April 27, 2007
Mali: Election May Signal End of Consensus Politics
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Voters in the West African nation of Mali head to the polls on Sunday to elect their president for the next five years in an election that may signal the end of consensus politics. Read more »
April 26, 2007
South Africa: Mbeki Responds Positively to Nigerian Polls
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The South African government has given an early signal of its response to Nigeria's disputed elections by both congratulating President-elect Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and… Read more »
April 25, 2007
Africa: Scaling Up Bed Net Production to Fight Malaria [interview]
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As Africa Malaria Day 2007 approached, AllAfrica talked to Robin Slatter, business development manager for global vector control at Sumitomo Chemical, which is manufacturing… Read more »
Africa: New Hope for Rolling Back Malaria [interview]
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Malaria kills an African child every 30 seconds and is one of the continent's leading causes of death - the leading cause in many countries. Africa accounts for as many as 90%… Read more »
Africa: Fake Drugs are 'Everyone's Problem' [guest column]
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When intellectual property rights protections fail, the results can be deadly. During a meningitis epidemic in Niger in 1995, more than 50,000 people were inoculated with fake… Read more »
Tanzania: We Can Beat Malaria Now [guest column]
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Today we commemorate Africa Malaria Day around the globe. Malaria transmitting mosquitoes have thrived in the sub-Saharan African climate and left countless families, villages and… Read more »
April 23, 2007
Nigeria: Candidates and Observers Call for Election Annulment
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With the candidate of the ruling Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Umaru Yar'Adua, apparently heading for victory according to early results from Saturday's presidential… Read more »
Nigeria: Umaru Yar'Adua Declared Victor in Presidential Poll
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Nigeria's election commission has declared Umaru Yar'Adua of the ruling People's Democratic Party the winner of the presidential election, despite widespread… Read more »
West Africa: Koundandi: A Film About Love and Sacrifice [column]
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The image of African women in the media has gone through several positive transformations over the years. African filmmakers are increasingly showing the diversity of African women… Read more »
April 21, 2007
Nigeria: Nigerians Elect President Obasanjo's Successor
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Sixty million voters head to the polls today to elect the leader who will succeed Olusegun Obasanjo as president of Nigeria. Read more »
Nigeria: Buhari Caught Up By His Past [analysis]
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Muhammadu Buhari, a retired army general, is the only candidate in the 2007 election with a previous record as Nigerian head of state. He headed a military regime from 1984 to… Read more »
April 20, 2007
Nigeria: Electoral Commission Withdraws Candidates' Photos
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The Independent National Electoral Commission of Nigeria (Inec) announced on Thursday in Abuja that candidates for Saturday's presidential election will not have their photos… Read more »
April 18, 2007
Nigeria: Corruption Fights Back [guest column]
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The issue of corruption generates much of the heat in the debate over Nigeria's forthcoming presidential election, scheduled for Saturday. Outgoing President Olusegun Obasanjo… Read more »
Sudan: 'Last Chance' on Darfur, Warns U.S. President
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U.S. President George W. Bush has expressed skepticism over Sudan's announcement this week that it will accept United Nations personnel as part of a "hybrid"… Read more »
April 17, 2007
Ethiopia: After the Flood [guest column]
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It's a long way from Louisiana. But when you stand on the banks of the Dechatu River that runs through the southern Ethiopian city of Dire Dawa, you can feel that this is a… Read more »
Nigeria: Urgent Action Needed to Rescue Election [guest column]
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The month of April 2007 once seemed to hold great historic promise for Nigeria. The general elections offered a possibility for the country to experience its first ever transition… Read more »
April 06, 2007
Rwanda: Former President Pardoned
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Pasteur Bizimungu, the former president of Rwanda, has been released from prison after receiving a pardon from current President Paul Kagame. Read more »
Nigeria: 'We Have to Change our Country' Says Anti-Corruption Chief Ribadu [interview]
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Since the creation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in 2003 the spotlight on corruption in Nigeria has been bright. The commission has reportedly secured more than… Read more »
April 03, 2007
Guinea: Blood Aluminum? [guest column]
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Most Americans would be hard pressed to find the Republic of Guinea on a map. Not to be confused with Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, or Papua New Guinea, this small West African… Read more »
April 02, 2007
Africa: Kofi Annan to Chair Judging of Leadership Prize
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Former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan is to head the judging panel which will select the winner of the new Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. Read more »
March 30, 2007
Zimbabwe: Tutu and Albright - A Cry for Zimbabwe [guest column]
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Zimbabwe, long plagued by the repressive leadership of President Robert Mugabe, has reached the point of crisis. Leaders of the democratic opposition were arrested and beaten, and… Read more »
Africa: Tutu Reflects - We Live in a Moral Universe; Zimbabwe Tests Our Resolve, Our Judgment [interview]
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Nobel Peace Prizewinner, cleric and champion of justice for the world's poor: retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu still moves at a blistering pace, leaving aides and admirers… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Catholic Bishops Warn of Mass Uprising
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The bishops of Zimbabwe's powerful Catholic Church have issued an unusually strongly-worded letter to their congregations drawing an analogy between the current struggle and the… Read more »
March 29, 2007
Zimbabwe: Doctor Describes Human Rights Horror [interview]
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Tuesday's arrest of Movement for Democratic Change leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, boosted the expressions of international outrage that began accelerating in early March over the… Read more »
March 27, 2007
Southern Africa: Mbeki Heads For Regional Talks on Zimbabwe
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President Thabo Mbeki will represent South Africa at this week's extraordinary high-level summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which is expected to discuss… Read more »
