September 22, 2003
Africa: Warnings, Anger, Passion and Determination at Major African Aids Conference
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Kenyan President, Mwai Kibaki, opened the 13th International Conference on Aids and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (known as Icasa) Sunday in the capital, Nairobi,… Read more »
September 21, 2003
Africa: Ex-President Rawlings Challenges "Behavior" of African Men
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Speaking at a Washington, D.C., dinner Friday night, former Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings said a significant part of the fight against HIV/Aids in Africa required targeting… Read more »
September 16, 2003
Africa: Cancun - Destined for Failure [analysis]
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When Kenyan and Ugandan delegations walked out of the World Trade Organisation's meeting on Sunday afternoon and Kenya's delegate George Odour Ong'wen declared to reporters that… Read more »
September 09, 2003
Africa: Protecting Communities to Protect the Planet [interview]
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Delegates from over 170 countries are meeting this week in Durban, South Africa, to discuss the guiding principles of conservation and Protected Area management at the fifth World… Read more »
September 08, 2003
Africa: Africans Head for WTO With Low Expectations [analysis]
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African trade ministers and officials are approaching the fifth World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial talks that begin in Cancun, Mexico, on Wednesday, with low expectations. Read more »
September 04, 2003
East Africa: Sudan Government, Rebels Still At Odds Over "Framework Document"
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Speaking to an audience at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, representatives of the Government of Sudan and the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement/Army… Read more »
September 03, 2003
Liberia: Coalition Advocates U.S. Support for Liberian Peace and Reconstruction [document]
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The following letter, sent to President George W. Bush on August 14, has been released by Liberia Watch, a non-partisan, diverse coalition of civil society, including NGOs, private… Read more »
August 28, 2003
Liberia: Transitional Gov't Chairman Rules Out War Crimes Tribunal
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The chairman of Liberia's new transitional government has warned that there is no provision under the recently signed peace agreement for a war crimes tribunal, despite… Read more »
August 24, 2003
West Africa: Peacebuilding In Liberia: Foundational Challenges And Appropriate Approaches [opinion]
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With the departure of Charles Taylor, the arrival of some peacekeepers, the signing of a new peace agreement and the selection, at the Accra conference, of the leadership of a new… Read more »
August 21, 2003
West Africa: Liberia Negotiations End, Armed Factions Tap Transition Leader
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After three months of talks in Accra and Akassombo, Ghana, Liberian political parties, representatives of civil society and the country's warring factions concluded negotiations… Read more »
Liberia: Gyude Bryant Named Transition Leader for Liberia
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A Monrovia businessman, Gyude Bryant, has been selected to lead the transition government that will run Liberia for two years until democratic elections are held. Read more »
August 11, 2003
Liberia: Charles Ghankay Taylor, Defiant And Passionate To The End
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Outgoing Liberian president, Charles Ghankay Taylor, left power and his capital Monrovia on Monday, after handing over power to his successor and vice president, Moses Blah. Read more »
West Africa: Defiant Taylor Bows Out in Liberia, Moses Blah Sworn In As Interim Successor
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Charles Taylor, the former Liberian rebel leader and recently indicted war crimes suspect, stepped down as president of Liberia on Monday and handed power to his vice president,… Read more »
West Africa: Leaving Office 'To End Bloodshed' in Liberia, Taylor Accuses U.S. of Backing Rebels
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In a solemn and at times passionate recorded farewell address to the Liberian people, broadcast by the international media on Sunday evening, Liberian President Charles Taylor… Read more »
August 08, 2003
Africa: UN HIV/Aids Envoy Presses Case for Treatment as a Human Right [interview]
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On Friday the South African government instructed the ministry of health to develop a plan for the distribution of HIV/Aids drugs by the end of September. Although Aids activists… Read more »
August 02, 2003
West Africa: Taylor Confirms He Will Step Down In Liberia August 11
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President Charles Taylor of Liberia confirmed Saturday that he would hand over power on August 11 and leave his embattled country. After almost weekly pledges dating back to June 4… Read more »
August 01, 2003
West Africa: Taylor Leaves Liberia's Capital as West African Envoys Arrive To Meet Him
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West African special envoys flew into the Liberian capital of Monrovia on Friday for talks with President Charles Taylor, only to be told that he was out of town. The embattled… Read more »
July 31, 2003
West Africa: West African Troops Expected In Liberia Monday, Taylor Out By Thursday
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West African leaders have announced that a first contingent of regional peacekeepers is expected in Liberia by Monday, opening the way for the departure of beleaguered President… Read more »
July 30, 2003
West Africa: Still No Sign of Peacekeepers for Liberia, Annan Presses Security Council to Act
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As desperate Liberians renew their pleas for an international intervention force to step in to end the fighting that has cost hundreds of lives, haggling over the financing for… Read more »
Liberia: World Watches While We Die, Say Liberians
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"All of the patients in JFK hospital in Monrovia will die this week - they have no food, no water and no medicine," says Wilson Tarpeh, a Liberian businessman and newspaper… Read more »
July 29, 2003
Nigeria: Give Us Support and We'll Do the Job in Liberia, Obasanjo Tells BBC [interview]
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Hopes have been raised for a respite for the million residents of Liberia's capital Monrovia, following the announcement Tuesday of a unilateral ceasefire by Liberians United for… Read more »
West Africa: Noose Tightens Around Monrovia as Second City Falls to Rebels
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As the bloody and bitter 10-day fight continued Monday, for control of the Liberian capital Monrovia, rebel factions were reported to have made advances in other parts of the… Read more »
July 28, 2003
West Africa: Bush Makes Symbolic Shift on Liberia, But Dying Continues [analysis]
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President George Bush's weekend decision to position "appropriate military capabilities" off the coast of Liberia is at least a symbolic shift in U.S. policy towards… Read more »
July 27, 2003
West Africa: Bush Makes Symbolic Shift on Liberia, But Dying Continues [analysis]
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President George Bush's weekend decision to position "appropriate military capabilities" off the coast of Liberia is at least a symbolic shift in U.S. policy towards African… Read more »
July 26, 2003
Africa: 'I Hope To Be Of Service' Says Mazimhaka [interview]
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Patrick Mazimhaka, outgoing presidential advisor to the Rwandan leader, Paul Kagame, was elected vice-chairman of the African Union Commission at the recent AU summit in Maputo,… Read more »
