March 04, 2001
Africa: Coveted Fespaco Prize Goes to Moroccan Director
The moving and gut-wrenching tale of survival among a group of grubby, smelly street children in Casablanca, Morocco - who beg, sell cigarettes and homemade shell necklaces, sniff… Read more »
March 03, 2001
Africa: Tensions Cloud Last Days of Film Festival
The 17th edition of Fespaco, the pan African festival of film and television in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso - and the largest such event on the continent -- is coming to the end… Read more »
March 01, 2001
Africa: 'Journey to Ouaga': A Comedy - and a Tragedy
Voyage a Ouaga (Journey to Ouaga) is the title of a movie in competition at the 17th edition of the pan African film festival in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. It is a comedy about a… Read more »
Africa: The Other Reason for Going to Fespaco - to Shop
Africans from all over the continent, and visitors from other parts of the world, have converged in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso this week, to attend the 17th edition… Read more »
February 27, 2001
Africa: Fespaco Gears Up With Two Movie Hits
The 17th pan-African film and television festival, which opened in the Burkinabe capital Ouagadougou on Saturday, came into its own on Monday night. The festival was in full… Read more »
February 26, 2001
Africa: Human Rights Commissions Often Silent, Have Little Effect
In a major new study released February 22, Human Rights Watch charges that although government sponsored human rights commissions have grown across Africa they have not for the… Read more »
Africa: Ai Keita Yara - From Queen to Soothsayer, From Celluloid to Video
You cannot miss Ai Keita Yara. She could easily pass for a queen. She is tall, dark and regal with a commanding presence, just as one would imagine an imposing African monarch of… Read more »
February 25, 2001
Africa: Gala Opening for Africa's Premiere Film Festival
A stunning performance by the Senegalese musical superstar, Youssou N'Dour, stole the show at the opening of the 17th edition of the Pan African Festival of Film and Television of… Read more »
February 24, 2001
Africa: Gabonese Film, "The Elephants Balls," Opens Fespaco
The Gabonese director of the movie "Les Couilles de lElephant" (The Elephants Balls), which opens Fespaco 2001, the 17th pan-African festival of film and television, calls his… Read more »
February 23, 2001
Africa: Ouagadougou Opens Its Arms To Africa's Film Community
Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, is putting the finishing touches to preparations for the 17th edition of Fespaco 2001, the biennial Festival of Pan African Film and… Read more »
February 21, 2001
Africa: US AIDS Drug Policy Likely To Remain Unchanged
Despite opposition from congressional Republicans, the Bush administration indicated Tuesday that it will not reverse a Clinton executive order that makes it easier for poor… Read more »
February 15, 2001
Africa: Multinational Encounters Explore Race Issues
A multinational project to explore issues of peace and justice has brought together South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu and US historian John Hope Franklin. One result is a… Read more »
Africa: Long-Awaited Africa Documentary On Democracy
"I loved Eyes on the Prize when I saw it," says Onyekachi Wambu, producer, director and writer of a two-hour documentary, Hopes on the Horizon, broadcast on PBS stations this… Read more »
February 08, 2001
Africa: Genocide Perpetrated By Mother Nature
As the AIDS toll mounted in Africa, health and development agencies around the world began to realize that their metrics for calculating progress needed a drastic overhaul. No… Read more »
Africa: A "Continental Strategy" For Building Africa Infrastructure Needed - Wade
In the final part of the interview Senegal's President Abdoulaye Wade details his architectural vision for the Dakar, capital city of the West African nation he leads, and… Read more »
February 02, 2001
Africa: Black History Month: Book Illustrates Links Between US Movements And Africa
Radical Equations: Math Literacy and Civil Rights Robert P. Moses and Charles E. Cobb, Jr. Beacon Press Order from Amazon.com Read more »
Africa: Africa Helped Shape Our Consciousness
Toward the end of the 1960s, many of us who had been involved in the southern civil rights movement were looking for ideas. New ideas seemed scarce in America just at the moment we… Read more »
February 01, 2001
Africa: Saying Africa is 'Undervalued', Senator to Ask Bush for Positive Signal of Interest
Although Africa has been "undervalued and underestimated," U.S. trade relations with the continent should experience a "dramatic increase", a leading Republican Senator told… Read more »
February 05, 2001
Africa: AllAfrica Global Media and BBC World Service Announce Collaboration
AllAfrica Global Media, which operates the leading Africa site on the World Wide Web, has signed a strategic agreement with the British Broadcasting Corporation. Under the… Read more »
January 18, 2001
Africa: Kabila Is Dead, Kinshasa Confirms: What Next?
The authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have finally announced that President Laurent Désiré Kabila is dead. The long-awaited official declaration was broadcast on… Read more »
January 07, 2001
Africa: Regional Leaders Hail Democratic Transition
African leaders present for the swearing-in of Ghanas new president, John Agyekum Kufuor, have praised Ghana for its transition, for the first time, from one elected president,… Read more »
December 20, 2000
Africa: National Summit On Africa Struggles To Survive
For most of the 10 months that have followed last February's National Summit on Africa, uncertainty about the future has hovered over the body that grew out of the 5-day meeting. Read more »
December 08, 2000
Africa: OPIC Puts Out Call For New Proposals To Manage Africa Infrastructure Fund
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is seeking new management for its $350m Africa Infrastructure Fund. Read more »
December 06, 2000
Africa: World Bank Predicts Strong Growth In Developing World - Africa Trails Behind
A new World Bank report entitled "Global Economic Prospects and the Developing Countries 2001", published this week, says prospects for growth in the developing world are better… Read more »
December 01, 2000
Africa: Major Investment House May Lose Key Africa Fund
The US$350m New Africa Infrastructure Fund, backed by the US government's Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), is up for grabs because of the failure of the firm… Read more »
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