March 05, 2003
West Africa: What Went Wrong with Ivory Coast's Peace Process - by Senegal's Foreign Minister [interview]
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Attempts to resolve the civil war in Cote d'Ivoire show scant progress. Three rebel factions still hold Ivory Coast's north, and parts of the west. Over a thousand people have… Read more »
Africa: Senegal Steers Steady Course on Iraq, Neither Paris nor Washington [interview]
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There is a clear consensus among African governments that a unilateral move by the United States to engage militarily in Iraq would be a mistake. At last month's African Union… Read more »
February 27, 2003
Southern Africa: UN's Envoy in Washington to Convey Enormity of Food/Aids Crisis
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At the end of January, the UN Secretary General's special envoy for Humanitarian Needs in Southern Africa, James Morris, completed a tour of four countries in the region and said… Read more »
February 26, 2003
Africa: Washington Lobbies for Africa's UN Council Votes
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The Bush Administration is pressing African nations to support the impending war with Iraq, and the three African nations on the United Nations Security Council have been targets… Read more »
February 18, 2003
Zimbabwe: Plots Abound as Zanu-PF Leaders Try to Shed Mugabe, Pacify MDC [analysis]
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A bitter argument has flared in the Commonwealth over whether it is time to bring Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe back from exile and readmit him to the organisation. Read more »
February 17, 2003
Liberia: Tortured Journalist Hassan Bility Describes Six Months in Jail
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Liberian journalist Hassan Bility was arrested with colleagues in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, in June 2002 and held incommunicado for almost six months as what the government… Read more »
South Africa: Anti-War Marches in Four Cities, SA Sends Mission to Iraq
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Thousands of anti-war protestors in South Africa joined marches around the world on Saturday to protest against the prospective war on Iraq spearheaded by the United States and… Read more »
February 16, 2003
West Africa: Regional Shuttle Diplomacy Redoubled Ahead of Ivorian Rebel Deadline
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A weekend of intensive diplomacy in West Africa to try to keep the Cote d?Ivoire peace process alive seems to have ended inconclusive. All stakeholders were acutely aware of the… Read more »
February 14, 2003
Nigeria: Sharp Words On Iraq War From Outgoing Nigerian Ambassador [interview]
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Jibril Muhammad Aminu, Nigeria's ambassador to the United States since November, 1999 is returning home after just over three years in the post. Read more »
February 12, 2003
Botswana: Conserving Danny, Hector and Chinga - Botswana?s Rhinos
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What you first notice about Danny and his friend is their size. They are huge, and surprisingly nimble and graceful in movement. No, not sumo wrestlers, but rhinos. Read more »
Africa: African Development Bank Pulls Staff Out of Ivory Coast
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Continuing insecurity, tension and confusion in Cote d?Ivoire over the fate of the peace process and failure to end the five-month civil war, have triggered a decision by the… Read more »
South Africa: Iraq Dispute Puts Focus on South Africa's Nuclear Disarmament
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The debate over weapons of mass destruction and inspection protocols in Iraq has focused attention on South Africa's decision to dismantle its secret nuclear weapons programs more… Read more »
February 11, 2003
Cote d'Ivoire: New Prime Minister Ponders Consensus Cabinet as Fighting Worsens
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There were reports of renewed fighting in Cote d?Ivoire Tuesday, less than 24 hours after Seydou Diarra was installed as the country's new consensus prime minister - with the… Read more »
February 10, 2003
Southern Africa: The Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park: A Model for Africa? [interview]
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The Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, spanning the borders of South Africa, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, is the largest, and most ambitious effort in Africa to combine conservation,… Read more »
Africa: Applause For Bush HIV/Aids Speech; Concern For Global Fund [analysis]
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President George W. Bush's surprise call urging an "Emergency Plan for Aids Relief" targeted at the "most afflicted" nations of Africa and the Caribbean has been applauded for the… Read more »
February 09, 2003
Cote d'Ivoire: Peace Efforts Redoubled as Fighting Flares in West
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Government troops in Cote d?Ivoire report fresh fighting in the west of the country on Sunday, as efforts continued to persuade President Laurent Gbagbo and his rivals to implement… Read more »
February 07, 2003
Zimbabwe: Nigeria, South Africa Favour ?Constructive Engagement? with Zimbabwe
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Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo said Friday he preferred a policy of ?constructive engagement? and effective diplomacy, rather than ?antagonism? towards Zimbabwe, where he… Read more »
Liberia: Fighting Near the Liberian Capital Drives Thousands Into Bush
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Fighting in recent days within striking distance of Liberia's capital, Monrovia, has led to panic among civilians and major disruption with thousands fleeing the area west of the… Read more »
February 03, 2003
Cote d'Ivoire: Anti-Government Riot Rocks Abidjan, AU Summit to Discuss Ivory Coast
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Opposition demonstrators in Cote d?Ivoire stormed onto the streets of Abidjan, Sunday, one week after pro-government supporters launched a series of anti-French rallies in the… Read more »
Nigeria: Between 20 and 30 Killed in Lagos Blast, Bank Looted
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At least 20 and as many as 30 people were reported dead, Sunday, in Nigeria?s main city, Lagos, after an explosion ripped through an apartment and shopping complex and destroyed… Read more »
February 01, 2003
West Africa: Ivory Coast Peace Plan in Tatters, W.African Leaders Meet
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As West African leaders gathered in Senegal, Friday, in a bid to rescue the Cote d?Ivoire peace accord and find urgent resolutions to the escalating crisis, thousands of youths… Read more »
Africa: Balancing Trade Rules, the Environment and Sustainable Development [interview]
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Some parts of the international business community are beginning to sound like development agencies. At the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland in late January and… Read more »
January 31, 2003
Africa: Trusting the Private Sector with the People's Water [interview]
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More than half the population in African cities lives without access to pipe-borne water and depends on buying water from standpipe owners, water tankers or street vendors. Far… Read more »
January 30, 2003
South Africa: Mandela Sharply Criticises Bush and Blair on Iraq Stance
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Former South African president and Nobel peace prize laureate, Nelson Mandela, has strongly criticised the American leader, George W Bush, calling him arrogant and shortsighted.… Read more »
Africa: Bush Aids Pledge Stirs Hope and Questions
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The announcement by President George Bush of an additional $10 billion in funding "to turn the tide against Aids in the most afflicted nations of Africa and the Caribbean" came as… Read more »