April 09, 2004
Africa: U.S. Corporate Group Launches HIV Initiative
The Washington, DC-based Corporate Council on Africa, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has recently developed an HIV/AIDS Initiative to encourage private… Read more »
April 16, 2004
Africa: Noted Development Official C. Payne Lucas Joins AllAfrica
C. Payne Lucas, who for three decades spearheaded the growth of the aid and development organization Africare, has become senior advisor to AllAfrica Global Media and the AllAfrica… Read more »
Africa: Noted Development Official C. Payne Lucas Joins AllAfrica
C. Payne Lucas, who for three decades spearheaded the growth of the aid and development organization Africare, has become senior advisor to AllAfrica Global Media and the AllAfrica… Read more »
March 24, 2004
Africa: Corporate Councils Steve Hayes - 'Were Making a Difference for Africa
Since Stephen Hayes became president of the Corporate Council on Africa in 1999, the Washington, DC-based organization has grown from 86 members to more than 200. A graduate of… Read more »
Africa: Activist Commissioner Wants to Engage Leaders at All Levels in Aids Strategy
Milly Katana is one of 20 members of Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (CHGA), which was established last year by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan. She is… Read more »
March 22, 2004
Africa: AIDS in Africa: Planning for a Long War
The Commission for HIV/Aids and Governance in Africa holds its second commissioners' meeting Tuesday in the Mozambican capital, Maputo. Commission Chairman, K.Y. Amoako, argues… Read more »
March 18, 2004
Africa: African Union Puts Women First Once Again
Africa's first pan-continental parliament was inaugurated in Addis Ababa today, and immediately took a bold step, amid stirring and emotional scenes that may give a clue to the… Read more »
March 08, 2004
Africa: Trained African Armies Key to Terror Fight in Africa, Says US European Command Deputy
The United States is stepping up its efforts to partner with Africa in the war on terror, says the deputy commander of the US European Command (USEUCOM) General Charles F. Wald.… Read more »
February 19, 2004
Africa: Peer Review Moving Forward, Says Nepad Secretariat Chief
African leaders have made "a very important commitment in terms of a new direction" to achieve recovery and development, according to Professor Wiseman Nkuhlu, who chairs the… Read more »
January 26, 2004
Africa: Keep Agoa Alive!
America's effort to promote economic development in Africa will be eroded significantly if the Bush administration and the U.S. Congress do not work together to quickly extend a… Read more »
January 15, 2004
Africa: Two African Students At Elite French Military School Die Of Cold In Training Exercise
Two African student soldiers from the prestigious Saint Cyr military school in France died of exposure overnight on Tuesday, after a snowstorm during a training exercise in the… Read more »
January 06, 2004
Africa: Bush Expected to Tap USAID Official for Top Africa Post
The White House is expected to announce as early as this week the appointment of Constance Berry Newman as assistant secretary of State for African Affairs. Newman currently is in… Read more »
December 11, 2003
Africa: African Ministers Leave Forum Hopeful But Uncertain of Agoa's Future
On Tuesday, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice was meeting with African Trade and Finance ministers in the Executive Office Building next to the White House about the… Read more »
December 10, 2003
Africa: Transafrica Arthur Ashe Library Celebrates 10th Anniversary
Actor and Activist Harry Belafonte joined the 10th anniversary celebration of the Arthur Ashe Foreign Policy Library of Transafrica Forum, Tuesday night. Ashe, a U.S. tennis star… Read more »
December 09, 2003
Africa: USAID Forges a New Model for Development Assistance
Andrew Natsios, the administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, seldom misses an opportunity to promote the agency's Global Development Alliance (GDA)… Read more »
Africa: Doubts About Bush Administration Commitment to Agoa
There is an undercurrent of growing concern among supporters of the African Growth and Opportunities Act (Agoa) about the legislation's future. As key Agoa meetings get underway in… Read more »
December 02, 2003
Africa: Disabled People 'at Significantly Increased Risk' of HIV Infection
Major gaps in national HIV/Aids prevention campaigns and treatment programs have made disabled people more vulnerable to HIV infection than their non-disabled counterparts,… Read more »
December 01, 2003
Africa: US Religious Leaders Tell President Bush to Do More on Aids
In a letter to U.S. President George W. Bush Monday, 85 inter-faith religious leaders said more effort is needed from the United States if the HIV/Aids fight is to be effective.… Read more »
Africa: Deciding Who Should Be First to Get the Drugs
In Sub-Saharan Africa about 27 million adults are currently living with HIV/Aids. Yet according to the World Health Organisation, just 1% of HIV positive people in the region have… Read more »
Africa: Scale Up Treatment - But Don't Forget Prevention, Says Gayle
As the HIV pandemic has become increasingly prominent as an international public policy issue, Dr. Helene D. Gayle has emerged as a central figure in governmental and… Read more »
November 26, 2003
Africa: HIV/Aids Money, Millennium Challenge Account Funds On Hold As Senate Adjourns
After wrangling over everything from funding energy development to Medicare, the U.S. Senate has fled Washington for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays without managing to… Read more »
November 21, 2003
Africa: Africa Numbers Still Grim But World Bank Has 'Learned', Says Bank Economic Chief
Although four or five countries are doing well, most of Africa is not, says the World Bank's new chief economist, Francois Bourguignon. When you look at the distribution of GDP… Read more »
November 19, 2003
Africa: 'Front Load' Africa's Development, Say UN Humanitarian Aid Coordinators
Foreign assistance has helped Ethiopia get through the droughts and food emergencies that have regularly battered the east African nation over the last five years, says Samuel… Read more »
November 14, 2003
Africa: Community Involvement Necessary For Sustainable Tourism, Say Experts
"Before, we just posed for pictures and let the tourists go. Then we said, 'Wait a minute! We are getting very little benefits from tourism activities,'" says Paramount Chief… Read more »
November 12, 2003
Africa: African Conservationists Highlight Successes
Botswana's President Festus Gontenbanye Mogae speaks on African conservation efforts and wildlife protection at a Thursday symposium in Washington, DC, sponsored by the African… Read more »
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