July 10, 2002
Africa: AU Summit Closes On Uncertain Note
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The first ever African Union summit ended Wednesday, with a common pledge from the assembled leaders to bring meaningful change to the continent to benefit their peoples. Read more »
Zambia: 'Protect Young Girls from Forced Sex With HIV-Positive Men' [column]
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As the international Aids conference continues in Barcelona, Janet Fleischman of Human Rights Watch contributes this personal view on the special and urgent need to protect young… Read more »
July 09, 2002
Africa: Launch Party for African Union a Mix of New - and Old
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There were two distinct groups of African leaders on hand to witness the birth of the African Union (AU), the new continental body that has replaced the Organisation of African… Read more »
Africa: Lack of Cash Poses Biggest Problem in Fight Against Aids [analysis]
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On Barcelona's streets outside the Aids conference, treatment advocates, doctors and people with HIV/AIDS plan to stage "massive" protests. South Africa's Treatment Action Campaign… Read more »
Africa: African Union is a New Way of Working, Says Mbeki
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"We have to think and work in a new way. We have to make every effort to understand in a real way the challenging work ahead of us. We have to overcome the debilitating effect of… Read more »
July 08, 2002
Africa: Summit Opens, African Leaders Give OAU State Funeral
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The final summit of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) opened on Monday in the South African port city of Durban, with praise from African leaders who hailed the organization… Read more »
Africa: 'Who?s Who' of Africa Hits Durban, Led by Al-Gaddafi
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African leaders are sweeping into the South African port city of Durban for two key summits in the next two days - one to bury the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the second… Read more »
Africa: Farewell OAU, Welcome African Union
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Born in 1963 in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) is preparing for its own voluntary demise on Monday in the South African port city of… Read more »
July 05, 2002
Africa: OAU Stands Aloof on Madagascar, Despite Departure of Ratsiraka
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Despite the departure to Seychelles on Friday of the embattled erstwhile leader of Madagascar, Didier Ratsiraka - and the official recognition of his rival Marc Ravalomanana by… Read more »
July 03, 2002
Liberia: Detained Journalist In Military Hands, Says Minister
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Civilian authorities in Monrovia continue to defy court orders to produce journalist Hassan Bility who was arrested last week and accused of operating a Lurd (Liberians United for… Read more »
July 02, 2002
Africa: Defying Predictions, HIV in Africa Has Not Yet Peaked
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"The scale of the Aids crisis now outstrips even the worst-case scenarios of a decade ago," according to a new UNAIDS Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic, and Africa continues… Read more »
June 30, 2002
Liberia: Liberia's Charles Taylor Will Talk to Rebels Says Peace Broker
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The top official in charge of security for West African states, Cheikh Oumar Diarra, says Liberian President Charles Taylor is ready, under certain "conditions", to talk to members… Read more »
June 28, 2002
Africa: G-8 Summit 'Profoundly Disappointing,' Says UN Aids Advisor [interview]
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"There is between promise and reality in this summit a distance which cannot be bridged," explains Stephen Lewis, the United Nations Special Advisor on Aids, characterizing the… Read more »
Africa: New Key, Same Chords and Notes In G-8 'Africa Plan' [analysis]
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The New Partnership for Africa's Development (Nepad), "offers something different," G-8 heads of state and government, and representatives of the European Union, have said in an… Read more »
Africa: G-8 leaders Promise Support, But Fail to agree on Targets
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The leaders of the world's largest industrialized nations agreed Thursday to provide technical and financial assistance for an African peacekeeping force, pledged to provide… Read more »
June 27, 2002
Congo-Kinshasa: No Meaningful Sign Of Rwanda Peace Commitment, Says Congo Civil Society Leader [interview]
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A United Nations investigator has accused Rwandan-backed rebels of the Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD-Goma) of massacring more than 150 people last month, and warned that… Read more »
Madagascar: US Recognizes Ravalomanana, Unfreezes Assets
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In a surprise move, the United States became the first major world power to formally recognize the government of Marc Ravalomanana in Madagascar. A letter to that effect from… Read more »
June 26, 2002
Africa: Africa Is On Everyone's Lips At G-8, But Is There Substance Behind The Words? [analysis]
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Criticism won't be heard at the conference table on the G-8's "Africa Day" Thursday. And it will only be faintly heard outside of the conference room. In fact, protestors will be… Read more »
Africa: African leaders to press for "concrete action" from the G-8.
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South African president Thabo Mbeki and Nigerian head of state Olusegun Obasanjo arrived in Calgary, Canada this week to lobby the world leaders gathering for the annual Group of… Read more »
Africa: G8 Unlikely to Advance Concrete Africa Plan [analysis]
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A year ago in Genoa, Italy, the leaders of eight nations known as the G-8 set up a task force to develop a concrete plan of action to support "Nepad" - the Africa-generated new… Read more »
June 25, 2002
Angola: Don't Simplify History, Says Savimbi's Biographer [interview]
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The veteran British journalist, Fred Bridgland, became well known in the 1980s for his biography of Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi and his writings about Unita, the movement… Read more »
June 21, 2002
Angola: We Must 'Disarm our Minds', says Church Leader
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Angolan leaders from the government, the former rebel group, Unita, and civil society have been visiting the United States in recent days, to tell America more about the prospects… Read more »
Africa: Bush To Visit Africa, Pledges Extra $100M for Education
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Promising more money for education and for the fight against HIV/Aids, President George W. Bush announced that the United States "will take Africa's side in confronting the… Read more »
Rwanda: 'Talk Tough' To Kinshasa, Says Kagame Envoy
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Agreement reached during Inter-Congolese Dialogue in Sun City, South Africa, has been rejected by Rwanda, thus continuing to cloud peace prospects in the huge central African… Read more »
June 19, 2002
Angola: 'Rebuild Country On A Fairer Basis' [interview]
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In the second and final part of AllAfrica's interview with General Paulo Lukamba "Gato", the interim leader of the former Angolan rebel movement, Unita, he discusses the impact and… Read more »