August 29, 2006
Africa: Building on AGOA for African Agricultural Trade Expansion
On the final day of the annual forum on the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) last month, the United States and Rwanda signed a bilateral agreement aimed at increasing trade… Read more »
July 25, 2006
Africa: Africa Society President and CEO Leonard Robinson Dies
Leonard H. Robinson, Jr., president and CEO of the Africa Society, a leading Washington D.C.-based advocacy group, died early Tuesday at Washington Hospital Center following a… Read more »
July 19, 2006
Africa: World Bank President Sees A Continent on the Move
World Bank President and former Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz addressing delegates yesterday, at the seventh Sullivan Summit of African and African American leaders, said… Read more »
Africa: Former U.S. President and Nigerian Foreign Minister Tie African Development to Investment, Capacity Building
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria's foreign minister and former finance minister, used the occasion of a summit of African and African American… Read more »
July 17, 2006
Africa: African/African American Summit Attracts High-Level Delegations to Abuja
The chartered North American Airlines plane that delivered American delegates to Abuja, Nigeria on Sunday to attend the 7th Leon H. Sullivan Summit evoked the meeting's theme of… Read more »
June 22, 2006
Africa: Ghana Qualifies For The Second Round of The FIFA World Cup
June 17, 2006
Africa: New Soros Book Targets Global Warming, War on Terror
The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror by George Soros Read more »
June 16, 2006
Africa: Tidbits from Germany 2006
Allianz Arena: This is the name of the Munich's magnificent stadium, venue of the openinig ceremony of the 2006 World Cup and the Germany-Costa Rica game which Germany won 4-2. The… Read more »
June 14, 2006
Africa: African Union Chairman Expresses Optimism, Pushes Investment
President Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo, current chairman of the African Union (AU), spoke on developments on the continent as well as investment opportunities in… Read more »
June 12, 2006
Africa: Stakeholders Seek Ways To Broaden Agoa Opportunities
When the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) was enacted in 2001, the legislation "changed U.S. political discourse with African countries from begging bowl to business… Read more »
Africa: Investors Want to See Good Practices Sustained, Africa Bank President Says
Not enough attention is being paid to African success stories, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz told an Africa investment forum last week. Citing a decline in active armed… Read more »
May 26, 2006
Africa: Promising Economic Outlook and Democratic Strides Seen for 30 African Countries
In a promising assessment of Africa's economic health, a new report says economic activity rose five percent during 2005 and is projected to reach 6 percent in 2006 and 2007. The… Read more »
May 25, 2006
Africa: The Scramble for African Oil
After decades of Cold War, when Africa was simply viewed as a convenient pawn on the global chessboard, and a further decade of benign neglect in the 1990s, the African continent… Read more »
May 24, 2006
Africa: Diplomats Stage 'Africa Week' in Washington to Showcase What Africa Has to Offer
The African Union, whose members include 53 African nations, is this week marking the anniversary of the founding on May 25, 1963 of its predecessor, the Organization of African… Read more »
April 25, 2006
Africa: New Hope for Tackling an Old Scourge on Africa Malaria Day
African children are dying of malaria at the rate of one every 30 seconds. Take a minute to try to comprehend that number – and two more die. Read more »
April 12, 2006
Africa: U.S. Efforts on Human Rights, Democracy Detailed in New Report
Earlier this April, the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor of the United States Department of State released its annual report on U.S. support for human rights and… Read more »
March 15, 2006
Africa: Women Are Africa's Political Hope
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will address a joint session of the U.S. Congress today. This historic honor, bestowed sparingly on international dignitaries, is a fitting… Read more »
March 07, 2006
Africa: Hedge Funds and Basketball Unite to Fight Malaria, Save African Children
On March 15 when the New York Knicks basketball team faces off against the Atlanta Hawks in New York's Madison Square Garden, shots taken in the stands may steal the show from… Read more »
February 13, 2006
Africa: CAN 2006: Egypt Clinch Their Fifth Victory
The curtains have been drawn on the 25th edition of the African Cup of Nations. The event lived up to its billing with an excellent Côte -d'Ivoire-Egypt final, filled stadiums,… Read more »
February 07, 2006
Africa: Côte d'Ivoire and Egypt For the CAN Final
The Elephants of Cote d'Ivoire and the Pharaohs of Egypt will meet in the final of the 25th edition of the African Cup of Nations (CAN) in Egypt. The two countries beat Nigeria and… Read more »
February 02, 2006
Africa: Anglican Church Announces Plans to Combat Poverty, Climate Change
International representatives of the Anglican Church meeting in South Africa today launched a global initiative to bring church members around the world together to fight poverty… Read more »
January 27, 2006
Africa: Africare Recognizes New Board Chairman
Africare welcomed new board chairman W. Frank Fountain and celebrated the achievements of outgoing chair George Dalley at a reception Thursday hosted by Africare, the Corporate… Read more »
January 26, 2006
Africa: Guinea and Tunisia Make It Into the Quarterfinals of CAN 2006
Guinea has joined Côte d'Ivoire and Cameroon in the quarterfinals of the 25th African Cup of Nations after recording their second win against an impressive Zambian team. Read more »
January 06, 2006
Africa: Grooving in the Diaspora: Soulfège Revives a Movement for Pan-African Renaissance
"Afro diasporic groovilicious funkidociousness" is how they describe their music, "A movement" is what they call their activism - and it's all for the love of Sweet Mama Africa.… Read more »
December 08, 2005
Africa: Pay Attention to Africa's Strategic Importance, Policy Panel Concludes
Africa has increasing strategic significance for the United States, an importance often overshadowed by a focus on humanitarian concerns, according to a report by a Task Force… Read more »