October 22, 2000
South Africa: Journalists Honored In U.S.
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Mpumalanga journalists Justin Arenstein and Sharon Hammond received the prestigious Knight International Press Fellowship Award this week for their contributions to international… Read more »
October 21, 2000
Cote d'Ivoire: Gbagbo A 'Self-Serving Traitor' Say Ouattara's Supporters [analysis]
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"Peace is not a word, it is a way of life". That was a favourite phrase of the founding father of independent Ivory Coast, Felix Houphouet Boigny, who fostered his image as a man… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Guei Ends Campaign As He Began - Quietly
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General Robert Guei, the military leader of Cote D'Ivoire ended his presidential election campaign as he started it, quietly carrying out his daily functions of head of state. … Read more »
October 19, 2000
Nigeria: I.K Dairo Another Giant of African Music [music review]
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Artist: I.K.Dairo CD: Definitive Dairo (1996) Label: Xenophile Read more »
October 17, 2000
Burundi: Accord Won't Bring Peace Says Award-Winning Journalist
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For Agnes Nindorera, the Burundi peace accord reached in Arusha, Tanzania this past August, is not likely to bring peace. "The main militias were not there and did not sign it.… Read more »
October 10, 2000
Africa: Still No U.S. Money For UN Peacekeeping In Africa
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As Congress nears recess, all money for peackeeping missions in Africa remain zeroed out of a U.S. House of Representatives appropriations bill for fiscal year 2001 that provides… Read more »
October 09, 2000
Cote d'Ivoire: Candidates Appeal To Democracy - After Rivals Excluded [analysis]
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It wasn't exactly the kind of disturbance everyone was expecting, but heads quickly turned to see what was coming down the Rue des Jardins in one of Abidjan's wealthiest suburbs on… Read more »
Somalia: Djibouti Deal Won't Bring Peace, Says Somaliland Foreign Minister
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Mohamoud Saleh Nur, Foreign Minister of Somaliland, the tiny self-proclaimed northern republic that broke away from Somalia in 1991, predicts that the Djibouti Peace and… Read more »
October 06, 2000
Cote d'Ivoire: Abidjan Holds Its Breath
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Residents of Cote d?Ivoire on Friday were nervously awaiting the announcement, expected by Saturday night, of the list of candidates eligible to contest the presidential election… Read more »
October 05, 2000
Tanzania: Dense Tapestries of Sound By Hukwe Zawose [music review]
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Artist: Hukwe Zawose CD: Tanzania Yetu (Triple Earth, 1985) CD: Chibite (Real World/Caroline Carol 2358-2, 1996) Read more »
Mali: Mandingo Blues With Mama Sissoko [music review]
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Artiste: Mama Sissoko CD: Soleil De Minuit (Buda Music, June 2000) Read more »
October 04, 2000
Mali: Boubacar Traor? Singing Straight From The Heart [music review]
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Artist: Boubacar Traor? Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Folkloric Music With Soukous Attitude By Sw?d? Sw?d? [music review]
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Artist: Sw?d? Sw?d? CD title: Toleki Bango (Miles Ahead) Label:Crammed Records Date: 1991 Read more »
Africa: AIDS In Africa: Handling The Crisis-
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A Forum On AIDS In Africa Read more »
October 03, 2000
Sudan: The Recycling of a Nubian Classic by Hamza El-Din [music review]
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Artist: Hamza El-Din CD title: Escalay Label: Nonesuch Explorer Series Date: 1998 (orig 1971) Read more »
October 01, 2000
Nigeria: Forty Years On - A View From Abroad [analysis]
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No one wants a return to colonial rule, but no one expected Nigeria to be in the straits it finds itself today, 40 years after the British flag was lowered and a new independent… Read more »
Ethiopia/Kenya: Africa Sweeps Marathon
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Africans again swept the field in a major Olympic athletic event on Sunday, taking all three medals in the men's marathon. Read more »
September 30, 2000
Africa: Athletes Scoop Up Seven Medals
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Africa again had a clean sweep in a long-distance race Saturday, when her runners took all three medals in the men's 5,000m race. Her athletes won two medals in the women's 10,000m… Read more »
Cameroon: Gold For Cameroon!
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In a thrilling climax to the Olympic soccer competition, Cameroon's young Lions won the gold medal in Sydney on Saturday when they came back from a 0-2 deficit at the end of the… Read more »
Nigeria: Views From The Grassroots: The Teacher
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Independent Nigeria is forty this weekend and many will be celebrating the nation's arrival at an age that traditionally marks the shift from young adulthood to maturity. But is it… Read more »
Nigeria: Views From The Grassroots: The Businessman
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Independent Nigeria is forty years old and many will be celebrating the nation's arrival at an age that traditionally marks the shift from young adulthood to maturity. But is it a… Read more »
Nigeria: Views From The Grassroots: The Retired Civil Servant
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Independent Nigeria is forty years old and many will be celebrating the nation's arrival at an age that traditionally marks the shift from young adulthood to maturity. But is it a… Read more »
Nigeria: Views From The Grassroots: The Young Dreamer
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Independent Nigeria is forty years old and many will be celebrating the nation's arrival at an age that traditionally marks the shift from young adulthood to maturity. But is it a… Read more »
Nigeria: Views From The Grassroots: The Unemployed Graduate
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Independent Nigeria is forty years old and many will be celebrating the nation's arrival at an age that traditionally marks the shift from young adulthood to maturity. But is it a… Read more »
Nigeria: Views From The Grassroots: The Nurse
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Independent Nigeria is forty years old and many will be celebrating the nation's arrival at an age that traditionally marks the shift from young adulthood to maturity. But is it a… Read more »