December 16, 2002
West Africa: French Beef Up Military Mandate As West Africans Schedule Summit On Ivorian Crisis [analysis]
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West African leaders convened another crisis summit, Monday, to try to rescue peace talks on the three month conflict in Cote d'Ivoire, as the former colonial power, France,… Read more »
Equatorial Guinea: Obiang Sure to Win As Opposition Quits Poll
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Equatorial Guinea's four main opposition parties withdrew from the country's presidential election on Sunday on the grounds that the poll was rigged and fraudulent. Their decision… Read more »
December 15, 2002
Kenya: 'Kanu Has Undergone Massive Change' - Uhuru Kenyatta [interview]
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He is 42, young and the scion of what may yet become a political dynasty in Kenya. His name is Uhuru Kenyatta, son of Kenya?s founding president Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, and the… Read more »
Kenya: Ecstatic Welcome Home for Opposition Presidential Candidate
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Looking weary and frail after an eight-hour flight, and a week?s hospital treatment in London, Kenya?s main opposition presidential candidate, Mwai Kibaki, flew back to the capital… Read more »
December 12, 2002
Kenya: Moi Vows Not to Rule From Behind the Scenes
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Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi, 78, who has led his country for the past 24 years, addressed the nation, Thursday, in his final Independence Day celebrations as head of state.… Read more »
December 10, 2002
West Africa: Liberia's President Taylor is Destabilising Region, Say Opposition Leaders
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The government of Liberia is at "the epicenter of a system of conflict," says Amos Sawyer, formerly president in the interim government of Liberia, 1990-1994. He says the West… Read more »
December 05, 2002
East Africa: Bush Meets Kenyan and Ethiopian Leaders as U.S.-Kenyan Exercises Continue
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Security issues dominated the discussion, Thursday, as President Bush hosted Kenyan president Daniel Arap Moi and Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi at the White House in… Read more »
Guinea: "Make Everyone a Part of it": A Winning Strategy for Education in Guinea
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Aicha Bah Diallo is dynamic, determined and passionate. Her passion is education. She comes from Guinea-Conakry and is currently a senior official at the United Nations?… Read more »
December 03, 2002
Africa: Education for all a priority for Africa, say ministers
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"Education is the key to life!" Smiling schoolgirls from Zanaki Secondary, in Tanzania?s commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, said it all. Welcoming African education ministers, and… Read more »
East Africa: Burundi Peace Deal Signed In Tanzania
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A ceasefire agreement was signed early Tuesday between the Burundi government and one of the two main rebel factions, in a bid to end the nine-year civil war in the east African… Read more »
East Africa: Tanzanian President Optimistic About Burundi Ceasefire Accord [interview]
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A ceasefire agreement was signed early Tuesday between the warring parties in Burundi. The peace deal commits the government of President Pierre Buyoya and the rebel Forces for… Read more »
East Africa: Kenyan President and Ethiopian Prime Minister To Meet With Bush
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President Bush will meet on Thursday with President Daniel Arap Moi of Kenya and Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Chaotic Conflict Deepens As Government Troops Fight To Recover Lost Territory In Ivory Coast
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What West African leaders feared most is happening. The complex and chaotic conflict in Cote d'Ivoire has become more confused and spilled over its borders, potentially drawing in… Read more »
Burkina Faso: HIV/Aids' Campaigner Brings New Hope To Sufferers
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Mamadou Sawadogo, a nurse from Burkina Faso, is a determined and cheerful optimist. He is also HIV-positive. Sawadogo, 34, became infected with the virus after a needle-stick… Read more »
December 01, 2002
Africa: HIV/Aids Specialist Says Reducing the Spread of Infection is Achievable [interview]
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As World Aids Day again called attention to the continuing spread of HIV/Aids in Africa and elsewhere, AllAfrica talked to Dr. Helene Gayle, director of the U.S. Centers for… Read more »
November 28, 2002
Kenya: 'Premature' To Blame Al-Quaeda, says White House; Americans In Kenya Cautioned
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"It's premature to rule al-Quaeda in or out in these incidents," deputy White House press secretary Gordon Johndroe said during his Thanksgiving intelligence briefing Thursday. Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: More War Talk As New Anti-Government Group Surfaces In Ivory Coast
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Fresh developments in the conflict in Cote d'Ivoire were reported on Thursday, with the appearance of a second group opposed to the government of President Laurent Gbagbo. Read more »
Kenya: Hotel Bombing Kills Eleven in Kenya
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Seven Kenyans and two Israeli tourists were killed in a terrorist bomb blast as they sat down to breakfast Thursday, when a Landrover crashed into the lobby of the Paradise Hotel… Read more »
November 26, 2002
West Africa: Ghana Denies Rebel Allegations Of Military Support To Ivorian Government [interview]
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A leading Ivorian rebel spokesman has accused the government of Ghana of providing military support to the Cote d'Ivoire authorities and of allowing its territory, at the northwest… Read more »
November 25, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Ghana Denies Military Backing For Government Fight Against Rebels In Ivory Coast
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Rebels of the Patriotic Movement of Cote d'Ivoire (MPCI) Sunday, accused neighbouring Ghana of allowing its territory to be used by troops loyal to Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo… Read more »
November 22, 2002
Nigeria: Newspaper Contrition Fails to Quell Nigeria Violence
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Violence in the northern Nigerian city of Kaduna continued sporadically Friday, triggered by a furious reaction of Muslims to the suggestion in a leading national newspaper that… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Ivory Coast New Peace Plan, UN Launches Multimillion Dollar Aid Appeal
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West African mediators, trying to broker a peace deal between the Cote d'Ivoire government and rebels, handed both delegations in nearby Togo a fresh draft peace plan Thursday to… Read more »
November 21, 2002
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone's Special Court: Will it Hinder or Help? [interview]
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Post-war Sierra Leone is being used as a kind of guinea-pig. Following in South Africa's footsteps it will have a Truth and Reconciliation Commission which is intended to allow the… Read more »
November 20, 2002
Africa: 'New-Variant' Famine: How Aids Has Changed the Hunger Equation [analysis]
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Just as HIV destroys the body's immune system, the epidemic of HIV and Aids has disabled the body politic. As a result of HIV, the worst-hit African countries have undergone a… Read more »
November 19, 2002
Nigeria: Nigerian Publisher Says Attack on Paper Spotlights Governance Issues
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Since Friday's bombing of the National Pilot weekly newspaper in Ilorin, capital of Nigeria's northern Kwara state, the governor and the paper's publisher have traded allegations… Read more »