January 15, 2003
East Africa: Agenda Change Likely to Delay Sudan Peace Talks Resumption
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A claim by the rebel Sudanese People's Liberation Movement and Army (SPLM/A) that they now have a mandate to represent three areas in the center of the country, may delay peace… Read more »
West Africa: Ivory Coast Foes Gather in Paris for Crucial Peace Talks
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The scene is set for the Cote dIvoire peace talks to relocate to the French capital, Wednesday, after weeks of deadlocked negotiations in Togo. Delegations representing Ivorian… Read more »
January 14, 2003
Senegal: Popenguine - Women Join Hands to Revive a Community Resource
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Wolimata Thiao is a towering, one-woman, tour de force. She has mobilised the women of Popenguine and surrounding villages, north of the Senegalese capital, Dakar, to reclaim and… Read more »
January 13, 2003
Somalia: One Woman's Fight to Rescue the Environment
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Somalia lost many things as a result of having no government for over a decade during the 90s, but one of the least obvious was an ability to protect its environment. Read more »
Africa: Former Ambassador Tapped for New Africa Policy Studies Chair
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Princeton Lyman, a former U.S. ambassador to South Africa and Nigeria, has been selected by the Council on Foreign Relations as the first holder of the Ralph Bunche chair in Africa… Read more »
January 12, 2003
Africa: Mauritius Court Declares Anti-Agoa, Anti-War Protest Legal
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Mauritian Supreme Court Justice Eddy Balancy declared on Friday that the police had acted outside the law in banning a demonstration against the free trade policies of the United… Read more »
January 11, 2003
Liberia: Religious Leaders Released but Repression Intensifies
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Only two days after they were charged with treason, two Liberian religious leaders have been released from detention by the government of President Charles Taylor. The authorities… Read more »
January 10, 2003
Africa: 33 Governments, 400 delegates Expected at AGOA Meeting in Mauritius [interview]
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Hundreds of government officials from 33 African countries are meeting next week in Port-Louis, Mauritius to discuss trade and investment opportunities in Africa and prospects for… Read more »
Africa: Some Progress, Some Uncertainties Ahead of Agoa Forum in Mauritius
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The United States will be pointing to positive numbers showing rising bilateral trade with African countries at next week's "Agoa" forum in Mauritius, arguing that Agoa - the trade… Read more »
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 »
