January 10, 2003
Africa: 180 Exhibitors Registered for AGOA Conference in Mauritius [interview]
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Textile, agricultural produce, IT and freight forwarding companies are among the major exhibitors at the Second AGOA Forum that opens in Mauritius on January 13, 2003. The number… Read more »
January 04, 2003
West Africa: France Presses Ivory Coast President for Concessions [analysis]
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The French foreign minister, Dominque de Villepin, flew to Cote d'Ivoire Friday and immediately began knocking heads together, to try to end the four-month civil war which has… Read more »
January 03, 2003
Kenya: Kibaki Names New Kenya Cabinet
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The new Kenyan president, Mwai Kibaki, named his 22-member cabinet Friday, handing out the lion's share of senior posts to his opposition allies and defectors from the rival former… Read more »
Kenya: Kenya Elections Hailed Worldwide [analysis]
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Kenya's new president, Mwai Kibaki, has been holding extensive consultations with his National Rainbow Coalition (Narc) as Kenyans awaited with anticipation the announcement of his… Read more »
Rwanda: U.S. Official Foresees Arrest of Rwanda's Most-Wanted War Criminal in Kenya
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With the inauguration this week of a new Kenyan president, Rwanda's most sought-after fugitive, F?licien Kabuga, has lost his protection, according to the United States… Read more »
Kenya: Kibaki Names New Kenya Cabinet
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Kenya's new president, Mwai Kibaki, named his cabinet Friday, handing out the lion's share of senior posts to his opposition allies and defectors from the rival former governing… Read more »
January 01, 2003
Kenya: Maathai: Change Kenya to Benefit People [interview]
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Professor Wangari Maathai is a popular and respected Kenyan and a world renowned environmentalist, who rose to fame for her spirited campaigns against government-backed forest… Read more »
Kenya: Kibaki Has Two-Year Window To Tackle Kenya's Corruption And Deliver On Promises, Says Analyst [interview]
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Corruption, and the battle to curb it, was the oft-repeated election campaign message of both Kenya's new president, Mwai Kibaki and his National Rainbow Coalition (Narc), and of… Read more »
December 31, 2002
Kenya: Euphoria and Hope As Kenya's New President, Mwai Kibaki, Sworn In
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Perched in treetops, up lamp posts, and balancing precariously on rooftops, Kenyans from all walks of life thronged Uhuru Park in downtown Nairobi to witness the swearing-in of… Read more »
December 29, 2002
Kenya: Kibaki Officially Declared President, Rival Concedes Defeat
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Kenya?s Electoral Commission declared veteran opposition leader, Mwai Kibaki, 71, his country?s new president, Sunday, confirming his resounding victory in Friday?s polls. The… Read more »
Kenya: Opposition Wins Landslide Presidential and Parliamentary Victory
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Veteran opposition leader Mwai Kibaki and his National Rainbow Coalition swept to victory in presidential and parliamentary elections, Sunday, imposing a stunning defeat on the… Read more »
December 28, 2002
Kenya: Opposition Senses Presidential Victory, Inauguration Possible Monday
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In the clearest indication yet that the opposition is poised for victory in the Kenyan presidential elections, sources at State House told Reuters they had been given instructions… Read more »
Kenya: "That?s the Way Democracy Goes," Moi Declares of Opposition Election Lead [interview]
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Kenya?s outgoing president, Daniel arap Moi, 78, put on a brave face and seemed almost resigned to the possible defeat of his handpicked successor in the general elections, held… Read more »
Kenya: Early Poll Successes for Opposition as Vote Count Continues
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Kenyans woke up early Saturday to news that the main opposition National Rainbow Coalition (Narc) was scoring early leads as election results trickled in from all over the country.… Read more »
December 27, 2002
Kenya: Historic Vote Will Decide the Country?s Third President
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Nestling in a plot of its own, a few steps away from rows and rows of lush, green cornfields, the unfinished building of Mutumo Primary School, 60km (40 miles) north of Kenya's… Read more »
Kenya: Profiles of Leading Presidential Candidates
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Million of Kenyans go to the polls on Friday, December 27, to elect a new president, parliament and local candidates in the civic elections. The landmark ballot ushers in a new era… Read more »
Kenya: "Let Us Take a Chance" with Uhuru Kenyatta, Says Woman Supporter
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Chubby Nairesia, 39, comes from Maasai country, Kajiado District in Kenya?s Rift Valley Province. She worked in the hotel industry as a cost controller, but is currently… Read more »
December 26, 2002
Kenya: 'We Are Going to Be Empowered By Kibaki' - Woman Voter [interview]
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Josephine Owiro, 50, is a small business woman who sells vegetables on the street in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. One of 10.5 million potential voters, Owiro goes to the polls,… Read more »
December 25, 2002
Kenya: Last Minute Campaigning as Kenyans Prepare to Go to the Polls
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As Kenyans settled down to Christmas lunch and church services, the national holiday gave them a little respite to reflect on "the dawn of a new era," as one newspaper put it. It… Read more »
December 23, 2002
Africa: Head of African Union on the Ivory Coast Crisis
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For the first time, last week, the United Nations Security Council expressed its grave concern over the volatile situation in Cote d'Ivoire, warning of "its serious consequences… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Ivory Coast Rebels Threaten French Military, Paris Denies Bias
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In their first joint statement, Cote d'Ivoire's three rebel factions warned France, Monday, that they would consider any future attacks on their positions by French forces an 'act… Read more »
Kenya: Campaigning Reaches Fever Pitch, Marred by Violence
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Kenya has entered the final week of an historic election campaign leading up to the landmark general election on Friday, and the departure of one of Africa?s longest serving… Read more »
December 20, 2002
Africa: White House Prepares Multi-Nation Presidential Tour to Africa
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President George Bush will make a six-day trip to Africa in January, his first visit to the continent as President of the United States. Read more »
December 18, 2002
Sudan: Government Proposes 'Political Alliance' With Sudanese Rebels
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The government of Sudan has proposed the formation of a political alliance with the rebel Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A). Read more »
December 17, 2002
Sudan: Delegations in Washington For 'Unofficial' Talks
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Delegations from the Government of Sudan and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement/Army (SPLM/A) arrived in Washington, DC on Monday for unofficial talks at the invitation… Read more »