October 03, 2006
Sudan: We Saved Europeans. Why Not Africans? [guest column]
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With Darfur set to be hit by a second wave of genocide, world leaders are shifting into diplomatic high gear. The government of Sudan flatly rejects deployment of a 22,000-strong… Read more »
September 29, 2006
Africa: UN Trade Agency Aims to Bring the Poor into the Process [interview]
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The Geneva-based International Trade Center (ITC) and the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation are hosting a forum in Berlin, focusing on how exports can reduce poverty in the… Read more »
Africa: The African Studies Companion: A Guide to Information Sources [book review]
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The African Studies Companion: A Guide to Information Sources Read more »
September 27, 2006
Africa: 'Heritage Trail' to Link African, Caribbean, U.S. Tourist Effort
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Hundreds of participants are expected at a 5-day 'African Diaspora Heritage Trail' (ADHT) conference opening today in Hamilton, Bermuda. Read more »
Africa: International Migration: Globalization's Last Frontier [book review]
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International Migration has become a hot issue, especially among Africans in the wake of the problems West Africans have been having in the Canary Islands and Spain. A new book… Read more »
September 22, 2006
Liberia: President Johnson Sirleaf Honored with Freedom Award
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Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was honored Thursday night in Washington with the 2006 Freedom Award, a distinction she shared with U.S. First Lady Laura Bush. Read more »
September 20, 2006
Uganda: Uganda and Museveni's Leadership [opinion]
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The president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, says the promise of peace will allow all Ugandans to benefit from the social, economic and political progress his government has fostered… Read more »
September 19, 2006
Uganda: Our People Embrace Peace [guest column]
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The world may rest assured that the people of Uganda eagerly embrace the promise of peace and an end to the colonially generated violence, fascism and terrorism orchestrated by the… Read more »
Uganda: Nation in Crisis Thanks to Divisive Regime [guest column]
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The government of Uganda and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have agreed to end two decades of hostilities in the northern part of the country. This is good news. But, only… Read more »
September 15, 2006
Ghana: Kufuor Says Millennium Challenge Compact Provides Boost to Country's Economic Progress [document]
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The following is a transcription of the press briefing by Ghana President John Agyekum Kufuor on August 4, 2006 at the Wyndham Hotel, Washington, DC. At the briefing, which was… Read more »
September 14, 2006
Africa: Future Lies With 'Community-Based Tourism' Says Kenyan Official
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"Community-based tourism is opening up a new era," Dr. Dan Kagagi, CEO of Kenya's Tourism Trust Fund, told reporters Tuesday at the TourismAfrica 2006 meeting underway in… Read more »
September 12, 2006
Africa: Aggressive 'Tourist Offensive' Planned
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African government officials, tour operators and service providers from all over the world and representatives from international organizations began the first of a week-long… Read more »
August 30, 2006
Africa: Women and Collective Action in Africa [book review]
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Women and Collective Action in Africa Read more »
August 29, 2006
Zimbabwe: Political Transition Needed to End Economic Crisis, MDC Leader Says [interview]
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Morgan Tsvangirai, founder and leader of Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), ran for president in 2002 after decades of experience in Zimbabwe's labor… Read more »
Africa: Building on AGOA for African Agricultural Trade Expansion
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On the final day of the annual forum on the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) last month, the United States and Rwanda signed a bilateral agreement aimed at increasing trade… Read more »
August 24, 2006
Ghana: Women's Rights in Ghana, Uganda, and Tanzania [book review]
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Voices of African Women: Women's Rights in Ghana, Uganda, and Tanzania Read more »
August 23, 2006
Sudan: To Halt the Atrocities, Follow the Money [guest column]
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Hard though it is to believe, the horrific humanitarian situation in Darfur is getting worse. There are more clashes now than a year ago, the number of rapes has steadily climbed… Read more »
August 18, 2006
Angola: The Hero (O Her?i) [column]
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The Hero (O Her?i) Read more »
South Africa: The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club [column]
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The Death of Kevin Carter: Casualty of the Bang Bang Club Read more »
August 04, 2006
Tanzania: Rough Guide to the Music of Tanzania [music review]
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Rough Guide to the Music of Tanzania (Various Artists) Read more »
August 03, 2006
Sudan: New CD Unites Northern and Southern Sudan [music review]
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Ceasefire by Sudanese artists Emmanuel Jal & Abdel Gadir Salim Read more »
July 28, 2006
Southern Africa: Empire in Africa: Angola and Its Neighbors [book review]
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Empire in Africa: Angola and Its Neighbors Read more »
July 25, 2006
Africa: Africa Society President and CEO Leonard Robinson Dies
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Leonard H. Robinson, Jr., president and CEO of the Africa Society, a leading Washington D.C.-based advocacy group, died early Tuesday at Washington Hospital Center following a… Read more »
July 19, 2006
Africa: Former U.S. President and Nigerian Foreign Minister Tie African Development to Investment, Capacity Building
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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria's foreign minister and former finance minister, used the occasion of a summit of African and African American… Read more »
Africa: World Bank President Sees A Continent on the Move
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World Bank President and former Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz addressing delegates yesterday, at the seventh Sullivan Summit of African and African American leaders, said… Read more »
