August 28, 2000
Africa: US Supports UN Permanent Seat for the Africa
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The United Sates supports the granting of a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council to the African continent, President Bill Clinton said this weekend, during his… Read more »
Nigeria: Stay In The Union, Clinton Tells Nigerians
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U.S. President Clinton has told Nigerian leaders they should resist the temptation to leave the Union. Nigeria, he told them, should draw its strength from its ethnic, cultural and… Read more »
August 27, 2000
Burundi: Poor Prospects For Signing Of Full Burundi Accord In Tanzania
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Although former South African President Nelson Mandela just may pull a rabbit out of a hat, no one in the Clinton administration expects that agreement on a Burundi peace accord… Read more »
Nigeria: Diary Of A Summit - How Can We Help The West To 'Get It' About Africa? [opinion]
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Marie Nelson, head of the Rainbow Push Coalition's Washington DC bureau, is travelling with President Clinton's entourage. Read more »
August 26, 2000
Nigeria: Clinton Welcome Ceremony Curtailed By Security
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President Bill Clinton arrived in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, this morning for a two-day visit, accompanied by his daughter Chelsea and a large delegation of administration… Read more »
Nigeria: A Mountain Of Expectations Awaits Clinton
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In Pyakasa village, residents are anxiously awaiting the arrival of United States President, Bill Clinton with a long list of demands. Read more »
August 25, 2000
Nigeria: Why Is This Man Here?
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In Nigeria, where debate is a favorite national pastime, President Clinton is topic of the day. Read more »
August 24, 2000
Nigeria: Clinton Off To Nigeria, Tanzania This Weekend
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On the first day of his short but tightly- packed visit to Nigeria, aside from airport ceremonies that will include receiving a key to the city of Abuja, President Clinton will… Read more »
Nigeria: US Policy on Nigeria Dominated By Self-Interest, Critics Say
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The US has four policies on Nigeria, said African Affairs analyst Michael Fleshman this week: "Oil, oil, oil - and peacekeeping". Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria's Economy Ripe For Investment
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President Bill Clinton's three-day state visit to Nigeria promises to be a new tonic in reviving a relationship that went sour a few years ago. Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria: Chronology Of The Struggle For Stability And Democracy
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The forty years of independence for Africa's most populous nation have not been easy. Welding such a diverse community into a single nation with a stable political process is still… Read more »
August 23, 2000
Nigeria: Clinton Official Sets Broad Agenda For Nigeria Visit
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AllAfrica.com's Charlie Cobb spoke to Susan Rice, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs about President Clinton's imminent visit to Nigeria and Tanzania Read more »
August 09, 2000
South Africa: Ma Mofokeng: An Unsung Heroine For Women's Day
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An woman unknown to the vast majority of South Africans has won hearts and been dubbed the mother of the nation after appearing on a national radio show. Read more »
August 08, 2000
Mozambique: Snapshot Of A Nation Rebuilding Its Dreams
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The president's motorcade, numbering dozens of cars filled with local, national and foreign dignitaries, takes the detour that leads across a temporary bridge, crossing the mighty… Read more »
August 05, 2000
Cameroon: Floods Kill Three in Douala
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Floods affected thirty percent of the houses in Cameroon's economic capital, Douala, on Friday, following three days of severe torrential rains. Read more »
July 28, 2000
Africa: Global AIDS and Tuberculosis Relief Act Passes Unanimously
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The House unanimously approved the Global AIDS and Tuberculosis Relief Act of 2000 Thursday. The bill allocates $300 million to the Treasury Department over the next two fiscal… Read more »
July 25, 2000
South Africa: Tutu Presses Aid Plan in Washington Visit
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The unprecedented international attention being focused on the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa and the election of a new U.S. Administration could provide the impetus for a major new… Read more »
July 24, 2000
South Africa: Tutu - "Our Country Is a Scintillating Success Waiting to Happen"
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the retired South African cleric and Nobel Peace Prize winner, visited Washington Monday to appeal for a Marshall Plan-style aid for his country. In a day… Read more »
July 12, 2000
South Africa: Grass-roots Message for Mbeki: Stop Debating, Start Fighting AIDS
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Lucy is South African. She is 17 and HIV positive. Lucy's baby daughter, Pearl, is fifteen months old. Pearl is a product of rape which, like AIDS, is a scourge in South Africa. Read more »
July 06, 2000
South Africa: South Africa's World Cup Dreams Dashed
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South Africans are heart-broken, disappointed and angry about losing the 2006 Soccer World Cup bid to Germany. They are learning that the politics of soccer can be cut-throat. Read more »
March 30, 2000
Southern Africa: African Relief Fund Established by African Ambassadors to the U. S.
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Because natural disasters, such as the recent flooding in southern Africa and Madagascar pose a "continuous threat," African ambassadors to the United States have formed a… Read more »
March 28, 2000
Ethiopia: Ethiopia Readying for Drought Emergency, Ambassador Says
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"In the last couple of years the rainy seasons have failed," says Ethiopian Ambassador Berhane Gebre-Christos, explaining the drought that continues to batter his nation. Read more »
March 19, 2000
Mozambique: U.S. Officials Say Mozambique Flood Response Slowed by Miscalculation
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In the wake of cyclones that devastated Mozambique, it appeared for a moment that a storm of another kind was about to sweep across Africa, the United States and Europe. Read more »
March 10, 2000
Africa: African Diasporas In The Old And The New Worlds: Consciousness And Imagination
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When: 26-27-28 October 2000 Read more »
March 08, 2000
East Africa: East Africa Drought Hits the Horn, Famine Threatened
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An estimated fifteen million people on the Horn of Africa are at risk of severe hunger this year warned USAID Administrator Brady Anderson in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. Anderson… Read more »
