May 21, 2001
Africa: Powell Undertakes Four-Nation Africa Assessment Tour
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Secretary of State Colin Powell leaves Tuesday night for a four-nation visit to Africa, where he will have an "opportunity to assess some of the changes that are occurring in… Read more »
Africa: UN Conference On Poor Countries Plays Safe, Limits Goals
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An air of anxiety pervaded debate at the UN's Conference on Least Developed Countries in Brussels last week. Was this going to end up as irrelevant as the UN's previous two LDC… Read more »
May 17, 2001
Nigeria: Abuja to Seek Further Debt Reduction from Paris Club
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Nigeria is to seek more substantive debt relief from the Paris Club of private sector creditors, according to Philip Asiodu, Chief Economic Adviser to President Olusegun Obasanjo. Read more »
Africa: Focusing Foreign Policy on Health Issues
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Two prestigious U.S. policy groups are calling for health issues to have a higher priority in foreign policy and national security planning. Read more »
May 16, 2001
Africa: Washington Announces Africa Initiative
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A U.S. sub-Saharan African Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum is being established, and foreign, finance, and trade ministers from 35 African nations will meet in Washington in… Read more »
Nigeria: Rules for Private Ownership in Petroleum Sector Coming Soon - Obasanjo
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Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo announced here Tuesday that his government will soon issue guidelines on the establishment of private refineries, new pipeline networks and… Read more »
May 14, 2001
Nigeria: Interview With President Olusegun Obasanjo [interview]
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Over the weekend, Charles Cobb, Jr. and Reed Kramer interviewed Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo at Blair House, the Presidential Guest House across the street from the White… Read more »
Africa: Better Living Standards Key To Democracy Says Obasanjo
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There must be a "democracy dividend" that enhances the material quality of life, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo said in an interview with allAfrica.com before leaving the… Read more »
May 11, 2001
Nigeria: In Sync On Global AIDS Fight And More, Say Bush, Obasanjo, Annan
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On the second day of his "working" visit to the United States, Nigerian President Olusegun Obansanjo met with President George Bush, African-American leaders, World Bank and IMF… Read more »
May 10, 2001
Africa: Africa - Mother of Us All
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"The 'Out of Africa' hypothesis suggests that anatonomically modern humans originated in Africa about 100,000 years ago and then spread outward, and completely replaced local… Read more »
May 09, 2001
Nigeria: Bush, Obasanjo To Discuss Shape Of Africa Policy
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Debt, democracy, HIV/AIDS, regional stability and defense, as well as oil, economic reform and bi-lateral cooperation are all on an extensive agenda during two days of talks… Read more »
May 08, 2001
Africa: Tanzania President Appeals for End to African Conflicts
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Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa has called on African leaders to exhibit political will in a bid to end the many conflicts on the continent. Read more »
Nigeria: Why Shell Finds It Hard to Leave the Ogonis Behind
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A spokesperson from the Houston-based Boots & Coots International Well Control likened Sunday's occurrence in Ogoniland, Nigeria to "typical procedure". Read more »
Nigeria: Oil Blow-Out Worsens Shell's Future in Ogoniland [analysis]
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Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) of Nigeria finally managed to cap the oil gushing from one of its wells in Ogoniland at the weekend, but the well's blow-out and the… Read more »
May 07, 2001
Congo-Kinshasa: Wamba dia Wamba Removed, Say Dissidents
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The messy Congo-Kinshasa political situation became messier Monday as John Tibasima Atenyi, a Vice President of the Bunia-based rebel movement Congolese Rally for Democracy,… Read more »
May 04, 2001
Congo-Kinshasa: Dispute Over UN Congo Report Clouds Peace Effort
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The governments of Uganda and Rwanda are denouncing a United Nations report written by a "Panel of Experts" on the exploitation of natural resources in the Democratic Republic of… Read more »
May 01, 2001
Africa: Bank, Fund Pledge To Fight Disease And Poverty
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Combating the spread of infectious diseases, especially HIV/AIDS and the spread of poverty, are of primary concern, financial officials said at the close of the spring meeting of… Read more »
April 29, 2001
South Africa: Firefighter or Hatchet-Man? A Profile of Steven Tshwete [analysis]
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The Minister of Safety and Security is the man at the heart of the current political row in South Africa. He made the controversial announcement on Tuesday 24 April that three… Read more »
South Africa: Veteran Anti-Apartheid Politician 'Disappointed' in Mbeki [interview]
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Helen Suzman is a former member of Parliament for the Democratic Party, now the opposition Democratic Alliance, in South Africa. She spent 36 years in Parliament in opposition to… Read more »
Africa: IMF, Bank Are Finally Listening, Say African Finance Ministers [analysis]
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African anger over tough and "dogmatic" conditions imposed by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund is absent from the Bretton Woods institutions' spring meetings for the… Read more »
Africa: Nearly Half Sub-Saharan Africa's Population Live in 'Extreme Poverty'
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Nearly half the people living in Sub-Saharan Africa are living in conditions of extreme poverty, the World Bank reported today in its annual survey of world development. Read more »
April 27, 2001
Africa: Demands for Change Expected to Dominate Spring Meetings of World Bank/IMF
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Faltering economic growth worldwide will frame discussion about strategies for poverty and debt reduction among finance ministers and bankers gathering this weekend for the spring… Read more »
Africa: African Leaders Declare War on AIDS
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African leaders ended a two-day summit on HIV/AIDS and related infectious diseases with a pledge to wage war on the diseases and their consequences. The summit aimed to articulate… Read more »
Africa: African Union to Take Effect In May
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The proposed African Union will have legal treaty status from May, 26, 2001, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) said in a press statement here Friday. Read more »
Africa: Cold Comfort for Africa in World Economic Outlook - IMF
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The International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook report has predicted a sharp slowdown in the global economy, but says it will not have a major impact on Africa where the… Read more »
