January 30, 2003
South Africa: Mandela Blasts U.S. Policy Toward Iraq [document]
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Former South African President Nelson Mandela strongly criticised U.S. policy toward Iraq in a speech delivered Thursday to the International Women's Forum meeting in Sandton,… Read more »
January 29, 2003
West Africa: Ivory Coast Awaits President's Speech, Opposition to Accord Hardens
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The people of Cote d?Ivoire are in a state of high anxiety as they await the word from their president, Laurent Gbagbo, on the faltering peace accord agreed last weekend in France. Read more »
January 28, 2003
Cote d'Ivoire: Gbagbo Comments Sow Doubt on Ivory Coast Peace Deal
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Speaking in Cote d'Ivoire's commercial capital, Abidjan, President Laurent Gbagbo has described the French-brokered peace plan he accepted at the weekend in Paris as a set of… Read more »
January 27, 2003
Djibouti: Turning Strategic Location into Economic Advantage [analysis]
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It's no mystery why Ismail Omar Guelleh, the leader of one of Africa's smallest nations, received red-carpet treatment during his visit to Washington last week. As the president of… Read more »
January 26, 2003
Congo-Kinshasa: Accusations 'Ridiculous' Says Rwanda's US Envoy
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Charges made last week by Vital Kamerhe, the Democratic Republic of Congo's commissioner-general in charge of negotiations in the Great Lakes region, that a Rwandan-created "new… Read more »
West Africa: Ivory Coast Peace Deal Sparks Violence, Gbagbo Appeals for Calm
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Cote d'Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo appealed for calm, Sunday, as rampaging mobs attacked French targets in the main city, Abidjan, in an explosion of fury over perceived… Read more »
West Africa: Ivory Coast President Agrees to Share Power, Names New PM
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Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo named a new prime minister, Saturday, agreeing in principle to share power, in line with a peace plan drawn up at all-party negotiations sponsored… Read more »
January 24, 2003
West Africa: Ivory Coast Peace Plan Agreed; Will Gbagbo Sign?
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Cote d?Ivoire?s rival factions - including rebel and government representatives - agreed a French-brokered peace plan early Friday, to try and end the four-month civil war. Read more »
Africa: IMF Attempts New Approach To Debt Relief
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The International Monetary Fund's plans for a "Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanism" (SDRM), designed to reduce the complexity of debt negotiations and protect indebted countries… Read more »
January 23, 2003
Africa: Washington is Neglecting African Needs, Say Campaign Groups
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If there is to be global security, Africa must be moved from the margins to the center of U.S. foreign policy; that's the view of three campaign organisations who Thursday called… Read more »
Africa: Climate Change Spells Disaster for African Agriculture - Unless We Adapt [interview]
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In the next 50 years, the world's population is expected to increase from six billion to nine billion. At the same time the planet they must survive on is under pressure; the… Read more »
January 21, 2003
Liberia: Exiled Politician Brumskine Returns Home to Prepare for Elections
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Former president pro-tem of the Liberian Senate, Cllr. Charles W. Brumskine returned to his country last week after many years in exile in the United States. He fled Liberia in… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Peace Process Threatened by Uganda and Rwanda Militias, Warns DRC Negotiator
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Continuing violence backed by Rwanda and Uganda in Ituri and Kivu provinces, as well as in other areas could "derail" the peace process in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),… Read more »
East Africa: Sudan Peace Talks to Resume This Week
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Following a meeting on Thursday between President Omar Hassan el-Bashir and U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan, John Danforth, delayed peace talks between the government and the Sudanese… Read more »
Africa: Finding Africa's 'Big Oil' - in Deep Water
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When Gene Van Dyke, a native of Illinois, graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in geological engineering 50 years ago, he wasn't thinking about Africa. Read more »
January 15, 2003
Africa: Agoa - Apparel Importers Foresee Africa Trade Prospects Changing [interview]
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U.S. apparel and textile imports from Africa have increased significantly in the two years since the Agoa trade provisions took effect. Major exporters to the U.S. include Kenya,… Read more »
East Africa: Agenda Change Likely to Delay Sudan Peace Talks Resumption
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A claim by the rebel Sudanese People's Liberation Movement and Army (SPLM/A) that they now have a mandate to represent three areas in the center of the country, may delay peace… Read more »
West Africa: Ivory Coast Foes Gather in Paris for Crucial Peace Talks
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The scene is set for the Cote dIvoire peace talks to relocate to the French capital, Wednesday, after weeks of deadlocked negotiations in Togo. Delegations representing Ivorian… Read more »
January 14, 2003
Senegal: Popenguine - Women Join Hands to Revive a Community Resource
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Wolimata Thiao is a towering, one-woman, tour de force. She has mobilised the women of Popenguine and surrounding villages, north of the Senegalese capital, Dakar, to reclaim and… Read more »
January 13, 2003
Somalia: One Woman's Fight to Rescue the Environment
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Somalia lost many things as a result of having no government for over a decade during the 90s, but one of the least obvious was an ability to protect its environment. Read more »
Africa: Former Ambassador Tapped for New Africa Policy Studies Chair
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Princeton Lyman, a former U.S. ambassador to South Africa and Nigeria, has been selected by the Council on Foreign Relations as the first holder of the Ralph Bunche chair in Africa… Read more »
January 12, 2003
Africa: Mauritius Court Declares Anti-Agoa, Anti-War Protest Legal
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Mauritian Supreme Court Justice Eddy Balancy declared on Friday that the police had acted outside the law in banning a demonstration against the free trade policies of the United… Read more »
January 11, 2003
Liberia: Religious Leaders Released but Repression Intensifies
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Only two days after they were charged with treason, two Liberian religious leaders have been released from detention by the government of President Charles Taylor. The authorities… Read more »
January 10, 2003
Africa: 33 Governments, 400 delegates Expected at AGOA Meeting in Mauritius [interview]
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Hundreds of government officials from 33 African countries are meeting next week in Port-Louis, Mauritius to discuss trade and investment opportunities in Africa and prospects for… Read more »
Africa: Some Progress, Some Uncertainties Ahead of Agoa Forum in Mauritius
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The United States will be pointing to positive numbers showing rising bilateral trade with African countries at next week's "Agoa" forum in Mauritius, arguing that Agoa - the trade… Read more »