October 13, 2004
Nigeria: Author Explores Faith and Country in Acclaimed New Novel [interview]
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Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's first novel, Purple Hibiscus, has received much critical acclaim, having been short listed for the Orange Prize and long listed for the… Read more »
October 12, 2004
Africa: Nobel Laureate Archbishop Tutu Welcomes Peace Prize for Maathai
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa has warmly welcomed the award of this year's Nobel Peace Prize to environmentalist Wangari Maathai. He also supported the Nobel committee's… Read more »
October 11, 2004
Egypt: Informal Economy Drives Economic Growth [interview]
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Egypt's economy received a dismal report card in the World Bank's Doing Business in 2005 report released last month. Nearly a fifth of Egyptian business takes place in the informal… Read more »
October 08, 2004
Libya: U.S. Non-Oil Businesses Eye Return to Libya
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U.S. corporations are positioning for a return to Libya, where they have been banned from doing business since the late 1980s. Read more »
October 01, 2004
Liberia: A 'Dirty Dozen' List of Preconditions for Attracting Foreign Direct Investment [opinion]
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Based on my own experience and the experiences of many other international businessmen who have done business in Developing Countries, there are a number of factors that have been… Read more »
September 25, 2004
Zambia: Zambia Seeks to Turn Prospects to Economic Boom on 40th Anniversary - President Mwanawasa [document]
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Remarks by His Excellency Mr. Levy P. Mwanawasa, Sc., President Of The Republic Of Zambia At The Friends Of Zambia Reception at The Metropolitan Club, Washington D.C. Read more »
September 24, 2004
Liberia: Transparency A Necessity, Not an Option for Liberia, Says Top Government Advisor [press release]
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The text (as prepared for delivery) of remarks by Harry A. Greaves, Jr., Economic Advisor To The Chairman Of The National Transitional Government Of Liberia, to the Leon H.… Read more »
September 21, 2004
Liberia: U.S. Government Supports Recovery and Transparency in Liberia with 'Zero Tolerance' for Corruption [document]
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The text (as prepared for delivery) of remarks by Ambassador Pamela E. Bridgewater, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, to the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation… Read more »
Liberia: Private Sector Holds the Key to Liberia's Recovery, Bryant Says [document]
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The text (as prepared for delivery) of the keynote address by H.E. Charles Gyude Bryant, Chairman, National Transitional Government Of Liberia, to the Leon H. Sullivan Foundation… Read more »
September 17, 2004
Liberia: Ambassador Sees Agriculture as Key to Liberia's Recovery [interview]
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Nearly a year after the National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL) was inaugurated last October, the country's interim leader Gyude Bryant is scheduled to arrive in the… Read more »
September 12, 2004
Sudan: Neutral Force and New Government Needed to Pacify Darfur, Says Sudan Rebel Leader John Garang
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To stop the killing in the western region of Sudan known as Darfur, a neutral force of 30,000 soldiers is urgently needed, the leader of the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement… Read more »
September 09, 2004
Sudan: Powell Declares Darfur Crisis Is Genocide
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Secretary of State Colin Powell testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Thursday that the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan is a genocide. This was his first… Read more »
August 30, 2004
Angola: Giving Blood in Angola [opinion]
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Pedro Siloka told the people that I had given blood. First in Portuguese, then in Mbundu, he told the story of my first visit to Bie Province in 1991, when I had given blood at the… Read more »
August 25, 2004
Africa: African Capacity Building is Essential to Undermining Terrorist Financial Networks Say U.S. Reps [interview]
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In line with the ongoing investigations into the financial networks of terror, Juan Zarate, Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, and William Fox Director of the Financial… Read more »
August 23, 2004
Sudan: Embassy in Washington Closes Doors `Until Further Notice'
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Sudan's U.S. embassy in Washington, D.C. closed Monday, according to its official Web site and a notice posted outside the embassy's door. Read more »
Africa: Remembrance: J. Wayne Fredericks [opinion]
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J. Wayne Fredericks, who, in both official and unofficial roles, was a pioneering advocate of a closer and better-informed relationship between the United States and Africa, died… Read more »
August 17, 2004
Nigeria: Coordinating Body Develops Nigeria's Response to HIV/Aids [interview]
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Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, has created a body to coordinate the national response to HIV/Aids. Professor Babatunde Osotimehin, who serves as chairman of the National… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Scramble for Resources in DRC Leads to Massive Deaths, But Scant Attention [interview]
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With an estimated 3.5 million Congolese dead over the last six years due to war, starvation and disease, the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the… Read more »
August 16, 2004
South Africa: Bittersweet Travels - A Journalist Comes to Terms with a Troubled Continent [interview]
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Mandela, Mobutu and Me: A Newswoman's African Journey, by Lynne Duke. Doubleday, ?2003. $24.00 hardcover. Website: http://www.randomhouse.com/doubleday Read more »
August 13, 2004
Africa: Attention for Africa Not Easy In an Election Year - Donald Payne [interview]
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The following exchange with Rep. Donald M. Payne (Democrat - New Jersey) is one of an ongoing series of conversations about Africa policy in the next U.S. presidential… Read more »
August 06, 2004
Africa: A Kerry Presidency Can Restore Rapport With Africa, Rangel Says [interview]
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Although little discussed in the current election campaign, the next president of the United States will have to confront a number of critical issues in Africa. In an ongoing… Read more »
Uganda: Human Rights Activist Encouraged by ICC Investigation [interview]
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has announced the launch of a formal investigation to see if potential crimes against humanity and war crimes have been committed in Uganda… Read more »
August 05, 2004
West Africa: Debate Over al Qaeda's Connection to West Africa's Diamond Trade Takes New Turns [interview]
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The arrest of a Tanzanian fugitive in Pakistan last week, release of the 9-11 Commission report in Washington and a forthcoming finding by a war crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone… Read more »
August 04, 2004
Sudan: To Save Lives in Darfur, Back African Peacekeepers and Demand War Crimes Accountability, Says ICG's Prendergast [interview]
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Nearly four months after President Bush called the situation in Darfur the "worst humanitarian crisis of our time," the international community has responded with resolutions from… Read more »
August 02, 2004
Zambia: Steps Forward for Women's Economic and Political Empowerment [interview]
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Mary Silavwe Mulenga is taking part in the International Visitor Regional Project for Africa through the U.S. Department of State's International Visitor Program. She is traveling… Read more »