August 26, 2002
Africa: Sustainable Development Summit Opens With Calls to Action
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The World Summit on Sustainable Development has opened in Johannesburg with exhortations from South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki and its secretary general, Nitin Desai, to end… Read more »
Africa: Focus on Accountability and Responsibility for Results [interview]
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Ten years after the Earth Summit in Rio, the United Nations is hosting another global meeting to discuss strategies for development that are environmentally, socially and… Read more »
August 25, 2002
Liberia: Key Opposition Figures Stay Away From Monrovia Reconciliation Meeting
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As the Liberian government opened its National Reconciliation Conference? in Monrovia, Saturday, with most key members of the opposition absent, the organizers were insistent that… Read more »
August 23, 2002
Africa: 'Alarm Bells' Should Be Ringing About the Impact of Global Warming in Africa [interview]
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The changes in the global climate, commonly known as global warming, are having devastating consequences in Africa. A report published this week by the World Wildlife Fund states… Read more »
Africa: Africa Must Not Be "Marginalized in Johannesburg", Says Summit Official [interview]
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African heads of state must work together at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) to make a strong case that the continent's needs are a global concern, says Jan… Read more »
August 19, 2002
Central Africa: Africa Turning A Corner On Conflicts - Kansteiner
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Two of Africa's most intractable conflicts appear to be inching toward resolution, according to Walter H. Kansteiner, III, the U.S. assistant secretary of State for African… Read more »
August 16, 2002
Egypt: No New Aid To Egypt Because Of Jailed Activist, Says Bush
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In a letter to Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, President George Bush has said he will oppose any new aid to Egypt to protest the imrisonement of human rights activists Saad Eddin… Read more »
August 13, 2002
Ghana: Ex-President Rawlings Questioned Over Call for 'Defiance'
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Ghana?s former president, Jerry Rawlings, was questioned Tuesday by the country's national security agency over comments he made urging Ghanaians to "defy" the government of his… Read more »
Africa: Call for 'Sense of Urgency' as Johannesburg Summit Approaches
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Actual progress on the ground is far slower than hoped and in many cases we are going backwards, Nitin Desai, Secretary-General of the World Summit on Sustainable Development… Read more »
August 11, 2002
Senegal: Brief Rain Fails to Dent Drought and Famine Threat
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'Alhamdoulillah? ('Thank God') is the prayer of most Senegalese after the first rains in almost a month fell on Saturday night in the capital, Dakar and other parts of the country. Read more »
August 10, 2002
Africa: Tanzania Minister Denies S.African Domination of Nepad [interview]
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One of the decisions at the recent summit of the African Union (AU) in Durban, South Africa was that the regional implementation commissions of the New Partnership for Africa?s… Read more »
Africa: Gabon Minister Says AU Rules May Need to Be More Flexible [interview]
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Gabon was one of the most senior member states of the now defunct Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was replaced by the African Union (AU) in early July, after 30 years as… Read more »
August 09, 2002
Zimbabwe: Deadline Passed, Farmers On Nervous Weekend Watch
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Farmers who stay on their farms despite government orders to leave will face punishment by law, warned Zimbabwe's Vice-President, Joseph Msika, speaking on state television Friday. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Tense US Debate Pits Ambassador Against the Rest
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Argument about the direction in which President Mugabe and his Zanu-PF party have taken Zimbabwe continues to rage in many parts of the world, with some arguing that his… Read more »
August 08, 2002
Zimbabwe: Farmers Reprieved by Court Decision
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A Zimbabwe High Court decision Wednesday appears to have given hundreds of white farmers, ordered by the government to leave their land, a last-minute reprieve. Read more »
Central Africa: Hutus Can be Disarmed in 90 Days if Congo is Serious, Says Rwanda [interview]
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In a peace deal reached last week, the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo promised to disarm and arrest thousands of Hutu rebels, or interahamwe, and ex-members of the… Read more »
August 07, 2002
Rwanda: Fugitive War Criminals Moving Across The Region
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War criminals sought by the the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda "transit" between countries in the region, according to Pierre-Richard Prosper, U.S. ambassador at large… Read more »
August 05, 2002
Africa: News From Allafrica
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It has been a busy and challenging season at AllAfrica Global Media, the parent of allAfrica.com. We are an African ICT (information and communication technology) company,… Read more »
August 01, 2002
Angola: UN Head Calls for Urgent Action to Avert Angolan Disaster
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In a report released today at UN Headquarters in New York. United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has proposed the creation of a new United Nations mission for Angola,… Read more »
July 31, 2002
Zimbabwe: U.S. Zimbabwe Emergency Food Dispute Settled
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The United States and Zimbabwe have reached agreement on supplying emergency food to the famine-stricken southern African nation, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Africa… Read more »
Africa: Women Must be Equals in AU, says SA Parliamentary Speaker
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One of the historic but little publicised decisions at the recent summit of the African Union in Durban, South Africa was that five of the 10 commissioners - who will make up the… Read more »
Central Africa: Pretoria Pact "A Positive Step", Says Rwandan President [interview]
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"Without peace in this region, without peace and development in central Africa we couldn't possibly talk about peace in the rest of Africa". The words of the South African… Read more »
Central Africa: Kabila Says He Wants Peace and Will Get It [interview]
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The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo says he is optimistic about the latest South African and United Nations' brokered peace initiative to end the war in his country,… Read more »
July 30, 2002
Central Africa: Kabila And Kagame Sign Ambitious Congo Peace Deal
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South African President Thabo Mbeki described the signing Tuesday of a highly ambitious peace accord between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda as "a bright day for the… Read more »
Africa: 'Momentum' in Sudan, 'First Step' In Congo/Rwanda Conflict - Kansteiner
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The security pact signed Tuesday in Pretoria, South Africa by President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwandan President Paul Kagame is "a terrific… Read more »
