March 10, 2002
Zimbabwe: Opposition Granted Voting Extension by High Court
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The High Court in Zimbabwe ordered an extension of the presidential election late Sunday, ruling in favour of the opposition which had petitioned against long delays at polling… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Voting Delays Continue, Ministers Says Extension not Justified
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Long queues continued on Sunday in the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, for the second and final official day of voting in the country's presidential election. Most polling stations… Read more »
March 09, 2002
Zimbabwe: Growing Pressure on Government to Extend Voting Beyond Sunday
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There is growing domestic and international pressure on the authorities in Zimbabwe to extend voting in the presidential election beyond Sunday night, the scheduled end of the… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Police Clash With Impatient Voters, MDC Cries Foul
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The first day of polling in Zimbabwe's fiercely fought presidential election was marked by long delays and increasingly impatient queues of people waiting to vote. Later in the… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Polls Open with Long Lines and Some Confusion
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Polling in Zimbabwe got off to a brisk, but confused, start on Saturday as long lines of voters queued to cast their ballot in a landmark presidential election, following a… Read more »
Zimbabwe: The Policies That Divide Mugabe and Tsvangirai
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Almost overlooked, amid the deafening exchange of charge and counter-charge in Zimbabwe's election campaign, are the policy and program plans that distinguish Robert Mugabe's… Read more »
March 08, 2002
Zimbabwe: Voters Prepare for Landmark Presidential Poll
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Five and a half million people in Zimbabwe are eligible to vote in the presidential election on Saturday and Sunday, 9-10 March, at the end of an acrimonious and often violent… Read more »
West Africa: Ecowas Totally Opposed to Armed Insurrection, Says New Chief [interview]
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Mohamed Ibn Chambas is the newly-appointed executive secretary of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, which has 15 member countries and is headquartered in… Read more »
Africa: Amoako Cautiously Optimistic About African Union and Regional Integration [interview]
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The third African Development Forum closes its doors Friday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, after a week of debate on regional integration in Africa, organised by the United… Read more »
March 07, 2002
Zimbabwe: Lower the Political Temperature, Nigerian Leader Urged Mugabe
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"Turn down the temperature," Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was advised by President Olusegun Obasanjo during a visit to Harare in late January. "It was not a directive,"… Read more »
March 06, 2002
Mozambique: Interview with President Chissano of Mozambique - Part 2 [interview]
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President Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique was in Washington, at the end of February for a mini-summit of southern African leaders and President George W. Bush, and gave… Read more »
Mozambique: Interview with President Chissano of Mozambique - Part 1 [interview]
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President Joaquim Chissano of Mozambique was in Washington, at the end of February, for a mini-summit of southern African leaders with President George W. Bush and granted an… Read more »
Madagascar: OAU 'Contact Group' Returns to Broker Talks
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An Organization of African Unity (OAU) "contact group" arrived in Madagascar, Wednesday, to begin talks aimed at re-uniting the now-split island state. The team is led by former… Read more »
Madagascar: Ravalomanana Minister Spells Out Strategy, Pays Civil Servants [interview]
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Madagascar now has two governments. One is led by the incumbent, President Didier Ratsiraka, effectively banished from the capital city, Antananarivo, and operating out of a… Read more »
March 05, 2002
Egypt: "Use Our Eyes" to Build Understanding, Mubarak Tells Washington
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Despite spiraling violence in the Middle East and the ongoing war against terrorism, Egyptian President Mohammad Husni Mubarak, in a major address delivered here today, proclaimed… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Overrules Supreme Court on Electoral Law
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Election laws thrown out a week ago by Zimbabwe's Supreme Court have been reinstated by President Robert Mugabe. In the official Government Gazette,Tuesday, Mugabe said the laws… Read more »
Africa: 'Why Do Our Leaders Hate Us So Much?' [interview]
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Chidi Anselm Odinkalu is the senior legal officer for Interights, the International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights, based in London. He is attending the third… Read more »
March 04, 2002
Zimbabwe: Kansteiner Holds Out Hope on Vote Outcome [analysis]
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There "has not been a level playing field" in Zimbabwe's pre-electoral environment, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Walter Kansteiner told reporters at the… Read more »
Madagascar: 'President' Ravalomanana Presents his New 'Cabinet'
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Madagascar's opposition leader Marc Ravalomanana, who was 'sworn in' as president in an unofficial ceremony ten days ago, has presented members of his cabinet to the people and… Read more »
Africa: Africa Must Accelerate Regional Integration - Amoako
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"Africa must truly unite and speed up the pace of regional integration." That is the message of the third African Development Forum (ADF III), organised by the United Nations'… Read more »
March 02, 2002
Madagascar: Opposition Defies Martial Law, Rival President Appoints Cabinet
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Opposition leader Marc Ravalomanana, sworn in as president in an unofficial ceremony over a week ago, appointed a rival cabinet on Friday, increasing pressure on the embattled… Read more »
March 01, 2002
Africa: Rock Star Bono's Agenda For Africa
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"It's your melody, I'm gonna try and sing it," Bono, the lead singer of the rock band, U2, told a group of advocates for Africa at the headquarters of the charity, Africare, in… Read more »
Africa: 'Ecowas Can Point the Way Forward'
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Much is being made of the idea that, come the African Union, there will be greater commitment among member countries to end regional conflicts. But little has been said about… Read more »
Africa: 'The Boundaries Are Holding Us Back' [interview]
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While many can see the attractions of panAfrican institutions - like an African parliament, or Supreme Court - as part of the African Union, the practical arrangements are… Read more »
February 28, 2002
Africa: Panel Selects the Continent's 'Best Books'
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After days of debate at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Accra, Ghana, a 17-person jury has selected the best 100 books from Africa written in the 20th century. They considered more than… Read more »