March 15, 2001
South Africa: Drug Company Makes Key Concession in Generic Drug Dispute
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As part of what it calls an "accelerated program to fight HIV/Aids in Africa," the international pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb has decided not to fight the manufacture… Read more »
March 14, 2001
West Africa: 'Charles Taylor is a Regional Danger' Say Legislators
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Testifying before a crowded Congressional hearing, Senator Russ Feingold (D - WI) placed the Liberian regime of Charles Taylor "at the heart" of a "deeply disturbing trend"… Read more »
March 13, 2001
Nigeria: First Phase of Privatisation to be Completed Next Week
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Processes involved in the first phase of Nigeria?s privatisation will be completed next week, with the allotment of shares in the companies involved, the Director General of the… Read more »
March 09, 2001
Nigeria: Views Differ On Planned Deregulation Policy
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Different viewpoints met head on Friday as Nigeria's Senate began public hearings on the planned deregulation of petroleum products pricing. Read more »
Africa: Powell Selects Kansteiner for Africa Post
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Secretary of State Colin Powell has tapped Walter H. Kansteiner III, who served on the former Bush foreign policy team, for the department's senior Africa post. Read more »
March 08, 2001
South Africa: How to Rock the Boat Without Tipping it Over - The Challenge for Women
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On the occasion of International Women's Day, South Africa's ambassador to Washington D.C., Sheila Sisulu, granted allAfrica.com an interview about the progress - or otherwise - of… Read more »
Africa: World Bank, IMF Strike Optomistic Tone On Economic Progess
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Africa is positioned for significant economic and social progress as leaders on the continent step forward to shoulder responsibility for improving conditions, said World Bank and… Read more »
March 07, 2001
Nigeria: Bullish Market Defies High Interest Rate Offered by the Central Bank
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Expectations of high returns on stocks and investor confidence in some sectors have buoyed the Nigerian capital market, despite efforts by the country?s central bank to mop up… Read more »
March 06, 2001
South Africa: Drug Companies Refused to Talk to Us, Says Ambassador
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According to Sheila Sisulu, South African Ambassador to the United States, her government has always been willing to talk with pharmaceutical companies opposed to 1997 legislation… Read more »
March 05, 2001
Africa: AllAfrica Global Media and Afcom International Agree to an Alliance [press release]
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AllAfrica Global Media, the largest distributor of African news and information worldwide, has signed a strategic agreement with Afcom International, a Fairfax, VA based… Read more »
South Africa: Marchers Protest International Pharmaceutical Giants As Drug Companies Go To Court
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As several thousand AIDS activists took to the streets of Pretoria carrying signs that said "Lives before profits," global drug giants went to court seeking to prevent the South… Read more »
March 04, 2001
Africa: Coveted Fespaco Prize Goes to Moroccan Director
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The moving and gut-wrenching tale of survival among a group of grubby, smelly street children in Casablanca, Morocco - who beg, sell cigarettes and homemade shell necklaces, sniff… Read more »
March 03, 2001
Africa: Tensions Cloud Last Days of Film Festival
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The 17th edition of Fespaco, the pan African festival of film and television in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - and the largest such event on the continent -- is coming to the end… Read more »
March 02, 2001
Nigeria: Workers Threaten Renewed Conflict Over Fuel Price Hikes
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The Nigerian authorities may clash yet again with workers over a planned deregulation of the oil industry, seen now by ordinary Nigerians as just another name for price increases… Read more »
Nigeria: "Significant" Progress Against Drug Traffickers, Says State Department Official
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Although Nigeria remains a "worldwide hub" of narcotics trafficking and money-laundering, last year "it made a significant step forward," in the international war against… Read more »
March 01, 2001
Africa: 'Journey to Ouaga': A Comedy - and a Tragedy
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Voyage a Ouaga (Journey to Ouaga) is the title of a movie in competition at the 17th edition of the pan African film festival in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. It is a comedy about a… Read more »
Africa: The Other Reason for Going to Fespaco - to Shop
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Africans from all over the continent, and visitors from other parts of the world, have converged in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso this week, to attend the 17th edition… Read more »
February 28, 2001
Sudan: Report Recommends Policy To End Fighting
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An international task force put together by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has released policy recommendations that it says will end the… Read more »
February 27, 2001
Africa: Fespaco Gears Up With Two Movie Hits
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The 17th pan-African film and television festival, which opened in the Burkinabe capital Ouagadougou on Saturday, came into its own on Monday night. The festival was in full… Read more »
Mozambique: Weather Worsens, Flood Crisis Deepens
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Hard rains continue to fall as Mozambique's government urges the more than 80,000 people in the towns of Marromeu and Luabo downstream from the rapidly filling Cahorra Bassa dam to… Read more »
February 26, 2001
Africa: Ai Keita Yara - From Queen to Soothsayer, From Celluloid to Video
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You cannot miss Ai Keita Yara. She could easily pass for a queen. She is tall, dark and regal with a commanding presence, just as one would imagine an imposing African monarch of… Read more »
Africa: Human Rights Commissions Often Silent, Have Little Effect
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In a major new study released February 22, Human Rights Watch charges that although government sponsored human rights commissions have grown across Africa they have not for the… Read more »
February 25, 2001
Africa: Gala Opening for Africa's Premiere Film Festival
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A stunning performance by the Senegalese musical superstar, Youssou N'Dour, stole the show at the opening of the 17th edition of the Pan African Festival of Film and Television of… Read more »
February 24, 2001
Africa: Gabonese Film, "The Elephants Balls," Opens Fespaco
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The Gabonese director of the movie "Les Couilles de l?Elephant" (The Elephant?s Balls), which opens Fespaco 2001, the 17th pan-African festival of film and television, calls his… Read more »
February 23, 2001
Nigeria: Licence Row Tarnishes Success of GSM Auction [analysis]
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For Mike Adenuga, the successful conclusion of bidding for GSM licences January 19,2001, was the "most transparent they have done in Nigeria. I doff my hat for President Obasanjo… Read more »
