June 23, 2004
Liberia: Response to Review of "U.S. Policy Toward Liberia, 1822 to 2003" [book review]
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As the author of "U.S. Policy Toward Liberia, 1822 to 2003" (Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers), I am saddened and disappointed that Dr. D. Elwood Dunn, in his review of my book… Read more »
June 22, 2004
Kenya: Kenya Presses Economic Reforms, Seeks Agoa Extension [interview]
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Since the election at the end of 2002 of Mwai Kibaki as president of Kenya, replacing Daniel Arap Moi, the new government has embarked on an ambitious program of reform that has… Read more »
Africa: Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton Stress Africa's Importance at Sullivan Dinner
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African countries need peace and security to prosper, Condoleezza Rice, President Bush's National Security Advisor said speaking to the Leon H. Sullivan Summit Awards Dinner on… Read more »
June 21, 2004
Africa: Africans View Globalization As Positive But Unfair, According to Eight-Nation Survey
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Two out of three Africans surveyed in a poll released last week by GlobeScan and the World Bank believe that globalization has a positive effect on their lives. However, most… Read more »
June 18, 2004
Sudan: The World Is Obligated to Prevent Genocide in Darfur [interview]
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Jerry Fowler is Staff Director of the Committee on Conscience, a division of the U.S. Holocaust Museum created to ensure that genocide never happens again. He visited refugee… Read more »
June 17, 2004
Africa: Panelists Critique U.S. Role in Africa
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Hollywood actors, academics and world leaders discussed issues facing Africa - both on the continent and globally - during a conference sponsored by TransAfrica Forum titled… Read more »
Africa: State Dept Releases Human Trafficking Report
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"We can't fully embrace our dignity unless we champion the dignity of others," U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said during the release of the U.S. State Department's annual… Read more »
June 16, 2004
Sudan: U.S. Struggles to Address Situation in Sudan
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With an estimated 30,000 killed, and two million displaced by Arab militias in Darfur, western Sudan, the U.S. has vowed to increase pressure on the Khartoum government to stop… Read more »
Africa: Media Messages on Health and HIV/Aids Target At-Risk African Youth
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Messages created by and for young people have become a centerpiece of efforts to educate teens about health risks. Organizers of those campaigns say they are potent tools for… Read more »
Uganda: Museveni at CSIS - Not Pessimism But Concern for Africa's Future [document]
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The following is the text of an address, followed by questions and answers, by President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Read more »
June 14, 2004
Africa: Uganda's President Calls Extending African Import Law Urgent
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High tariffs and trade barriers on African-manufactured products block the continent's development, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told a Washington audience at the Center for… Read more »
June 10, 2004
Africa: Global Health Conference on Youth A Large Draw Despite Loss of U.S. Govt Funding
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More than 1500 people from nearly 85 countries attended the Global Health Council's 33rd Annual Conference last week to discuss the status of global youth health. This was an… Read more »
Africa: HIV Prevention Group Recommends Integrated Approach
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The Global HIV Prevention Working Group released its third report today, recommending the integration of HIV/Aids treatment and prevention programs to reduce the rate of HIV… Read more »
Africa: African Leaders Seek G8 Follow-Through
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Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Senegal, Uganda and Algeria Presidents Meet G8 Today Read more »
June 09, 2004
Africa: U.S. Must Increase Funding for Global Fund [interview]
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Edward W. Scott, Jr. founded BEA Systems, a software company, in 1995 following a career in the technology industry with Sun Microsystems and Pyramid Technology. Before entering… Read more »
Africa: Obstetric Fistulas Signal Poor Health Care for Women
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An obscure health problem that affects only women was the topic of a panel at the Global Health Council's annual conference in Washington, DC this month. Obstetric fistula,… Read more »
South Africa: Youth Report on Aids Interventions
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As part of the Global Health Council's Annual Conference, held June 1-4 in Washington, DC, public health experts and practitioners exchanged findings on youth perspectives on AIDS… Read more »
Africa: Girls Dating Older Men At Heightened Risk for HIV
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Young women in cross-generational relationships have a higher risk of HIV infection than their peers, panelists said during a session titled "Program Reponses to Cross-Generational… Read more »
June 08, 2004
Africa: Spotlight on Secondary Education in Africa
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"Secondary Education in Africa: Lifeline to the Future" is the theme of the second conference with a sharp focus on secondary education in Africa (SEIA) currently being held in… Read more »
Africa: Health Panel Explores Impact of Media on Youth Behavior
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Challenges and potential for mass media and social marketing strategies to reach youth with HIV/Aids prevention messages were explored during a panel at the Global Health Council's… Read more »
June 06, 2004
Africa: Film Industry Spokesman and Software Entrepreneur Join Forces to Fight HIV/Aids
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"Aids is the greatest disaster in human history, says Richard Feacham, head of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria. But the Geneva-based organization, founded… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Rwandan Involvement and Rebel Advance Makes Stepped Up UN Action Essential, Says Congo Ambassador
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"Very credible eyewitnesses who have seen boats crossing the lake from Rwanda" going towards Kalehe and Biraa and Bukavu say they contained Rwandan soldiers, according to the… Read more »
June 04, 2004
Africa: Newman Confirmed For Senior State Department Africa Policy Post
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The U.S. Senate has approved the nomination of Constance Berry Newman to become the next assistant secretary for African Affairs in the State Department, a senior administration… Read more »
May 21, 2004
Africa: Inaction by Senate Democrats Said to Threaten Extension of Key Africa Legislative Initiative
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Amid concern that key provisions of the African Growth and Opportunity Act will expire later this year unless Congress votes an extension, supporters have issued a plea for public… Read more »
Liberia: An Uneven Examination of U.S. Policy Toward Liberia [book review]
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Lester S. Hyman, United States Policy Toward Liberia 1822 To 2003: Unintended Consequences?. Cherry Hill, Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers, 2003, 281 pp + Bibliography, Index,… Read more »