June 09, 2003
Africa: Bush To Visit Africa In Early July; Three Countries on Current Itinerary
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President George W. Bush is scheduled to visit three African nations in early July, White House officials report. Read more »
June 08, 2003
Mauritania: Coup Effort Outcome Still in Doubt in Mauritania
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Military movements and heavy artillery fire were reported early Sunday around the president?s palace in Nouakchott, in what observers in the capital of the northwestern African… Read more »
June 06, 2003
Zimbabwe: Opposition Leader Faces New Treason Charge
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Zimbabwe?s main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, is facing a new treason charge after his arrest on Friday, in a renewed police crackdown on nationwide anti-government… Read more »
Africa: AllAfrica Shares 'Oscars of the Internet' Honors With Major Global Media Companies [press release]
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AllAfrica shared a virtual stage with international media powerhouses at the annual Webby Awards, as one of five nominees for Best News Site of 2003. The awards were presented by… Read more »
Liberia: Taylor Says Coup Foiled As He Proposes More Concessions and Fighting Intensifies
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Twenty-four hours after the United Nations-backed Sierra Leone Special Court indicted President Charles Taylor on war crimes, the Liberian leader announced that his government had… Read more »
June 05, 2003
West Africa: 'If I Stand in the Way of Peace,' I'll Quit, Says Taylor
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With reports circulating that Liberian President Charles Taylor had been indicted by a United Nations-backed tribunal, the 55-year old former warlord made an unexpected offer to… Read more »
June 04, 2003
Ethiopia: Drought and Hunger Bite Deeper as Appeal Falls Short [interview]
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The UN World Food Programme is warning that despite an early response by the international community to the consequences of Ethiopia's drought, 12.5 million Ethiopians continue to… Read more »
Africa: African Leaders Must 'Rescue' Zimbabwe, Says Harare Mayor [interview]
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Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe has become an opposition stronghold, electing in March 2002 from the ranks of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) the city's Executive Mayor… Read more »
West Africa: Taylor at Accra Peace Talks: "Honourable Exit or Extended Mandate?"
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Liberian political leaders and activists are arriving here in the Ghanaian capital to take part in what could be the country's most important peace effort since the outbreak of war… Read more »
June 02, 2003
South Africa: Congressional Delegation to South Africa Challenged, Impressed
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A Congressional delegation returned to Washington, DC Saturday after a week-long trip to South Africa where they encountered efforts to come to grip with HIV/Aids that moved some… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Police Crack Down on Anti-Government Protests, Opposition Leaders Held
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A planned week of opposition demonstrations in Zimbabwe was disrupted by police, Monday, after the arrest of the country?s main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, and other… Read more »
June 01, 2003
Africa: IMF Under Attack by African Finance Ministers
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South African finance minister Trevor Manuel slammed the International Monetary Fund today for secretly planning to divide its Africa Department along "colonial" lines into… Read more »
May 29, 2003
South Africa: Mbeki Still in Denial Says HIV Treatment Activist [interview]
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South Africa's most famous Aids activist is called Zackie Achmat. He has been HIV positive for more than ten years and leads the Treatment Action Campaign, which is fighting for… Read more »
May 27, 2003
Ghana: US Firm Opens Talks to End Dispute with Ghana's Government
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Negotiations are taking place this week in Ghana to resolve an ongoing dispute between the government and an American mining company that is complicating an otherwise cooperative… Read more »
May 22, 2003
Africa: Iraq Not Taking Money From Africa, Insists USAID Chief
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USAID Administrator Andrew S. Natsios has flatly denied that U.S. assistance money for Africa is being diverted to Iraq. "The reality is that all of the money we're spending in… Read more »
May 20, 2003
Liberia: Increased Pressure on Taylor as France Welcomes Opposition Leader
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For the first time since Charles Taylor became president of Liberia six years ago, the French foreign ministry has held official consultations with the leader of Liberia's… Read more »
May 19, 2003
Africa: 'Capacity building' Key To End of Drought-Famine Cycle, says Expert
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The past year's food emergency in Southern Africa's continues to have a devastating impact although the Food and Agriculture Organisation's forecast of a 'generally favourable'… Read more »
Africa: Fair Trade, Not Hand-outs, Say Ghanaian Ministers [interview]
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If, in the past, African nations relied on hand-outs and talked about the rich world's 'obligations' to the continent, they are sounding a different note these days - seeking… Read more »
May 17, 2003
South Africa: Nation Bids Farewell to Sisulu, 'Quiet Giant? of the Struggle
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The 'quiet giant? of the South African liberation struggle against apartheid, Walter Sisulu, was laid to rest at Croesus Cemetery near Soweto, Saturday, in the same way he lived… Read more »
May 09, 2003
Zimbabwe: Why Africa Only Has Four Months to Rescue Zimbabwe [opinion]
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Now that President Thabo Mbeki and his colleagues, Nigeria's Olusegun Obasanjo and Malawi's Bakili Muluzi, are at last engaged in a serious effort to resolve the Zimbabwe crisis,… Read more »
Nigeria: U.S. Firm Halliburton Acknowledges Bribe To Nigerian Official
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Halliburton, the giant Texas based energy company once directed by Vice President Dick Cheney, acknowledged this week it paid a $2.4 million bribe to a Nigerian government official… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Politician Ouattara On Escape from Death Squads, Future of Unity Government [interview]
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Alassane Dramane Ouattara, known to his supporters by his initials, ADO, is a former prime minister of Cote d?Ivoire and head of the main opposition Rally of the Republicans (RDR)… Read more »
May 07, 2003
Africa: Mugabe's Exit 'Not Discussed' at Meeting with Presidents [interview]
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South African president, Thabo Mbeki, travelled to Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) this week on a whistle-stop diplomatic mission. Zimbabwe is in crisis and… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: 'Historic' Opportunity 'Critical' Moment In Congo, Say NGOs [document]
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International non-governmental organizations working in Congo have been closely following the recent progress made in the DRC on the road to peace and democracy. We consider the… Read more »
May 06, 2003
South Africa: Anti-Apartheid Hero Walter Sisulu dies at 90
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Tributes poured in Tuesday for the South African anti-apartheid hero, Walter Sisulu, who died Monday night in the arms of his wife and fellow liberation activist, Albertina, at… Read more »
