July 25, 2001
Sierra Leone: 'Annan Will Meet Cash Target for War Crimes Court'
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UN Secretary General Kofi Annan will get the money he wants for the Sierra Leone war crimes tribunal, predict sources within a congressional bipartisan coalition that has been… Read more »
South Africa: Mandela Cancer 'Won't Shorten His Life'
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The news that former South African president, Nelson Mandela, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, has drawn widespread messages of support. Read more »
Senegal: The Lions that Roared and Revived a Nation's Soccer Dreams
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Saturday July 21st, 3:00 in the afternoon and the streets of Dakar are unusually empty. Anyone just arriving in town would think there was a security alert and the place was under… Read more »
July 18, 2001
Africa: "Digital Divide" Widest In Africa But Focus On "Digital Development," Conference Urged
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The African continent - home to one in eight of the world's people - has just one in 50 of the world's fixed line subscribers, one in 60 of the world's mobile cellular subscribers,… Read more »
July 17, 2001
Africa: Finding An African Shape For Technology [interview]
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Ministers of Communications from across Africa as well as directors of telecommunications companies from around the world are meeting in AFCOM 2001, the 10th telecommunications and… Read more »
July 13, 2001
Africa: More Peacekeepers, Capacity For Lethal Action Needed Africa Committee Told
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The number of international troops needed for effective peacekeeping in Africa is much larger than anything being considered now, the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on… Read more »
Algeria: "American Businessmen, Go To Algeria"- Bouteflika
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Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika discussed his talks with US President George Bush at a press conference Friday. Foremost among the issues raised, he said, is bilateral… Read more »
Africa: From OAU to AU - Whither Africa? [analysis]
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"This historic effort will require leadership, courage and willingness to depart from the ways of the past, if it is to do for Africa what the European Union has done for Europe". Read more »
July 12, 2001
Sudan: Assistance Chief To Sudan Stressing Assistance Now "Neutral"
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U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Andrew S. Natsios leaves Saturday on a 7-day mission to assess humanitarian needs in northern and southern Sudan. … Read more »
July 11, 2001
Sierra Leone: U.S. Money To UN For War Crimes Tribunal
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The United States will give US$5 million to a special United Nations fund toward the first year of operation of a projected war crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone. The administration… Read more »
Africa: Amara Essy - A New Man for OAU and Africa [analysis]
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Eight gruelling rounds of voting propelled the former foreign minister of C?te d?Ivoire, Amara Essy, into Africa's top job this week at the OAU summit. Read more »
Nigeria: Company Signs Agreement with Enron for Sale of Gas
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Nigeria LNG Limited has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Enron for the sale of liquefied natural gas (LNG), the company announced in a statement released to… Read more »
July 10, 2001
Libya: Al-Gaddafi Preaches To Zambian Students [document]
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A crowd of pro-Libya students assembled at the Mulungushi International Conference Centre in Lusaka, where the 37th summit of the OAU is being held and waited patiently on one of… Read more »
Africa: Libyan Leader Wows Students In Lusaka
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A crazy convoy raced through the streets of Lusaka on Tuesday, hunting for The Guide of the Revolution, the name that has become synonymous with the Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar… Read more »
Senegal: Brigade Level Peacekeeping Exercise Begins, Questions Continue
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A brigade-level training exercise conducted by the United States European Command as part of the African Crisis Response Initiative (ACRI) program got underway Monday in Senegal.… Read more »
July 09, 2001
Africa: Arms And Africa On UN Agenda This Week
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According to The East African newspaper published in Nairobi, Kenya, small arms trafficking along the Uganda, Sudan and Kenya borders has grown so much since 1986 that the cost of… Read more »
Africa: OAU Summit Hears Warnings of 'Oblivion' if Conflicts Continue
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The 37th annual summit of the Organisation of African Unity, which is likely to be the last, has opened in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, with delegates focused on the creation of a… Read more »
July 06, 2001
Senegal: Praise for AIDS Success - But the Struggle Continues
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Senegal estimates that 80 thousand of its people are living with HIV/AIDS and that three thousand have already died from the disease. By African standards, the rate of HIV… Read more »
Africa: "Global Apartheid" Says Africa Action Director [interview]
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This past spring a new organization - Africa Action - was formed through the merger of three of the oldest Africa advocacy groups in the United States. The oldest of these three… Read more »
July 04, 2001
Senegal: 'This Is My Whole Life'- A Scientist's Dedication To Defeating AIDS [interview]
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Senegal's low HIV infection rate is the envy of other African nations and has been attributed to excellent and early planning as far back as the early 1980s. One thing that has… Read more »
Nigeria: Senior Staff Union Suspends Strike at Shell
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Members of Pengassan (the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria) who were on strike at the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria have suspended the… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Conflict Exacerbating Deaths From Preventable Causes [interview]
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Hosted by Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa, Congo President Joseph Kabila and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni met for two hours in Dar es Salaam Wednesday. It was the first… Read more »
July 03, 2001
Nigeria: Strike And Delta Unrest Force Shell To Declare 'Force Majeure'
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Faced with a strike by its senior employees and community disturbances in its operational areas, the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria was forced late on Monday to… Read more »
Nigeria: Agip Seeks To Pre-Qualify Contractors For Thermal Plant Project
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The Nigeria Agip Oil Company Limited says it is ready to pre-qualify contractors for the development of its 500-Mega Watt thermal plant, according to an announcement placed by the… Read more »
July 02, 2001
Tunisia: Tunisia's Human Rights Quandary
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The arrest on 26 June of Sihem Ben Sedrine, journalist and spokesperson for the National Council of liberties in Tunisia (CNLT), has yet again focused international attention on… Read more »
