February 18, 2002
Morocco: Moroccan Women Press For Change [interview]
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Earlier this month, the Africa Center for Strategic Studies organised a Senior Leader Seminar which brought together military and civilian leaders from all over Africa to discuss… Read more »
Africa: Low Commitment, No Cash - is the AU Any Different from the OAU?
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African politicians, technocrats, business people, NGOs and leading members of civil society are preparing for a key meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, at the start of March. They… Read more »
Africa: 'The AU's Parliament Cannot be Based in Tripoli'
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Chris Fomunyoh, Senior Associate for Africa at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs in Washington, DC, spends much of his working life monitoring and… Read more »
February 17, 2002
Africa: Is Africa Trying to Stand on South Africa's Shoulders?
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The end of apartheid, for many in Africa, seemed to promise a better economic future for the continent. For years, Africans north of the Limpopo had watched the apartheid regime… Read more »
February 15, 2002
Zimbabwe: Authorities Threaten EU Monitor's 'Tourist Visa', Top Journalist Flees
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Zimbabwe's authorities have denied withdrawing the tourist visa issued to the head of the European Union?s election observer mission, Pierre Schori. Read more »
February 14, 2002
Sudan: US Should "Supervise" Peace Talks - Foreign Minister
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Both the Khartoum government and SPLA rebels are willing to talk peace, but they won't sit down at the table unless the United States brings them together and supervises peace… Read more »
February 13, 2002
Africa: Helping Africa's Banks to Help Africa [interview]
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The Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations sponsored a conference in January 2002 in New York on the new role of banks in financing development in Africa. The… Read more »
February 12, 2002
Africa: 'Give Investors Confidence, or the African Union Will Fail'
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The African Union is about more than political structures. It should open the way for substantial expenditure on Africa's infrastructure, to facilitate intra-African trade and… Read more »
February 11, 2002
Congo-Kinshasa: Peace Talks Facilitator Hopeful About Sun City Talks
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In October 2001, representatives of the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and some of the rival rebel factions gathered in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, for the… Read more »
Africa: 'Skill Shortage, Low Commitment Will Hobble PanAfrican Parliament' [interview]
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Among the most exciting ideas of the African Union is the creation of a pan-African parliament made up of elected members from all over the continent and with real powers to shape… Read more »
Africa: Why the African Union Just Might Work [opinion]
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Forty years ago, when the Organization of African Unity was established, it passed off with little comment except for the realization that the leaders who established it did not… Read more »
February 10, 2002
Africa: 'The Leaders are Catching Up with the People' [interview]
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The launching of the African Union at the OAU's Lusaka Summit of the Heads of State and Government in July last year marks a major transition for Africa, an opportunity to move… Read more »
February 09, 2002
South Africa: Mbeki Speech Highlights Poverty, Disappoints on Aids, Zimbabwe
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"Vuk?Uzenzele! Arise and Act! The People?s Campaign!" Read more »
February 07, 2002
Africa: New Course For Transafrica [interview]
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Transafrica is selling its elegant building in Washington, DC. The money will help breathe new life into the organization which, its new president, Bill Fletcher has acknowledged,… Read more »
February 05, 2002
Africa: New Angola Peace Talks Possible - UN Africa Chief
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The MPLA government and Jonas Savimbi's armed movement, Unita appear ready for a new effort at peace talks to end Angola's almost 30-year civil war, United Nations… Read more »
Eritrea: National Assembly Endorses Press Clampdown, Sticks to One-Party System
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A report submitted to Eritrea's National Assembly says a total of 1,584 forums of discussion and debate were held in 298 places, taking a total of 5,075 hours to discuss the draft… Read more »
February 03, 2002
Zimbabwe: Critics Warn of Catastrophe if Mugabe 'Steals' Election [interview]
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Zimbabwe's election campaign is finally underway. President Robert Mugabe and his ruling party, Zanu-PF, face a challenge on March 9-10 from Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for… Read more »
February 01, 2002
Zimbabwe: 'Mugabe Has Militarised the Election Campaign' Say Critics
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A "system of semi-military command centers" has been set up at both national and provincial levels in Zimbabwe in order to ensure victory for President Robert Mugabe in forthcoming… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Tough Media Bill Passed as Presidential Election Race Begins
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Parliament in Zimbabwe passed a stringent new media bill Thursday, the same day President Robert Mugabe, 77, and his main opposition rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, 49, were registered… Read more »
Africa: Xymbol Announces 1.0 Release of XML::Comma Platform [press release]
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Washington, DC -- Xymbol, a leading provider of internet application development services created by AllAfrica Global Media, today announced the 1.0 release of its flagship… Read more »
January 31, 2002
Botswana: Public-Private Partnership Leads Fight Against HIV/Aids
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"The future of humanity is seriously threatened" by the Aids pandemic, Botswana Health Minister Joy Phumaphi told an audience at the Center for Strategic and International Studies… Read more »
Africa: Commonwealth Ministers Reject Call to Exclude Zimbabwe
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Commonwealth foreign ministers resisted British-backed calls, Wednesday, for the immediate suspension of Zimbabwe from the organisation. But they expressed deep concern about the… Read more »
January 21, 2002
Congo-Kinshasa: Goma Blast Kills Dozens as Thousands Return to Besieged Volcano City
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A fatal blast at a petrol station, set alight by burning lava from Mount Nyiragongo volcano in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), left dozens of people dead Monday in the… Read more »
Somalia: Somalia and the United States: A Long and Troubled History [guest column]
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The arrival of the film "Blackhawk Down" in cinemas in the United States and around the world reminded Americans that Somalia has never been far from the center of Washington's… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: 'Devastated Congo Needs More Help', Say Relief Agencies
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International humanitarian agencies need more help quickly if they are to adequately provide for the hundreds of thousands of displaced people who fled last week's eruption of… Read more »