June 24, 2003
Kenya: US Terror Warnings and Bush Failure to Visit Anger Nairobi
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The travel warning issued for Kenya, the closing of the U.S. embassy and now the decision by President Bush not to visit Kenya during his trip to Africa next month, has left a… Read more »
June 23, 2003
Africa: 'I Don't Believe in People with Single Identities'
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For participants at the recent meeting of the Ford Foundation's Special Initiative on Africa, the topic of 'Citizenship and Identity' turned out to be challenging in unforeseen… Read more »
Africa: 'Special Initiative for Africa' Holds Third Meeting in Addis
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The Ford Foundation's 'Special Initiative for Africa' completed its first cycle of meetings this month with a session focusing on citizenship and identity, held in Addis Ababa. Read more »
June 21, 2003
Nigeria: Mass Action Over 'Stolen' Election is Justified, Says Defeated Okadigbo
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Major General Muhammadu Buhari, leader of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), who was defeated as a presidential contender in April's elections in Nigeria, declared Thursday that… Read more »
June 20, 2003
Africa: White House Announces Five-Nation Africa Trip
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The White House Friday formally announced that President George W. Bush will visit Africa between July 7 and 12. Read more »
Kenya: Terror Threat Closes American Embassy in Kenya
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The State Department has announced that the U.S. embassy in Nairobi, which was closed Friday because of what officials termed "a serious terrorist threat," will remain closed on… Read more »
June 18, 2003
West Africa: Tough Challenges Ahead For Liberia Peace Pact [analysis]
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No-one is hailing the ceasefire agreed in Ghana on Tuesday between Liberian adversaries as the end of that country's civil war. But most people, especially Liberians, are hoping it… Read more »
June 15, 2003
West Africa: Reporters Notebook: The Quest for Peace in Liberia [analysis]
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It was one week after the United Nations-backed Special Court in Sierra Leone announced the indictment of Liberian President Charles Taylor, and I was having a drink with Cyril… Read more »
June 12, 2003
Uganda: 'Powerful Forces' in WTO Using Famine In Africa For Own Farmers, Says Museveni
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In a toughly-worded comment to a luncheon audience Thursday that seemed aimed at the agricultural policies of the United States and Europe, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Fears For Extended Crisis in Eastern Congo
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Trade, investment and the ongoing battle against HIV/Aids top the agenda of Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni's visit to the United States, but the bloody chaos in the eastern… Read more »
Africa: Fighting Prejudice and Sexual Harassment of Girls in School
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Girls in Africa still face an uphill battle to go to and stay in school, while some struggle to be taken seriously and others face sexual harassment by male teachers. Read more »
June 11, 2003
Africa: Africa Subsidizing the West, Says Museveni Following Meeting With Bush
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African commodities and raw materials are processed in wealthy nations and then resold by companies and corporations in those nations at prices many times greater than what is paid… Read more »
Africa: Pupils Call for 'Wholistic? Secondary Education
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On the second day of a conference on secondary education in Africa, two Ugandan students - both in their final year at school - were invited to address the delegates. Read more »
June 10, 2003
West Africa: Talks in Ghana Delayed as West Africa Pursues a Truce in Liberia
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With fighting intensifying in Liberia, the peace conference that opened here last week has taken a pause while West African leaders seek to broker a truce between the warring… Read more »
Liberia: Diplomatic Dismay as Liberia Rebels Poise For Final Push and Foreigners Flee
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Given an ultimatum by rebels to voluntarily step down from office or be ousted by force, Liberian President Charles Taylor is believed to have abandoned the presidential palace on… Read more »
June 09, 2003
Africa: Secondary Education Must Become a Priority, African Conference is Told
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"Knowledge and information are power," said Uganda?s Education Minister, Khiddu Makubuya. "Our future is in our youth and we must offer them the best possible start in life". Read more »
Africa: Bush To Visit Africa In Early July; Three Countries on Current Itinerary
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President George W. Bush is scheduled to visit three African nations in early July, White House officials report. Read more »
June 08, 2003
Mauritania: Coup Effort Outcome Still in Doubt in Mauritania
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Military movements and heavy artillery fire were reported early Sunday around the president?s palace in Nouakchott, in what observers in the capital of the northwestern African… Read more »
June 06, 2003
Zimbabwe: Opposition Leader Faces New Treason Charge
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Zimbabwe?s main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, is facing a new treason charge after his arrest on Friday, in a renewed police crackdown on nationwide anti-government… Read more »
Africa: AllAfrica Shares 'Oscars of the Internet' Honors With Major Global Media Companies [press release]
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AllAfrica shared a virtual stage with international media powerhouses at the annual Webby Awards, as one of five nominees for Best News Site of 2003. The awards were presented by… Read more »
Liberia: Taylor Says Coup Foiled As He Proposes More Concessions and Fighting Intensifies
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Twenty-four hours after the United Nations-backed Sierra Leone Special Court indicted President Charles Taylor on war crimes, the Liberian leader announced that his government had… Read more »
June 05, 2003
West Africa: 'If I Stand in the Way of Peace,' I'll Quit, Says Taylor
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With reports circulating that Liberian President Charles Taylor had been indicted by a United Nations-backed tribunal, the 55-year old former warlord made an unexpected offer to… Read more »
June 04, 2003
Ethiopia: Drought and Hunger Bite Deeper as Appeal Falls Short [interview]
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The UN World Food Programme is warning that despite an early response by the international community to the consequences of Ethiopia's drought, 12.5 million Ethiopians continue to… Read more »
Africa: African Leaders Must 'Rescue' Zimbabwe, Says Harare Mayor [interview]
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Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe has become an opposition stronghold, electing in March 2002 from the ranks of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) the city's Executive Mayor… Read more »
West Africa: Taylor at Accra Peace Talks: "Honourable Exit or Extended Mandate?"
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Liberian political leaders and activists are arriving here in the Ghanaian capital to take part in what could be the country's most important peace effort since the outbreak of war… Read more »