February 26, 2009
Africa: Getting the Continent on the Obama Agenda
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George Clooney's meeting to discuss Darfur with Vice President Joe Biden and with President Barack Obama Monday night at the White House provided one of the first glimmers of… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire/Zambia: Host Team Crashes at New Soccer Tournament
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The "Elephants" of Cote d'Ivoire are out of the African Nations Championship (Chan) after conceding a second defeat, this time at the hands of the "Taifa Stars" of Tanzania. (1-0) Read more »
Zambia/Senegal: Soccer History Repeats Itself
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Zambia and Senegal played to a goalless draw in their second games during the African Nations Championship in Abidjan. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Unity Govt Seeks U.S. $2 Billion in Aid
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Zimbabwe's new unity government is appealing for U.S. $2 billion over the next 10 months to help it deal with emergencies and to kickstart the economy, South Africa's finance… Read more »
February 24, 2009
Cote d'Ivoire/Zambia: Mighty Zambians Defeat Elephants
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The Elephants of Côte d'Ivoire, organisers of the inaugural African Nations Championship (Chan), lost their opening game in a 3-0 defeat by Zambia. Read more »
Somalia: Does Nation Face Doomsday Or Opportunity for Peace? [blog]
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In AllAfrica's feature, "Africa from Abroad" - which highlights important articles about the continent appearing in media outside it - Brian Kennedy of our Washington DC office… Read more »
Africa: Lively Dance Kicks Off New Soccer Tournament
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The new African Nations Championship (CHAN) soccer tournament got off to a sober but colourful start in Abidjan on Sunday with the help of hundreds of artists of the Koteba dance… Read more »
February 21, 2009
Zimbabwe: Our Situation is Dire, Tsvangirai Tells Region in Aid Appeal [press conference]
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The new Zimbabwean prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, travelled to Cape Town, South Africa, on Friday to appeal for aid to South Africa and other countries in the Southern African… Read more »
February 20, 2009
Zimbabwe: Unity Government May Need Up to U.S.$5 Billion
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Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Friday that rebuilding his shattered country would require an international aid package of up to five billion U.S. dollars. Read more »
Africa: Sustaining Growth Will Challenge Govts [guest column]
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The remorseless, 30-year rise in the number of Africans living in poverty has stopped. Poverty is not yet falling, but it has stabilized, according to the World Bank. Read more »
Sudan: U.S. Celebrities Pull Readers to Darfur [blog]
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New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has quite the traveling companion for his latest trip to Darfur – actor George Clooney. Read more »
February 19, 2009
South Africa: ANC Signals Tolerance of Immoral Spokesman [opinion]
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Politics is ninety percent perception. This is considered accepted wisdom. The messages that political parties send out in the run-up to the elections thus become crucial as they… Read more »
February 17, 2009
Central Africa: Alison Des Forges - The Epitome of Courage [guest column]
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Scholar and human rights activist Alison Des Forges, best known for her work on Central Africa and in particular her fearless advocacy of human rights in Rwanda, was killed in an… Read more »
February 16, 2009
Africa: Low-Flying Satellites to Bring Internet to Continent
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As far as Greg Wyler is concerned the sky is the limit when it comes to providing low-cost, high-speed Internet access to Africans. Read more »
Africa: Closing the Digital Divide
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In Nigeria, new subscribers are signing up with mobile phone services at a rate of almost one every second. In Kenya, they can transfer money, get exam results and even find dates… Read more »
Africa: Cell Phones Could Transform North-South Cooperation
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The rollout of broadband Internet services and the rapid spread of cell phones is narrowing the digital divide between Africa and developed countries, and could potentially… Read more »
Africa: Leaders Support Cellular Revolution
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Developing Africa's information and communications technology (ICT) sector is vital to the continent's growth and development, says Sami Al-Basheer, director of the development… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Gambling On a Long Shot [interview]
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To say in the late 1980s that Zaire was a developing nation required a huge leap of the imagination. It was sliding backwards in nearly every aspect used to measure progress,… Read more »
East Africa: Seacom Sets Broadband Pace [interview]
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Seacom, a Mauritius-registered company providing fibre-optic bandwidth to Africa, announced this month that it has laid the first portion of undersea cables on the beds of the… Read more »
Africa: Social Benefit of Investment Good for Business [interview]
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In a New York Times article on February 15, Christopher Flavelle examined the performance of companies with strong commitments to what is commonly called "social responsibility."… Read more »
February 15, 2009
Africa: Why Entrepreneur Wants Low-Orbiting Satellites [interview]
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Greg Wyler, the founder of O3b Networks, explains why he wants to bring the Internet to Africa with low-orbiting satellites. Read more »
February 13, 2009
Nigeria: Young Governor Re-Brands Niger Delta [interview]
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Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, the governor of Nigeria's Rivers State in the oil-rich Niger Delta, has vowed to transform his state from one marred by violence to one marked by… Read more »
Liberia: Sirleaf Testifies to Truth Commission
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Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf testified before the country's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Thursday, where she denied being part of any rebel group during… Read more »
Sudan: Sorry Tale of Darfur's Helicopters
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More than a year after the deployment of the joint African Union-United Nations peacekeeping force in Darfur (UNAMID), the UN is still begging the international community for the… Read more »
Somalia: Pirates Try to Seize Another Six Ships
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Pirates in the Gulf of Aden made six attempts to hijack merchant ships during this week, but all the attacks were successfully repelled, maritime shipping agencies have reported. Read more »
