March 14, 2006
Liberia: AllAfrica Forum: Preserving Liberia's Hard-Won Peace
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Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf last week won a promise of French help in recovering from a quarter century of turmoil and 14 years of war. This week she is making an… Read more »
March 10, 2006
Liberia: Sirleaf to Address U.S. Congress and Meet Bush as Supporters Press for Aid to Rebuild Liberia
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Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will begin an official visit to Washington with a speech next week to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, meeting… Read more »
March 09, 2006
Zimbabwe: Radio Voice of the People Trustees Face Trial Over Program [interview]
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A case against the six trustees of Zimbabwe's Radio Voice of the People (VOP) will go forward after Magistrate Rebecca Takavadi ruled that the communication trust may have been… Read more »
March 07, 2006
Africa: Hedge Funds and Basketball Unite to Fight Malaria, Save African Children
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On March 15 when the New York Knicks basketball team faces off against the Atlanta Hawks in New York's Madison Square Garden, shots taken in the stands may steal the show from… Read more »
February 28, 2006
Liberia: Liberia's Sirleaf Seeks Civic Action, International Aid [interview]
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As President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf prepares to make an official visit to the United States in mid-March, pressure is growing for the addition of $80 million in reconstruction and… Read more »
February 22, 2006
Zimbabwe: What Happens after Mugabe? [book review]
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February 13, 2006
Africa: CAN 2006: Egypt Clinch Their Fifth Victory [analysis]
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The curtains have been drawn on the 25th edition of the African Cup of Nations. The event lived up to its billing with an excellent C?te -d'Ivoire-Egypt final, filled stadiums,… Read more »
February 07, 2006
Africa: C?te d'Ivoire and Egypt For the CAN Final
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The Elephants of Cote d'Ivoire and the Pharaohs of Egypt will meet in the final of the 25th edition of the African Cup of Nations (CAN) in Egypt. The two countries beat Nigeria and… Read more »
February 03, 2006
Sudan: U.S. Pushes for UN Peacekeeping Force in Sudan
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The U.S. government supports the formation of a UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur, Sudan, U.S. officials said at a press briefing Friday, the same day the African Union and UN… Read more »
South Africa: Oh, Boys! Oh, Boys!
allAfrica
South African soccer is in disgrace - and now the country's president, Thabo Mbeki, has compounded the indignities heaped upon the heads of players and administrators in recent… Read more »
South Africa: Mbeki Trumpets 'Age of Hope,' Outlines Steps to End Poverty
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President Thabo Mbeki has proclaimed an "Age of Hope" in South Africa, in which economic growth is unparalleled and optimism high. At the same time he acknowledged serious problems… Read more »
Ghana: Minister Says the Future of the Private Sector in Ghana Is 'Beautiful' [interview]
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Ghana's Minister for Private Sector Development and the President's Special Initiatives, Kwamena Bartels, discusses the role and importance of the private sector to Ghana's economy… Read more »
February 02, 2006
Africa: Anglican Church Announces Plans to Combat Poverty, Climate Change
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International representatives of the Anglican Church meeting in South Africa today launched a global initiative to bring church members around the world together to fight poverty… Read more »
January 31, 2006
Botswana: Men Should Be Targeted in Aids Fight, Botswana Health Minister Says [interview]
allAfrica
The fight against the HIV/Aids epidemic in Africa goes well beyond lab rooms and hospital wards and involves social and political issues at all levels of society, particularly… Read more »
January 27, 2006
Africa: Africare Recognizes New Board Chairman
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Africare welcomed new board chairman W. Frank Fountain and celebrated the achievements of outgoing chair George Dalley at a reception Thursday hosted by Africare, the Corporate… Read more »
January 26, 2006
Africa: Guinea and Tunisia Make It Into the Quarterfinals of CAN 2006
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Guinea has joined C?te d'Ivoire and Cameroon in the quarterfinals of the 25th African Cup of Nations after recording their second win against an impressive Zambian team. Read more »
January 18, 2006
Liberia: "A New Heart for Our Nation" - Liberia Inaugural Sermon [document]
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Sermon Delivered on Sunday, January 15, 2006 at the Thanksgiving and Intercessory Service for the Inauguration of the New Government for the Republic of Liberia at First United… Read more »
January 17, 2006
Liberia: Text of Inaugural Address by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia [document]
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Following is the text of the Inaugural Address, as delivered on Monday, January 16, on the Capitol grounds in Monrovia, by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia. Read more »
January 16, 2006
Liberia: Liberians Welcome President's Pledge to Curb Corruption, Create Jobs
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf walked home today, through cheering, crying crowds that parted reluctantly as security officials cleared a path. Along the boulevard leading from the… Read more »
January 06, 2006
Africa: Grooving in the Diaspora: Soulf?ge Revives a Movement for Pan-African Renaissance [interview]
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"Afro diasporic groovilicious funkidociousness" is how they describe their music, "A movement" is what they call their activism - and it's all for the love of Sweet Mama Africa.… Read more »
December 26, 2005
Uganda: Street Children Falling Through Cracks in Response to War and Aids
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The small, dirty hands obsessively fold and refold a wrinkled shirt on the long conference table, as if checking to make sure it's still there, and this isn't a dream. Read more »
December 13, 2005
Liberia: Pledging 'Government of Inclusion', President-Elect Wants Liberians to' See Hope in Their Future' [interview]
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Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a veteran development official and politician who scored an unexpected victory in Liberia's presidential run-off last month, is currently on a brief private… Read more »
Liberia: U.S. Reiterates Fairness of Liberia Election As Sirleaf Arrives for Top-Level Meetings in Washington
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Elections in Liberia "were free and fair and the most successful in Liberia's history," a State Department official said Tuesday. "Any opposition allegations of… Read more »
Liberia: Liberia's Methodist Bishop Appeals to Church Member Weah to Accept Election Results [document]
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My Fellow Liberians, Brothers and Sisters of the Faith Community in Liberia, Our Young People, the Precious Jewels and Future Leaders of the Blessed Nation, Liberia: Read more »
December 11, 2005
Liberia: Showered With Enthusiasm, Liberia's President-Elect Receives High-Level Reception in Washington [analysis]
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Having beaten the odds to win (helped by some polls and a helicopter), Africa's first female elected president faces daunting challenges. Read more »