January 16, 2001
Congo-Kinshasa: Shooting In Kinshasa, Fate Of Kabila Uncertain
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In the Democratic Republic of the Congo today, President Laurent Kabila was reportedly shot during a 30-minute gun battle at the presidential palace. Wire services later reported a… Read more »
January 12, 2001
Ghana: Kufuor's First Week [analysis]
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The people of Ghana are busy assessing the first week in power of President John Agyekum Kufuor who was sworn in on Sunday 7 January and immediately set to work. Read more »
January 11, 2001
Ghana: Key Members Of Incoming Government Named
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Ghana's new president, John Agyekum Kufuor, has named key members of his incoming government, including the ministers of defence, finance, foreign affairs, interior and justice. Read more »
January 08, 2001
Nigeria: Slow Pace Of Privatisation Worries Stock Exchange
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The Nigerian Stock Exchange on Monday expressed dismay over the slow pace of the government's privatisation programme during the year 2000, and warned that a long and drawn out… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Gbagbo Government Looks For Culprits Behind Coup Attempt [analysis]
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What exactly is going on in Cote d'Ivoire? Another mutiny over pay? Disgruntled elements in a divided army? Disaffected northerners? The spectre of the ousted head of state,… Read more »
January 07, 2001
Africa: Regional Leaders Hail Democratic Transition
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African leaders present for the swearing-in of Ghana?s new president, John Agyekum Kufuor, have praised Ghana for its transition, for the first time, from one elected president,… Read more »
Ghana: Ghanaians Have Come Home Says Kufuor
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John Agyekum Kufuor has been sworn in as the fourth president of Ghana in a colourful ceremony attended by four west African heads of state and the deputy president of South… Read more »
Ghana: Inaugural Speech By Ghana President [document]
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Today, President John Agyekum Kufuor, the fourth president of the Republic of Ghana, spoke at Independence Square, Accra, after he and the vice president, Alhaji Aliu Mahma were… Read more »
Ghana: Kufuor Salutes The Nation's Women
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The new president of Ghana, John Agyekum Kufuor, has praised the women of Ghana and promised to create a new ministry of women?s affairs, which will also be a cabinet position. Read more »
January 05, 2001
Nigeria: Supply Of Petroleum Products Threatened, Says Report
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Supply of petroleum products in Nigeria is "threatened to atrophy," and only a comprehensive programme leading to deregulation of the industry can save it, says a Special Committee… Read more »
Ghana: Busy Week Of Settling In For President-Elect
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This has been a short, but busy, working week for the newly elected president of Ghana, John Kufuor, who is to be sworn in as head of state on Sunday after his presidential… Read more »
January 04, 2001
Nigeria: Power Authority To Approve Importation Of Electricity Generating Sets
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In a show of confidence in its plans to rescue the power sector, the Nigerian government Thursday announced that importation of electricity generating sets now has to be approved… Read more »
Ghana: We're A Regional Pace-Setter, Says Kufuor
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In the third and final part of his interview with allAfrica.com correspondent Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, Ghana's president-elect John Agyekum Kufuor discusses tackling corruption in… Read more »
January 03, 2001
Ghana: Austerity, Discipline Necessary For Economic Recovery Says Kufuor [interview]
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In the second part of his interview with allAfrica.com correspondent Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, Ghana's president-elect John Agyekum Kufuor promises he will develop efficient,… Read more »
January 02, 2001
Ghana: "Securing The State" Top Priority, Says Ghana's Kufuor [interview]
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In a wide-ranging interview with allAfrica.com correspondent Ofeibea Quist-Arcton at his Accra residence, the newly elected president of Ghana, John Agyekum Kufuor declared that… Read more »
January 01, 2001
Ghana: New Year Brings New Era to Ghana
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Ghana is starting the year 2001 at the dawn of a new era, with a new president, John Agyekum Kufuor. The victory of the opposition party candidate ends almost twenty years… Read more »
December 31, 2000
Ghana: Ghana's Democratic Transfer Of Power Hailed Internationally
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The election of Ghana's new president, John Agyekum Kufuor, marks the first time in Ghana's history that one elected government has been voted out of office and another voted in to… Read more »
December 29, 2000
Ghana: Kufuor Poised For Victory In Ghana's Run-off Election
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Ghana's opposition presidential candidate, John Kufuor, has taken a commanding lead after Thursday's run off election, which was marred by intimidation and some violence. Read more »
December 28, 2000
Ghana: Chequered Start To Second Round Presidential Poll
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The second and decisive round of voting in Ghana's presidential election got off to a chequered start in the capital, Accra, where there were reports of intimidation and violence… Read more »
Ghana: Rawlings Speaks Out On Continuing Violence Against Women
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As Ghanaians prepare for Thursday's second round of voting to usher in a new administration, outgoing President Jerry Rawlings addressed the nation on national radio and… Read more »
December 20, 2000
Africa: National Summit On Africa Struggles To Survive
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For most of the 10 months that have followed last February's National Summit on Africa, uncertainty about the future has hovered over the body that grew out of the 5-day meeting. Read more »
Ghana: Thirtieth Woman Dies In Three-Year Series Of Mystery Killings
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There is rising anger in Ghana after the discovery of yet another murdered woman - the 30th to be found in three years around the metropolitan area of the capital, Accra. Read more »
Nigeria: Tackling The Niger Delta's Problems - With Oil
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The government in Abuja has announced that several marginal oil fields in the Niger Delta which have remained unexploited for years are to be put to good use. They are to be… Read more »
December 17, 2000
Ghana/Tunisia: Hearts Win Hearts And Minds In Accra
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Despite trouble in the stadium, there are no broken hearts in Ghana this Sunday and the mood in the Accra is euphoric as fans of Hearts of Oak celebrate triumph over Esperance of… Read more »
December 11, 2000
West Africa: Why Geoge Soros Wants To Help West Africa [interview]
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The Nigerian capital, Abuja, saw the launch, Monday, of the second African initiative of Hungarian philanthropist and businessman, George Soros - a regional organization to boost… Read more »