February 23, 2001
Africa: Ouagadougou Opens Its Arms To Africa's Film Community
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Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, is putting the finishing touches to preparations for the 17th edition of Fespaco 2001, the biennial Festival of Pan African Film and… Read more »
February 21, 2001
Africa: US AIDS Drug Policy Likely To Remain Unchanged
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Despite opposition from congressional Republicans, the Bush administration indicated Tuesday that it will not reverse a Clinton executive order that makes it easier for poor… Read more »
February 16, 2001
Nigeria: Government Teams Up With U.S. Firms For Another LNG Plant
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Four American oil companies Friday teamed up with the Nigerian government to conduct a feasibility study for the establishment of an LNG plant, which would be Nigeria's second. Read more »
Ghana: Ghanaians Assess President's State Of The Union Speech
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As Ghanaians prepare to unwind this weekend, everyone is still talking about the first State of the Nation address given by the new president, John Agyekum Kufuor, on Thursday.… Read more »
Nigeria: No End To Fuel Scarcity Yet In Sight
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Most Nigerians are sure about one thing; they have not heard the last about the crippling fuel shortage under which the country has laboured for over three weeks now. Read more »
February 15, 2001
Africa: Multinational Encounters Explore Race Issues
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A multinational project to explore issues of peace and justice has brought together South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu and US historian John Hope Franklin. One result is a… Read more »
Africa: Long-Awaited Africa Documentary On Democracy
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"I loved Eyes on the Prize when I saw it," says Onyekachi Wambu, producer, director and writer of a two-hour documentary, Hopes on the Horizon, broadcast on PBS stations this… Read more »
February 12, 2001
Guinea: United Nations Refugee Chief Visits Crisis Area
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The newly-appointed United Nations' High Commissioner for Refugees, Ruud Lubbers, arrived over the weekend in Guinea to assess the plight of hundreds of thousands of refugees who… Read more »
South Africa: Mbeki Taps Top IT Execs to Battle Digital Divide
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In an initiative designed to overcome the global digital divide, South African President Thabo Mbeki has reached out to leading technology figures, including five from the United… Read more »
West Africa: Thousands of Refugees Again Fleeing Attacks in Southwest Guinea
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As many as 25,000 people set out on foot from the Nyaedou camp in southwest Guinea over the weekend, headed northwards. An estimated 15,000 to 20,000 refugees who fled Nyaedou have… Read more »
February 09, 2001
Guinea: Thousands Fleeing Guinea Border Area
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Thousands of refugees and displaced Guineans are on the move in the southwest region of Guinea following renewed fighting in the town of Gueckedou on Friday. Read more »
February 08, 2001
Africa: A "Continental Strategy" For Building Africa Infrastructure Needed - Wade [interview]
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In the final part of the interview Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade details his architectural vision for the Dakar, capital city of the West African nation he leads, and… Read more »
Africa: Genocide Perpetrated By Mother Nature
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As the AIDS toll mounted in Africa, health and development agencies around the world began to realize that their metrics for calculating progress needed a drastic overhaul. No… Read more »
February 07, 2001
Senegal: Some Success Fighting HIV/AIDS But "We Are Living A Tragedy In Africa Now," Says President [interview]
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In the second part of his interview, President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal discusses his nation's highly praised campaign against HIV/AIDS. According to the United Nations, Senegal… Read more »
February 06, 2001
Senegal: Investigation Into Killing Ordered [interview]
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President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal has been in power for almost one year, since defeating Abdou Diouf in March 2000. Diouf had been president of Senegal for 20 years and was… Read more »
February 05, 2001
Senegal: Students Force High-Level Response After Shooting
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In the wake of a campus shooting, student leaders in Senegal have scheduled a gathering for Thursday at the national university to report to their constituents about their Tuesday… Read more »
Central Africa: A Moment For Peace?
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Following visits to Washington and New York by two young leaders -- principal combatants in Africas largest conflict, U.S. officials and other specialists say they have guarded… Read more »
Africa: AllAfrica Global Media and BBC World Service Announce Collaboration [press release]
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AllAfrica Global Media, which operates the leading Africa site on the World Wide Web, has signed a strategic agreement with the British Broadcasting Corporation. Under the… Read more »
West Africa: Amputees Find Work, Aid in Sierra Leone
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Victims of Sierra Leone's rebel terror campaign are being employeed by international agencies to help care for the flood of refugees returning home from camps in the unstable… Read more »
February 02, 2001
Africa: Black History Month: Book Illustrates Links Between US Movements And Africa
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Radical Equations: Math Literacy and Civil Rights Robert P. Moses and Charles E. Cobb, Jr. Beacon Press Order from Amazon.com Read more »
Africa: Africa Helped Shape Our Consciousness
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Toward the end of the 1960s, many of us who had been involved in the southern civil rights movement were looking for ideas. New ideas seemed scarce in America just at the moment we… Read more »
February 01, 2001
Africa: Saying Africa is 'Undervalued', Senator to Ask Bush for Positive Signal of Interest
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Although Africa has been "undervalued and underestimated," U.S. trade relations with the continent should experience a "dramatic increase", a leading Republican Senator told… Read more »
January 31, 2001
Guinea: Sierra Leone Refugees Face Hard Choices
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More than 450,000 refugees from Sierra Leone and Liberia face life-and-death choices as conflict in their countries continues to spill across borders. Read more »
Mali: Mali Stumble As Africa Recovers In Meridian Cup
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Mali have suffered another heavy defeat at the Under-17 Meridian Cup in Bari, as African teams revive from their nightmarish start against their European counterparts. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Clubs Ordered To Play Behind Closed Doors
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The Zimbabwe Football Association has ordered three top clubs to play their first matches of the 2001 season in empty stadiums, following violent clashes that marred their games… Read more »
