November 14, 2006
South Africa: Rough Guide to the Music of South Africa
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Rough Guide to the Music of South Africa (2nd Edition) Read more »
November 10, 2006
Africa: 'The Most Effective Vaccine against Child Death in Africa is a Glass of Clean Water' [interview]
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Kevin Watkins, the lead author of the UN Human Development Report and head of the office that produces it, visited AllAfrica recently to discuss this year's document. Released on… Read more »
November 09, 2006
Angola: A New Diamond War [guest column]
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The upcoming Hollywood feature movie "Blood Diamond," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, promises to cast a spotlight on the role of so-called conflict diamonds in fueling… Read more »
November 08, 2006
South Africa: A History of the Marashea Gangs in South Africa [book review]
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We Are Fighting the World: A History of the Marashea Gangs in South Africa, 1947-1999 Read more »
November 06, 2006
Africa: China-Africa Relations [opinion]
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At the recently concluded Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC) in Beijing, 50 African heads of state attended, reaffirming the growing evidence that African countries are… Read more »
October 30, 2006
Southern Africa: Catch a Fire: New Film on 1980s Apartheid South Africa [column]
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Africa: Climate Change Debate [opinion]
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Climate change is slowing development across Africa, and affecting the daily lives of millions of Africans. According to a new report, Africa - Up in Smoke 2, the international… Read more »
Ethiopia: New Film on the Plights of Ethiopian Coffee Growers is Creating a Buzz [column]
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October 26, 2006
Africa: Leadership Prize for Liberian President Is a Challenge to End Hunger [guest column]
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When she walked up the podium on Saturday evening, October 21, 2006 to receive the Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of… Read more »
Africa: Record-Breaking Governance Prize Launched
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After a professional career spent proving that investing in Africa can be profitable, telecommunications entrepreneur Mo Ibrahim has embarked on a new task: to improve the quality… Read more »
Africa: Governance Index Is a Work in Progress, Rotberg Says [interview]
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Dr. Robert Rotberg, professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, told AllAfrica about the index he is working on that will be used, among other purposes, to guide the… Read more »
Africa: Celtel Founder Explains Reasons for Leadership Prize [interview]
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Celtel founder Mo Ibrahim told AllAfrica about his groundbreaking $5 million prize for African leadership, the largest award in the world. Excerpts: Read more »
October 22, 2006
Mozambique: Visitors are Discovering Country's Charms, Says Tourism Minister [interview]
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Fernando Sumbana Jr, who has been Mozambique's minister of tourism since the department was created in 2000, believes his country has the assets required to attract tourism… Read more »
October 19, 2006
Africa: Calls for African Empowerment as Clinton Accepts Africare Award
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Former U.S. president William J. Clinton on Wednesday night joined Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Colin L. Powell, and Graca Machel as recent recipients of the 2006 Africare Bishop… Read more »
October 18, 2006
Africa: Speech of William Jefferson Clinton Accepting the 2006 Africare Humanitarian Award [document]
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The following is a transcript of William Jefferson Clinton's Acceptance Speech for the 2006 Africare Humanitarian Award. Read more »
Liberia: A Conversation with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf [interview]
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At a breakfast fundraiser in Washington DC for the Liberian Education Trust, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf discussed the nation's prospects for development and peace with… Read more »
October 17, 2006
Liberia: President Calls for Faster Aid Flows: Speech at Georgetown University
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The following is the text of a speech given by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf at Georgetown University. Read more »
Liberia: Liberian Education Trust Aims to Get Children Back to School [interview]
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Fourteen years of war destroyed most of Liberia's schools and forced tens of thousands of children to become soldiers or sex slaves – or, in the case of many girls, both.… Read more »
October 16, 2006
Uganda: The Last King of Scotland [column]
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The Last King of Scotland Read more »
October 11, 2006
South Africa: Women's Empowerment May Take Two [interview]
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This week, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan released two long-awaited reports on human rights issues affecting billions of people worldwide: the Study on Violence Against Women and… Read more »
Africa: Violence Against Women Inherently Linked to HIV, Advocate Says [interview]
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In August, the Global Aids Alliance released a report, Zero Tolerance, that outlines the impact of violence against women and girls on the fight against HIV/Aids. AllAfrica's… Read more »
October 06, 2006
Africa: 'New News' from Africa - Looking Beyond Death, Disease, Disaster and Despair [interview]
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Charlayne Hunter-Gault, one of the best-known and most award-winning journalists in the United States, has focused her recent career on covering Africa. After nearly two decades as… Read more »
October 05, 2006
Cape Verde: Well-Governed African Nations Merit Attention, Says Prime Minister
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"In African countries at-large there is not close attention being given to countries that have good government," Cape Verde Prime Minister, Jose Maria Neves said Thursday… Read more »
October 04, 2006
Cape Verde: Is Good Governance Rewarded? [guest column]
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At Independence in 1975, Cape Verde was one of the world's poorest countries whose index of economic vulnerability was one of the highest in the world. Yet today, many outsiders… Read more »
Sudan: Crisis in Sudan [opinion]
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