Fund
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The Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) has disputed a recent report that it has granted a loan to Nigeria's Presidential Committee on Police Equipment Fund. Read more »
May 17, 2007
Liberia: Education Initiative Wins Support in U.S.
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Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and United States Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (Democrat – New York) were the guests of honor at a Washington, D.C. fundraiser for… Read more »
May 11, 2007
Guinea: Armed Soldiers March Through Capital
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Conakry slowly returned to normal late Friday as soldiers agreed to return to barracks. Read more »
May 10, 2007
South Africa: Public Sector Unions Plan Strike
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The South African government faces a nationwide public sector strike which could be the biggest since liberation in 1994. Read more »
May 09, 2007
Africa: AU Chair Urges Zimbabwe to Respect Law
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The African Union chairman, President John Agyekum Kufuor of Ghana, has reiterated his concern at the recent behaviour of the Zimbabwe government. Read more »
May 08, 2007
Africa: 'Gigantic Steps Forward' in Fight Against Malaria [interview]
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Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV), an international non-profit organization involved in the research and development of anti-malarial medicines, is hosting its seventh annual… Read more »
Africa: Setting a Timetable to Defeat Malaria [guest column]
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For too many years, efforts to treat and bring malaria under control have been under-funded, under-researched and poorly coordinated. This is now changing. There is now hope on the… Read more »
Africa: Inscribing Meaning: Writing and Graphic Systems in African Art [column]
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A new exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. features modern and contemporary African writing and graphic systems from around the… Read more »
May 07, 2007
Zimbabwe: Human Rights Lawyers Released
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Two of Zimbabwe's top human rights lawyers were released on bail Monday, one day after a High Court Justice ordered their release. Read more »
Ethiopia: Reflection of a Refugee's Life in America [book review]
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A new novel by Ethiopian author Dinaw Mengestu tells the story of one Ethiopian refugee's struggle for self-definition and motivation in a world of competing demands and… Read more »