September 30, 2002
Africa: Africa Needs New Debt Approach Say Finance Ministers
Saturday's decision by a key policy-making panel of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), directing the institution to come up with a new approach for tackling the debt crisis… Read more »
September 29, 2002
Africa: IMF Urges 'Bankruptcy' Plan For Debtor Nations
The International Monetary Fund's policy-making panel has directed the institution to develop a "concrete proposal" that will allow heavily indebted countries to, in effect,… Read more »
September 27, 2002
Africa: "Implementation" is Key, But Uncertain
The official face being worn by African ministers, World Bank and IMF officials is optimistic as they once again say things are going to be different in Africa. Read more »
September 24, 2002
Africa: World Bank/IMF to Meet Amid Protests From Many Quarters.
The World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings that begin in Washington this week, will again take place behind heavy security fences and police lines designed to protect delegates from… Read more »
September 19, 2002
Africa: Nepad Embraced but Questioned at House Hearing
Partnership not judgement should be the U.S. response to Nepad - the New Economic Partnership for African Development - South Africa's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aziz… Read more »
September 04, 2002
Africa: WSSD in Johannesburg Ends on Uncertain Note
AllAfrica's Akwe Amosu watched on Wednesday in Johannesburg as U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell addressed the delegates at the World Summit on Sustainable Development and the… Read more »
Africa: More Water in South African Taps
The World Summit has ended with a new pledge to reduce the number of people without access to sanitation by half before 2015. Meeting in Johannesburg, the world leaders also… Read more »
September 03, 2002
Africa: Business Leader Says Governments Must Set Framework for Action on Environment, Development
After earning a doctorate in geology from Cambridge University, Mark Moody-Stuart joined the Shell oil company, rising to become the chair of the Royal Dutch Shell Group from… Read more »
Africa: Activist Entrepreneur Says World Should Be Set Alight With Concern About Climate Change
British scientist Jeremy Leggett's life has traversed the field of energy from diverse points: as a scholar at the elite Royal School of Mines at the Imperial College of Science,… Read more »
September 02, 2002
Africa: Defiant Mugabe Lambasts Britain's Blair; Annan Calls for Action
The Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, launched a blistering and bitter tirade against British Prime Minister Tony Blair, speaking on Monday to the World Summit on Sustainable… Read more »
September 01, 2002
Africa: Global People's Protest March Ends Trouble-free
The South African authorities, hosting the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), feared the worst and deployed massive police reinforcements just in case. But a day of… Read more »
August 30, 2002
Africa: Demonstrations For and Against The Summit
There have been demonstrations throughout the first week of the World Summit on Sustainable Development by many different groups. But Saturday is the day for the biggest… Read more »
Africa: Greenpeace, Business Join Forces for Climate Change
A joint initiative announced this week in Johannesburg at the World Summit on Sustainable Development highlights the increasingly diverse range of organizations willing to work… Read more »
August 29, 2002
Africa: Business Embraces Call for Sustainable Development
Ten years ago at the Earth Summit in Rio, world business leaders were mostly in attendance to say "no" to any proposals for firm action to reduce greenhouse gasses, as well as to… Read more »
Africa: Nigerian Teens Wow Audience and Warn African Leaders
<i><b>Temidayo Israel Abdulai</b>, who is known as Dayo, is just 16, but he has already set up his own non-governmental organisation.</i> Read more »
August 28, 2002
Africa: Summit Moves Towards Accord - With Gaps
UN officials were upbeat Wednesday about progress towards an agreed plan of implementation in intensive negotiations at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in… Read more »
Africa: Getting Markets Right: Food And Sustainable Development - A Roundtable (Part 2)
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) which receives its principal funding from 58 governments, private foundations, and international and regional organizations… Read more »
August 27, 2002
Africa: Keeping An Eye On War Crimes And Criminals -- Ambassador Prosper
From Rwanda and Sudan in the east to Sierra Leone and Liberia in the west, alleged perpetrators of heinous acts of violence are under scrutiny, both within Africa and from world… Read more »
Africa: 'Mac Attack' Produces Famine Aid
Stung by sharp attacks on its new "McAfrika" sandwich, McDonald's of Norway has agreed to print and distribute information about the famine in Southern Africa. Read more »
Africa: Brinksmanship and Compromise Co-Exist in Closed-Door Summit Negotiations
Hopes at the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg for broad agreement on globalization and trade measures have not yet been fulfilled. Read more »
Africa: Drought Demonstrates Need for Sustainable Development
World leaders, environmentalists, corporate CEOs and others who are in Johannesburg, South Africa this week for the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) need to look no… Read more »
Africa: Food And Sustainable Development - A Roundtable (Part 1)
Approximately 80 percent of Africa's population is engaged in some form of agriculture - mostly subsistence. But despite this great presence on the land, food security has remained… Read more »
August 26, 2002
Africa: Sustainable Development Summit Opens With Calls to Action
The World Summit on Sustainable Development has opened in Johannesburg with exhortations from South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki and its secretary general, Nitin Desai, to end… Read more »
Africa: Focus on Accountability and Responsibility for Results
Ten years after the Earth Summit in Rio, the United Nations is hosting another global meeting to discuss strategies for development that are environmentally, socially and… Read more »
August 23, 2002
Africa: 'Alarm Bells' Should Be Ringing About the Impact of Global Warming in Africa
The changes in the global climate, commonly known as global warming, are having devastating consequences in Africa. A report published this week by the World Wildlife Fund states… Read more »