October 04, 2002
West Africa: Rebels Agree to Ceasefire After Two-Week Uprising
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It took an hour and a half, and a long wait under a tree in a French schoolyard, for West African mediators to get agreement from Cote d'Ivoire's rebels to an immediate ceasefire… Read more »
October 02, 2002
Southern Africa: International Push Can Prevent Full-Scale Famine, Says CARE Head
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"When I see the kind of spirit and energy with which people are working in so many of the villages we visited and how much they are able to make of so little, it gives me hope."… Read more »
Senegal: Ministers Resign Over Ferry Disaster
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Two Senegalese ministers have resigned after last week's ferry catastrophe, which cost the lives of an estimated 1000 passengers. Official figures put the number of survivors at… Read more »
October 01, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Rebels Launch 'Patriotic Movement' And Vow To Oust Gbagbo
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Almost two weeks after launching a dramatic army mutiny, and reported takeover bid, Ivorian rebels gave themselves a new name Tuesday, announcing creation of the Patriotic Movement… Read more »
Southern Africa: Food Crisis - Slow Suffering In the Village
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Skeletal children dying of starvation and the carcasses of livestock aren't yet found in the bone dry villages of Malawi's interior, but the dots connecting weather, disease and… Read more »
West Africa: Ecowas Peace Effort Underway in Ivory Coast
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The day after an emergency regional summit on the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa dispatched a high-level ministerial delegation to Abidjan to begin efforts to restore peace… Read more »
September 30, 2002
West Africa: Ivorian Rebels Warned to Negotiate or Face Regional Intervention
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An emergency one-day summit on Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) ended with a pledge by West African leaders to mediate between the government and the rebels. If negotiations fail to end… Read more »
Africa: Africa Needs New Debt Approach Say Finance Ministers
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Saturday's decision by a key policy-making panel of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), directing the institution to come up with a new approach for tackling the debt crisis… Read more »
Africa: African Voices in the Streets of Washington
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A South African unionist protesting the privatization of electricity, a Cameroonian development expert protesting an oil pipeline and a Tanzanian activist protesting plans to allow… Read more »
September 29, 2002
Senegal: Growing Anger and Despair As Hundreds Lost In Senegal Ferry Disaster
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Three days after a Senegalese ferry capsized in a storm off the coast of Gambia, there is growing public anger and fading hopes that more of the almost 800 passengers listed on… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Rebels Advance South, France Offers Logistical Help
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As West African leaders prepare to meet in Ghana on Sunday to discuss the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire, the former colonial power, France offered logistical help to the embattled… Read more »
Africa: IMF Urges 'Bankruptcy' Plan For Debtor Nations
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The International Monetary Fund's policy-making panel has directed the institution to develop a "concrete proposal" that will allow heavily indebted countries to, in effect,… Read more »
September 28, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Cocoa Price Hits 16-Year High Amid Ivorian Unrest
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The price of cocoa, Cote d'Ivoire's primary export, jumped to its highest level in 16 years this week in a clear indication that the current crisis in the world's leading producer… Read more »
September 27, 2002
West Africa: Ecowas Chief Hopeful Region Can Resolve Crisis
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Since the outbreak of fighting in Cote d'Ivoire last week, between mutinous soldiers and forces loyal to President Laurent Gbagbo, the regional economic community, Ecowas, has been… Read more »
Africa: "Implementation" is Key, But Uncertain
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The official face being worn by African ministers, World Bank and IMF officials is optimistic as they once again say things are going to be different in Africa. Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Rebels Capture Third City - Regional Summit Shifts To Ghana
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As French troops ended their 48 hour evacuation of mainly Western foreigners from Bouake, the rebels who control Cote d'Ivoire's second city prevented Ivorians from fleeing on foot… Read more »
September 26, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: West African Leaders to Meet In Abidjan, Nigeria Deploys Fighter Jets
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Nigeria confirmed Thursday that it has sent three fighter jets to Cote d'Ivoire and is standing by with troops that a minister said could eventually become part of a West African… Read more »
September 25, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Foreign Schoolchildren Evacuated, Regional Peace Efforts Falter
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French troops have rescued 160 mainly American children and staff trapped at an international school in Bouake, the central Ivorian city which has been under control of mutinous… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: French Troops Reach Trapped Schoolchildren, Burkina Denies Coup Involvement
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Seven straight days after the start of a military revolt in Cote d?Ivoire, French troops have moved to rescue 200 foreign schoolchildren and staff trapped at the International… Read more »
September 24, 2002
Africa: World Bank/IMF to Meet Amid Protests From Many Quarters.
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The World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings that begin in Washington this week, will again take place behind heavy security fences and police lines designed to protect delegates from… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: U.S.Troops Ordered to West Africa
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Just under 200 U.S. troops may imminently be deployed in Cote d?Ivoire. Pentagon spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Don Sewell told allAfrica.com that "at the request of the U.S. ambassador to… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Fresh Fighting In Bouake
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Reports Tuesday from Bouake, the second largest city in Cote d'Ivoire, said there were gun battles between loyalist government troops and mutinous soldiers, who seized the town… Read more »
September 23, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Overnight Skirmishes in Bouake, French Troops Head North
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Residents of rebel-controlled Bouake, in central Cote d?Ivoire, heard a brief but intense barrage of gunfire on Sunday night. But what many might have expected to be the "ferocious… Read more »
September 22, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Mutineers Offered Talks, French Send in Troops
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The government in Cote d?Ivoire announced on state television Saturday night that 270 people had been killed since an attempted coup on Thursday, with another 300 wounded in the… Read more »
September 21, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Immigrants Targeted as Government Vows All-out War Against Dissidents
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Anti-immigrant feeling ran high in Cote d?Ivoire on Saturday, in the aftermath of a bloody military uprising and coup attempt on Thursday. The government blamed the mutiny on a… Read more »