May 02, 2002
Mali: 'ATT' Still Ahead, 'IBK' Steps Up Fraud Allegations
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Retired military general Amadou Toumani Toure, maintained his lead, late Wednesday, after the release of the latest provisional results from the presidential election. Read more »
May 01, 2002
Liberia: Detained Lawyer Released in Monrovia
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Detained Liberian lawyer Tiawan Gongloe, who was last week beaten in detention and had to be hospitalised, has been released into the custody of one of Liberia's prominent… Read more »
Mali: Retired General Takes Early Lead in Presidential Election
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Partial and provisional results from Mali's presidential election, after a quarter of the constituencies have been counted, put a retired military general in the lead, as a slow… Read more »
April 30, 2002
Mali: Political Parties Denounce Vote Counting Flaws
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The already slow counting of votes after Sunday's first round presidential election in Mali was hit by a further obstacle late Tuesday, when the Rally for Mali party (RPM), which… Read more »
Africa: Afropop Benefit Draws Stars, Fans [music review]
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African songs of freedom rang out strongly in New York Monday night, accompanied by the enthusiastic stamping, clapping and ululating of an appreciative crowd at the Bottom Line… Read more »
Liberia: President Taylor Says Investigation of Gongloe Will Continue
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Liberia's President Charles Taylor has referred to the case of human rights lawyer Tiawan Gongloe who was beaten and injured while in detention, and warned that under the state of… Read more »
April 29, 2002
Mali: No Clear Leader as Election Results Trickle In
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The initial counting of votes from the first round of Mali's presidential election started at dusk on Sunday, bathed in flickering candlelight, assisted by the glow of paraffin… Read more »
Africa: AllAfrica Wins Webby Nomination
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AllAfrica's web site, allAfrica.com, is one of five nominees for the best news site by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, known as the Webbys. The 6th annual… Read more »
Madagascar: High Court Gives Ravalomanana Presidency
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Madagascar's High Constitutional Court has ruled that challenger Marc Ravalomanana won the presidency in December's election. The court said Monday that its recount showed… Read more »
April 28, 2002
Liberia: Security Intensified at Lawyer?s Bedside
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Liberian officials on Sunday intensified security at the hospital where detained human rights lawyer, Mr. Taiwan Saye Gongloe, is being treated for injuries sustained during a… Read more »
Mali: Vote Count Begins After Calm Day at the Polls
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Vote counting after Sunday?s presidential election in Mali began almost as soon as polling stations closed their doors at 18h00 local (and GMT) in the capital, Bamako. Read more »
Mali: Outgoing President Hails Democratic Vote
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As Malians turned out to vote for a new president in a relaxed Sunday atmosphere, their outgoing leader, Alpha Oumar Konare, expressed his "great satisfaction" with the democratic… Read more »
Madagascar: Political Standoff Threatens Future
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The Indian Ocean Island that has been hailed as an emerging economic success story is on the brink of chaos, according to opponents of ousted Madagascar president Didier Ratsiraka. Read more »
April 27, 2002
Mali: All Set for Presidential Vote on Sunday
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As they prepare to go to the polls on Sunday, the people of Mali have to choose a new president who could be a former military head of state, a wealthy former government minister,… Read more »
Mali: 'You Can?t Campaign by Camel Any More' Says Candidate [interview]
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Soumaila Cisse is one of 24 candidates?hoping to become the next president of Mali in the elections on Sunday. The 53 year-old computer science engineer-turned politician and… Read more »
Mali: Presidential Election Campaign Ends in Festive Carnival Atmosphere
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Last minute campaigning, before Sunday?s presidential election in Mali, took on a distinctly carnival atmosphere on Friday. Tens of thousands of supporters, of some of the 24… Read more »
April 26, 2002
Liberia: Monrovia Bans Gatherings on Eve of Opposition Leader?s Return
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A ban on all public gatherings issued by Liberia?s minister of justice late Friday has put into question a scheduled return this weekend by opposition leader Ellen Johnson Sirleaf… Read more »
Liberia: Tortured Human Rights Lawyer Under Police Guard in Hospital
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Liberian human rights lawyer Tiawan Saye Gongloe, who was beaten this week in detention by state security officers in Monrovia, by his own account, has told allAfrica.com that his… Read more »
April 25, 2002
Mali: Last Day of Campaigning Before Sunday's Presidential Poll
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Twenty-four candidates are set to contest the presidential election in Mali on Sunday, 28 April. Their campaign posters, with enticing slogans and captions, are plastered all over… Read more »
East Africa: Controversy Continues to Dog Major World Bank Projects [analysis]
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"Everybody is talking about development effectiveness, but the question is, how do you measure it? ...So what we are trying to do now is to pull together a meeting in June at which… Read more »
April 24, 2002
Africa: 'Africa Does Matter to the US' Say Bush Officials
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"September 11 did change our world and did change our approach to Africa," Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Walter Kansteiner told a symposium sponsored by the… Read more »
Africa: Seek Credit Rating, Powell Urges African Ministers
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Not having a widely used credit rating system stymies investment in Africa, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell told two dozen African central bankers and Finance Ministers,… Read more »
April 23, 2002
Madagascar: Recount of December Poll's Votes Begins
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Four days after a peace deal for Madagascar was signed in Senegal, a recount of the disputed presidential election results began this week, Monday. The recount was one of the key… Read more »
Africa: Still Stuck at the Bottom of the Pile: What Must Africa Do to Develop? [analysis]
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Africa's numbers remain awful but that's come to be almost routine at the annual Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Read more »
April 22, 2002
Africa: World Bank Claims "Consensus on Education For All"
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"Education is the best anti-poverty strategy," said Gordon Brown, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer joining World Bank president James D. Wolfensohn, Norway Development Minister Hilde… Read more »