September 20, 2002
Sudan: Ceasefire Will Bring Us Back To Talks, Says Foreign Minister
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"Without a ceasefire there is no need to return to Nairobi," Sudan's Foreign Minister, Dr. Mustapha Osman Ismail, told a small group of reporters, Thursday. "The government is… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Mutineers Ignore Ultimatum as Deadline Passes
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The 15h00 GMT deadline, issued by the government of Cote d?Ivoire for rebel soldiers to lay down their arms, passed on Friday afternoon, with no immediate evidence that the… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Curfew Imposed, Fresh Gunfire in Abidjan
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The authorities in Cote d?Ivoire imposed a curfew on Thursday night, after a day of heavy fighting during an army mutiny and reported coup attempt in which the Interior Minister… Read more »
September 19, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Coup or Mutiny? Former Military Ruler Guei Killed
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Confusion reigned in Abidjan and other key cities in Cote d?Ivoire on Thursday, after residents were woken in the early morning by sustained, heavy gunfire and mortar blasts in… Read more »
Africa: Nepad Embraced but Questioned at House Hearing
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Partnership not judgement should be the U.S. response to Nepad - the New Economic Partnership for African Development - South Africa's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aziz… Read more »
September 18, 2002
Chad: Chad Activist Wants Pipeline Put on Hold [interview]
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The World Bank argues that the $4 billion Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project provides an opportunity for one of the poorest regions in Africa to diversify its economy and increase… Read more »
September 17, 2002
Ghana: Building from the Ground Up - With Local Earth [interview]
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In Ghana, as in many African countries, concrete - with its dependence on imported inputs - is considered indispensable for building. Yet an excellent, cheap and local alternative… Read more »
Lesotho: Recycling Tin Cans into Houses [interview]
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Pick up one bit of trash - in this case, an empty soda can - and ask yourself what it might be good for? Read more »
September 14, 2002
Central Africa: World Bank Greenlights Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Despite Warnings
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The World Bank has rejected campaigners' demands and concerns expressed by its own internal advisory panel and approved the continuation of the $4bn Chad-Cameroon Pipeline project. Read more »
September 06, 2002
Mozambique: Healing People -- and a Country [interview]
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In some parts of Africa, traditional healers are the first available person a sick person turns to when facing a health emergency. These healers are often a central component of… Read more »
Southern Africa: Mixed Results From Ecotourism in Southern Africa [opinion]
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When the United Nations declared 2002 the Year of Ecotourism, the world body was recognising what is now a common assumption in many parts of the developing world: that this form… Read more »
September 05, 2002
Central Africa: Peace at Last in Congo - If UN Plays a Role [opinion]
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For the past six years, the death and violence spawned by the 1994 genocide in Rwanda has spread across neighboring Congo, where it triggered a regional war on a scale never before… Read more »
September 04, 2002
Africa: WSSD in Johannesburg Ends on Uncertain Note
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AllAfrica's Akwe Amosu watched on Wednesday in Johannesburg as U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell addressed the delegates at the World Summit on Sustainable Development and the… Read more »
Botswana: Mogae in the Spotlight at AAI Dinner and Congressional Black Caucus
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"Perhaps overshadowed" by South Africa, Botswana has been "quietly plugging" away at development and meeting some success, despite being battered by HIV/Aids, says Africa-America… Read more »
Africa: More Water in South African Taps [interview]
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The World Summit has ended with a new pledge to reduce the number of people without access to sanitation by half before 2015. Meeting in Johannesburg, the world leaders also… Read more »
September 03, 2002
Africa: Business Leader Says Governments Must Set Framework for Action on Environment, Development [interview]
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After earning a doctorate in geology from Cambridge University, Mark Moody-Stuart joined the Shell oil company, rising to become the chair of the Royal Dutch Shell Group from… Read more »
Africa: Activist Entrepreneur Says World Should Be Set Alight With Concern About Climate Change
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British scientist Jeremy Leggett's life has traversed the field of energy from diverse points: as a scholar at the elite Royal School of Mines at the Imperial College of Science,… Read more »
September 02, 2002
Kenya: Honey Money: A New Approach To An Old Problem In Kenya [interview]
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Farouk Jiwa, 28 years old and a fourth generation Kenyan-Asian, went to Canada to study environmental biology. He returned home with a bachelor's degree and looked for a niche in… Read more »
Africa: Defiant Mugabe Lambasts Britain's Blair; Annan Calls for Action
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The Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, launched a blistering and bitter tirade against British Prime Minister Tony Blair, speaking on Monday to the World Summit on Sustainable… Read more »
September 01, 2002
Africa: Global People's Protest March Ends Trouble-free
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The South African authorities, hosting the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), feared the worst and deployed massive police reinforcements just in case. But a day of… Read more »
August 30, 2002
Africa: Demonstrations For and Against The Summit [interview]
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There have been demonstrations throughout the first week of the World Summit on Sustainable Development by many different groups. But Saturday is the day for the biggest… Read more »
Africa: Greenpeace, Business Join Forces for Climate Change [interview]
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A joint initiative announced this week in Johannesburg at the World Summit on Sustainable Development highlights the increasingly diverse range of organizations willing to work… Read more »
August 29, 2002
Africa: Business Embraces Call for Sustainable Development
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Ten years ago at the Earth Summit in Rio, world business leaders were mostly in attendance to say "no" to any proposals for firm action to reduce greenhouse gasses, as well as to… Read more »
Africa: Nigerian Teens Wow Audience and Warn African Leaders [interview]
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<i><b>Temidayo Israel Abdulai</b>, who is known as Dayo, is just 16, but he has already set up his own non-governmental organisation.</i> Read more »
August 28, 2002
Africa: Summit Moves Towards Accord - With Gaps
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UN officials were upbeat Wednesday about progress towards an agreed plan of implementation in intensive negotiations at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in… Read more »