September 25, 2007
Africa: New Governance Index Is 'An African Effort' for Development [interview]
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The "Ibrahim Index of African Governance" announced in London and Cape Town on Tuesday is a project of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, which was established as part of the vision of… Read more »
Africa: Taking the Lead on Africa in the U.S Congress
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In the 1970s and 1980s, the Congressional Black Caucus and the Subcommittee on Africa of the House Foreign Affairs Committee were the two key government institutions in Washington… Read more »
Africa: New Survey Picks Continent's Best, Worst-Governed Nations
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Mauritius is sub-Saharan Africa's best-governed, and Somalia its worst-governed country. Seychelles, Botswana, Cape Verde and South Africa are also in the top five best-governed… Read more »
September 24, 2007
Africa: Aid Critical To Ensuring Benefits From Trade [guest column]
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While developing and industrialized countries continue to wrestle in the Doha Round of negotiations to reach a new international trade agreement, there is increasing recognition… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Children Caught in Crossfire in DRC [interview]
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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned in recent days that fighting in the eastern Congo is placing children in an increasingly vulnerable position –… Read more »
Africa: From Tanzania to Kansas and Back Again [book listing]
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In this essay, written for the book, No Easy Victories: African Liberation and American Activists over a Half Century, 1950-2000, the publisher Walter Bgoya tells of his years… Read more »
September 23, 2007
Congo-Kinshasa: Taking Pity on a Teenage Mother
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Amidst stories of terror and suffering from people fleeing fighting in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Unicef correspondent Sarah Crowe heard an… Read more »
September 21, 2007
Africa: U.S. Plans No New Bases on Continent, Says Official
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The United States' new African military command structure – Africom – will neither base nor deploy U.S. forces on the African continent, Deputy Assistant Secretary… Read more »
Africa: From Atlanta to East Africa [book listing]
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In an excerpt from the book, No Easy Victories: African Liberation and American Activists over a Half Century, 1950-2000, journalist Charles Cobb Jr. tells of a meeting with… Read more »
September 20, 2007
Ethiopia: UN Report Warns of Food Crisis in Ogaden
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Parts of eastern Ethiopia could face a major food crisis if the shortage in the region is not immediately addressed, an inter-agency United Nations report released Wednesday… Read more »
Sudan: Group Calls for Armed Protection of Darfur Civilians
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Human Rights Watch has urged the African Union and the United Nations to give their joint Darfur peacekeeping force "rapid response" capabilities, with enough attack… Read more »
Africa: Behind the Scenes at the United Nations [book listing]
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In the second of AllAfrica's series of excerpts from No Easy Victories: African Liberation and American Activists over a Half Century, 1950-2000, the former United Nations… Read more »
September 19, 2007
Africa: U.S., China Can Reconcile Policies, Say Experts
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The "divergent" interests of the United States and China "can be reconciled to Africa's benefit," according to representatives from Africa, China and the… Read more »
Africa: Why Worry about Africa? [book listing]
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The first of allAfrica's excerpts from the new book, No Easy Victories: African Liberation and American Activists over a Half Century, 1950-2000, is a letter in which Alphaeus… Read more »
September 18, 2007
Zimbabwe: Crisis Group Backs SADC Talks
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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) initiative to promote a negotiated political solution in Zimbabwe offers the only realistic way out of the current crisis, and the… Read more »
September 17, 2007
Sierra Leone: Opposition Takes Power
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Sierra Leone's opposition All People's Congress (APC) has taken power by winning both presidential and parliamentary elections. Read more »
September 15, 2007
Uganda: Medical Aid Dispute 'Misunderstanding.' Says NGO
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The Ugandan mission of the aid organization, Médecins Sans Frontières-Spain, has described reports that it is administering HIV/AIDS and TB drugs that are not yet… Read more »
September 14, 2007
Sierra Leone: Koroma Looks Ahead to Election Win
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Ernest Bai Koroma has strengthened his claim to become the next president of Sierra Leone. Read more »
September 13, 2007
Ethiopia: Ogaden Leaders Accuse Govt of 'Genocide'
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Leaders of the Ogaden National Liberation Front (OLNF), a rebel group fighting against the Ethiopian government, have accused the Ethiopian army of committing crimes… Read more »
Liberia: Bush Extends Stay for Liberians in U.S.
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Thousands of Liberians facing deportation from the United States were granted an 18-month extension by a presidential order published by the White House on Wednesday. Read more »
Sierra Leone: Opposition Holds Lead in Elections
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With nearly a million votes counted in Sierra Leone's presidential election, opposition challenger Ernest Koroma remains in the lead, according to the National Electoral… Read more »
South Africa: What Steve Biko Means for SA Today [opinion]
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Congo-Kinshasa: End Sexual Violence in Eastern Region [document]
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In this statement, former UN Special Envoy for AIDS in Africa and current Co-Director of AIDS-Free World Stephen Lewis calls for a new UN initiative to end sexual violence in the… Read more »
September 12, 2007
Sierra Leone: Opposition Pulls Ahead in Election
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Early polling results announced by Sierra Leone's National Electoral Commission (NEC), give opposition candidate Ernest Koroma an early lead in the country's presidential… Read more »
September 11, 2007
Zimbabwe: Fierce Mugabe Critic Resigns Over Scandal
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Archbishop Pius Ncube of Bulawayo, the fierce critic of the Mugabe government who faces court action over an allegation that he had an affair with a married woman, has resigned his… Read more »
