May 22, 2001
Africa: U.S. Gains From AGOA, Says U.S. Trade Rep
As their export trade develops under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) that was enacted into law a year ago, African nations will need spare parts, machinery, and a… Read more »
May 21, 2001
Africa: Powell Undertakes Four-Nation Africa Assessment Tour
Secretary of State Colin Powell leaves Tuesday night for a four-nation visit to Africa, where he will have an "opportunity to assess some of the changes that are occurring in… Read more »
Africa: UN Conference On Poor Countries Plays Safe, Limits Goals
An air of anxiety pervaded debate at the UN's Conference on Least Developed Countries in Brussels last week. Was this going to end up as irrelevant as the UN's previous two LDC… Read more »
May 17, 2001
Africa: Focusing Foreign Policy on Health Issues
Two prestigious U.S. policy groups are calling for health issues to have a higher priority in foreign policy and national security planning. Read more »
May 16, 2001
Africa: Washington Announces Africa Initiative
A U.S. sub-Saharan African Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum is being established, and foreign, finance, and trade ministers from 35 African nations will meet in Washington in… Read more »
May 14, 2001
Africa: Better Living Standards Key To Democracy Says Obasanjo
There must be a "democracy dividend" that enhances the material quality of life, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo said in an interview with allAfrica.com before leaving the… Read more »
May 10, 2001
Africa: Africa - Mother of Us All
"The 'Out of Africa' hypothesis suggests that anatonomically modern humans originated in Africa about 100,000 years ago and then spread outward, and completely replaced local… Read more »
May 08, 2001
Africa: Tanzania President Appeals for End to African Conflicts
Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa has called on African leaders to exhibit political will in a bid to end the many conflicts on the continent. Read more »
May 01, 2001
Africa: Bank, Fund Pledge To Fight Disease And Poverty
Combating the spread of infectious diseases, especially HIV/AIDS and the spread of poverty, are of primary concern, financial officials said at the close of the spring meeting of… Read more »
April 29, 2001
Africa: IMF, Bank Are Finally Listening, Say African Finance Ministers
African anger over tough and "dogmatic" conditions imposed by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund is absent from the Bretton Woods institutions' spring meetings for the… Read more »
Africa: Nearly Half Sub-Saharan Africa's Population Live in 'Extreme Poverty'
Nearly half the people living in Sub-Saharan Africa are living in conditions of extreme poverty, the World Bank reported today in its annual survey of world development. Read more »
April 27, 2001
Africa: Demands for Change Expected to Dominate Spring Meetings of World Bank/IMF
Faltering economic growth worldwide will frame discussion about strategies for poverty and debt reduction among finance ministers and bankers gathering this weekend for the spring… Read more »
Africa: African Leaders Declare War on AIDS
African leaders ended a two-day summit on HIV/AIDS and related infectious diseases with a pledge to wage war on the diseases and their consequences. The summit aimed to articulate… Read more »
Africa: African Union to Take Effect In May
The proposed African Union will have legal treaty status from May, 26, 2001, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) said in a press statement here Friday. Read more »
Africa: Cold Comfort for Africa in World Economic Outlook - IMF
The International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook report has predicted a sharp slowdown in the global economy, but says it will not have a major impact on Africa where the… Read more »
April 25, 2001
Africa: New Malaria Drug Announced
The World Health Organization has developed a new drug for the treatment of malaria that is targeted at children, the organization annouced here Wednesday. Read more »
Africa: Time For Action Against AIDS, Africans Told at Continental Summit
Africans who wish to see an end to the devastation caused by HIV/AIDS must unite to fight the disease now, speakers said here Tuesday at the start of a four-day conference on this… Read more »
April 11, 2001
Africa: AllAfrica Global Media and COMTEX News Network, Inc. Extend Partnership
AllAfrica Global Media, a multi-media content service provider and the largest electronic distributor of African news and information worldwide, has signed a strategic agreement… Read more »
April 04, 2001
Africa: Two Congressional delegations To Africa This Week
House of Representatives Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) and House Republican Conference Chair J.C. Watts (R-OK) will lead separate, bi-partisan delegations to Africa during the… Read more »
March 27, 2001
Africa: World Bank Abandoning Structural Adjustment Approach
In a new report called "Aid and Reform in Africa: Lessons from Ten Case Studies," the World Bank says imposing conditions to "coerce" African nations to reform in exchange for aid… Read more »
March 21, 2001
Africa: 'In 25 Years, Half the World Will Be Short of Water'
The World Resources Institute in Washington DC has warned that the world's freshwater systems are in peril. It predicts that "by 2025, at least 3.5 billion people or nearly 50… Read more »
Africa: Africa News From The U.S. Congress
The key legislation among the almost one dozen bills concerning Africa introduced in Congress since the beginning of the year target the conflict over intellectual and property… Read more »
March 08, 2001
Africa: World Bank, IMF Strike Optomistic Tone On Economic Progess
Africa is positioned for significant economic and social progress as leaders on the continent step forward to shoulder responsibility for improving conditions, said World Bank and… Read more »
March 09, 2001
Africa: Powell Selects Kansteiner for Africa Post
Secretary of State Colin Powell has tapped Walter H. Kansteiner III, who served on the former Bush foreign policy team, for the department's senior Africa post. Read more »
March 05, 2001
Africa: AllAfrica Global Media and Afcom International Agree to an Alliance
AllAfrica Global Media, the largest distributor of African news and information worldwide, has signed a strategic agreement with Afcom International, a Fairfax, VA based… Read more »
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