June 09, 2004
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 »
May 19, 2004
Africa: Rome Concert Launches a Movement, Says Quincy Jones
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If the days of concerts for a cause having an impact are over, producer Quincy Jones hasn't noticed. "You know, it's not really a concert," he told a reporter for Metro… Read more »
May 18, 2004
Africa: Broader Approach Needed to Achieve Bush HIV/Aids Plan Goals, Says New Report
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The US$15bn President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief announced by President George W. Bush in his January 2003 State of the Union address "is too near-term in orientation and too… Read more »
May 13, 2004
Botswana: Merck Official Says Partnership in Botswana is Learning from Experience and Passing It On
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The African Aids pandemic has thrust pharmaceutical firms into the news, as companies and their supporters and critics have debated the appropriate role of intellectual property… Read more »
May 12, 2004
Africa: Agoa Delay Risking Jobs and Investment, House Hearing Told
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Praising the "undeniable success" of the African Growth and Opportunities Act (Agoa), Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Florizelle B. Liser told the House Subcommittee on Africa… Read more »
May 07, 2004
Sudan: Government 'Scorched Earth' Campaign In Darfur Reflecting Fear And Sudan Power Struggle, Says US Official
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Rebellion and "effective" military operations in Sudan's western Darfur area by the Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) "poses in many… Read more »
Eswatini: Unpaid Caregivers Ease Swaziland's Grim Struggle Against HIV/Aids
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The village of Gamula is about as far from the center of power as it is possible to be in this Kuwait-sized country of a million people. Hunger is everywhere, in the bloated… Read more »
Africa: Eight African Nations Eligible For Millennium Challenge Account Assistance
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The Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) voted Thursday to make 16 countries "eligible" for Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) assistance this year. The… Read more »
May 04, 2004
Africa: Africa Command Not European Command, Says Official
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The United States European Command (Eucom) will change its name to reflect a new strategic concern with Africa, according a senior Eucom official involved in the planning. Eucom… Read more »
April 30, 2004
Africa: The Nile River: Building or Stumbling Block?
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The Nile River, long a trans-border artery linking 10 African countries, has become a major challenge for the nations that share its waters. The distribution of Nile waters has… Read more »
April 23, 2004
Africa: Africa's Lost Decades - A Reporter's Lament [book review]
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1 A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa Howard W. French April 23, 2004 Alfred A. Knopf Read more »
April 22, 2004
Nigeria: Buhari - Freely Elected Government Can Transform Nigeria [interview]
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Nigeria's problems with economic disparity, underdevelopment and corruption can only be addressed when the country has a fairly elected government, says Major General Muhammadu… Read more »
April 21, 2004
Ghana: 'We Expect to Qualify for MCA?, Ghana Finance Minister Says
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A few weeks before the Bush administration is scheduled to announce the list of countries eligible for assistance under an expanded foreign aid program, known as the Millennium… Read more »
April 19, 2004
Africa: Nigeria and Ghana Name Ambassadors to Washington; Key U.S. Appointments Await Senate Action
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Long vacancies in several key ambassadorial posts are about to be filled in both Washington and several African capitals. Read more »
April 18, 2004
Africa: Africa Needs 'Greater Sense Of Urgency' to Manage HIV/Aids Epidemic [interview]
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K.Y. Amoako, the executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), which is based in Addis Ababa, is a prominent African voice for reform and… Read more »
April 16, 2004
Africa: Noted Development Official C. Payne Lucas Joins AllAfrica [press release]
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C. Payne Lucas, who for three decades spearheaded the growth of the aid and development organization Africare, has become senior advisor to AllAfrica Global Media and the AllAfrica… Read more »
Africa: Noted Development Official C. Payne Lucas Joins AllAfrica [press release]
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C. Payne Lucas, who for three decades spearheaded the growth of the aid and development organization Africare, has become senior advisor to AllAfrica Global Media and the AllAfrica… Read more »
