October 05, 2005
Liberia: High Stakes for the Region as Liberians Prepare to Vote [analysis]
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Liberia faces a 'make-or-break' situation as voters go to the polls next week, officials and Africa-watchers in the United States agree. The election is a central facet of the… Read more »
October 04, 2005
South Africa: Innovative HIV/Aids Program Targets South African Teachers
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Four South African teachers' unions have joined with U.S. and South African partners to save teachers' lives through an innovative program combining peer education, HIV testing and… Read more »
October 02, 2005
Liberia: Last-Minute Problems Facing Elections in Liberia
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Less than two weeks before Liberians go to the polls to elect a new president and a new legislature, a Supreme Court ruling has cast a shadow over a process that has so far been… Read more »
September 29, 2005
Africa: CEOs, Members of U.S. Congress Meet on Aids Fight
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Concerned that competing priorities will blunt efforts to fight HIV/Aids around the world, the Global Business Coalition on HIV/Aids (GBC) held a series of high-level events in… Read more »
South Africa: De Beers Workers Rush for HIV Testing, Treatment [interview]
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Global diamond giant De Beers, which is 45 percent owned by Anglo American Plc, was honored Wednesday night for its workplace programs on HIV/Aids. Jonathan Oppenheimer, De Beers's… Read more »
September 26, 2005
Burundi: Govt Determined to Consolidate Peace and Rebuild Burundi - Foreign Minister [interview]
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Burundi's socio-political history has been a complex mix of power, domination and marginalization. It has experienced bouts of armed conflicts and massacres between Hutus and… Read more »
Guinea: Global Alumina Agrees with UNDP to Advance Millennium Goals in Guinea
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In the first agreement of its kind in the Republic of Guinea, a public/private partnership pact has been signed between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Global… Read more »
September 25, 2005
Africa: Progress in Africa Requires International Backing, Kofi Annan and Jendayi Frazer Tell Congressional Forum
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"Africans are making important progress on all fronts," United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan told a foreign affairs 'Brain Trust' convened by the Congressional Black Caucus… Read more »
September 22, 2005
Africa: Religious Leaders Seek To 'Keep The Momentum Going' On Millennium Goals - Ndungane
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As world leaders convened in New York for the UN World Summit in New York earlier this month, influential religious leaders from around the world met last weekend to discuss the… Read more »
September 19, 2005
Liberia: Candidates Debate As Liberian Campaign Enters Last Weeks
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After a lull in activity following an energetic start last month, Liberia's election campaign took on new energy last week with a debate in which 11 presidential candidates… Read more »
September 18, 2005
Africa: U.S. Hedge Funds Tackle Malaria 'Emergency' in Africa [interview]
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After a global eradication programme eliminated or greatly reduced malaria in most of the world by 1969, the disease was largely overlooked in international development planning.… Read more »
September 15, 2005
Uganda: Foreign Minister Hopeful on End to LRA Conflict [interview]
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Uganda has amended its constitution and moved from a no-party political setup to a multi-party political arrangement, abolished presidential term limits, with a presidential… Read more »
September 14, 2005
Africa: Building Human Capacity Key to Africa's Future, Says AAI President [interview]
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Since its founding in 1953, the Africa-America Institute (formerly the African-American Institute) has developed and administered programs to educate and train Africans and to… Read more »
September 11, 2005
Africa: Frazer Succeeds Newman In Top State Department Africa Post
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Her Return to Policymaking Raises Hopes for Increased High-Level Focus Read more »
September 09, 2005
Africa: 'Africa Open for Business' - Stories That Deserve to Be Reported [interview]
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Business activity is a subject that is sometimes missed in international reporting about Africa. Despite that, Africa produces some impressive economic statistics: a 144 percent… Read more »
September 07, 2005
Africa: UN Report Urges Global Leaders to Avoid 'One More Empty Promise'
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An annual report released today by the United Nations Development Programme takes a critical look at the failure of the international community to make progress toward the 2015… Read more »
September 01, 2005
Cameroon: Accusations Against Cameroon's U.S. Ambassador Refuted
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An article from the The Post, published in Buea, Cameroon, one of the African newspapers that has a distribution agreement with AllAfrica, accused Cameroon's ambassador to the… Read more »
August 29, 2005
Liberia: Campaigning Begins in Liberia, As Weah Attempts to Turn Fans into Voters
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Two years after the end of more than a decade of conflict in Liberia, the country's first openly contested election campaign has begun. The race for president includes 22… Read more »
Uganda: Abayudaya: The Jews of Uganda [book review]
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Abayudaya: The Jews of Uganda is a wonderful book on the history of one of the least known Jewish communities in the world. I first came across literature on the Jewish community… Read more »
August 22, 2005
Sudan: Senior U.S. Envoy to Promote Peace Prospects for South and Darfur
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American officials are cautiously optimistic that Sudan's comprehensive peace agreement will be implemented as scheduled, according to the U.S. special envoy Roger Winter, even… Read more »
August 15, 2005
Africa: Nepad Honors AllAfrica with 'African Developer Award' [press release]
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The Africa Centre for Investment Analysis has presented AllAfrica Global Media with an 'Africa Economic Developer Award' on behalf of the New Partnership for Africa's Development… Read more »
August 12, 2005
Uganda: Violence in Northwestern Uganda [book review]
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Inside West Nile by Mark Leopold Read more »
August 10, 2005
Liberia: 'We Need a Leader with Experience to Create a New Liberia', Says Ellen Johnson Sirleaf [interview]
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Two years after the end of more than a decade of civil war, Liberia is preparing for a vigorously contested election. Campaigning begins officially August 15, and Liberians will go… Read more »
August 09, 2005
Africa: An All Too Familiar Story [guest column]
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The recent coup that ousted Mauritanian despot Maaouya Ould Taya has elicited the usual hue and cry: condemnations from the international community and calls for the soldiers to… Read more »
August 02, 2005
Africa: Engineer Pushes for Science Education to Create 'Brain Gain' [interview]
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Supporters of an initiative to improve the quality of science and engineering in Africa say the creation of the Nelson Mandela Institute for Knowledge Building and the Advancement… Read more »