January 06, 2004
Cote d'Ivoire: Former Rebels Return to the Government in Abidjan
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The former rebel ministers in Cote d'Ivoire have ended their three month boycott of the coalition government in Abidjan. Now known as the New Forces, most of the ministers… Read more »
Africa: Bush Expected to Tap USAID Official for Top Africa Post
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The White House is expected to announce as early as this week the appointment of Constance Berry Newman as assistant secretary of State for African Affairs. Newman currently is in… Read more »
December 17, 2003
Gambia: Information Minister Arrested
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Reliable sources say Gambia's Information Minister Yankuba Touray has been arrested. Touray was arrested shortly after his plane landed at Banjul International Airport Tuesday as… Read more »
December 15, 2003
Ethiopia: 100 Reported Dead After Soldiers Target Civilians in Gambella
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Soldiers in the town of Gambella, 450km (280 miles) west of Addis Ababa, are reported to have engaged since Saturday in violent attacks against leading members of a local ethnic… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa Health Train a New York Hit
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It began as a project to provide primary eye care to rural South Africans, launched by the optometry department of Rand Afrikaans University and Transnet, a parastatal… Read more »
December 11, 2003
Africa: African Ministers Leave Forum Hopeful But Uncertain of Agoa's Future
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On Tuesday, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice was meeting with African Trade and Finance ministers in the Executive Office Building next to the White House about the… Read more »
December 10, 2003
Africa: Transafrica Arthur Ashe Library Celebrates 10th Anniversary
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Actor and Activist Harry Belafonte joined the 10th anniversary celebration of the Arthur Ashe Foreign Policy Library of Transafrica Forum, Tuesday night. Ashe, a U.S. tennis star… Read more »
December 09, 2003
Africa: USAID Forges a New Model for Development Assistance [interview]
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Andrew Natsios, the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, seldom misses an opportunity to promote the agency's Global Development Alliance (GDA)… Read more »
Africa: Doubts About Bush Administration Commitment to Agoa
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There is an undercurrent of growing concern among supporters of the African Growth and Opportunities Act (Agoa) about the legislation's future. As key Agoa meetings get underway in… Read more »
December 08, 2003
Sudan: President Bush Telephones Bashir And Garang in Sudan
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In a surprise move to propel Sudan towards a peace settlement, U.S. President George W. Bush on Monday telephoned Sudan president Omar al-Beshir and SPLM/A rebel leader, John… Read more »
December 05, 2003
South Africa: Target the Poor and Quality Education For All, Says SA Education Minister [interview]
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South Africa has made huge strides since liberation from white minority rule almost ten years ago. But one of the key sectors the government is still determined to reform is… Read more »
December 04, 2003
Mauritius: High Literacy Due to Country's Size and Vision, Says Education Minister
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The Indian Ocean island of Mauritius has a population of just 1.2m. But it boasts a high literacy rate and a country that is technically bilingual - or trilingual, combining… Read more »
Angola: A Death For a Song and the Triumph of Impunity
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Angolan writer and human rights activist Rafael Marques wrote this account of the late-November killing of a member of the public by presidential guards. Read more »
December 03, 2003
Morocco: 'Talk' To Each Other About The Polisario, Colin Powell Tells Morocco And Algeria
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Assisting "negotiations between Morocco and Algeria on a way forward," is what the Bush administration is emphasizing as a way to end the 20-year conflict over the phosphate-rich… Read more »
Mali: Malian Leader Still Hopeful for Ivory Coast Despite 'Complex Conflict,' Takes Swipe at Nepad
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President Amadou Toumani Toure of Mali is the guest of honour at the 6th biennial conference of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), which opened in… Read more »
December 02, 2003
Africa: Disabled People 'at Significantly Increased Risk' of HIV Infection
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Major gaps in national HIV/Aids prevention campaigns and treatment programs have made disabled people more vulnerable to HIV infection than their non-disabled counterparts,… Read more »
Namibia: 'The Disease Is Here, So We Must Fight it Here' [interview]
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Dr. Libertine Amathila, Namibia's Minister of Health and Social Services, has been a leader in the fight against HIV/Aids in Africa. Trained as a medical doctor, she has… Read more »
December 01, 2003
Africa: US Religious Leaders Tell President Bush to Do More on Aids
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In a letter to U.S. President George W. Bush Monday, 85 inter-faith religious leaders said more effort is needed from the United States if the HIV/Aids fight is to be effective.… Read more »
Africa: Scale Up Treatment - But Don't Forget Prevention, Says Gayle [interview]
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As the HIV pandemic has become increasingly prominent as an international public policy issue, Dr. Helene D. Gayle has emerged as a central figure in governmental and… Read more »
Africa: Deciding Who Should Be First to Get the Drugs [analysis]
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In Sub-Saharan Africa about 27 million adults are currently living with HIV/Aids. Yet according to the World Health Organisation, just 1% of HIV positive people in the region have… Read more »
November 30, 2003
Ghana: Aids Treatment Plan Begins In January [interview]
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Ghana's Aids Commission was set up three years ago, getting legal status in 2001. The Commission reports directly to President John Agyekum Kufuor and it has 46 members, including… Read more »
Uganda: How One Country Began Winning Against HIV [interview]
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Uganda is globally famous for having achieved a massive reduction in HIV prevalence. According to the World Health Organisation, in the capital city, Kampala, the level of HIV… Read more »
November 26, 2003
Africa: HIV/Aids Money, Millennium Challenge Account Funds On Hold As Senate Adjourns
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After wrangling over everything from funding energy development to Medicare, the U.S. Senate has fled Washington for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays without managing to… Read more »
November 21, 2003
Africa: Africa Numbers Still Grim But World Bank Has 'Learned', Says Bank Economic Chief
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Although four or five countries are doing well, most of Africa is not, says the World Bank's new chief economist, Francois Bourguignon. When you look at the distribution of GDP… Read more »
West Africa: Ecowas Chairman Kufuor Speaks on Faltering Ivorian Peace Talks [interview]
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Cote d'Ivoire's prime minister, Seydou Diarra and former rebel-turned-information minister, Guillaume Soro, held talks in Accra with Ghanaian President John Agyekum Kufuor on… Read more »