June 20, 2003
Africa: White House Announces Five-Nation Africa Trip
The White House Friday formally announced that President George W. Bush will visit Africa between July 7 and 12. Read more »
June 11, 2003
Africa: Africa Subsidizing the West, Says Museveni Following Meeting With Bush
African commodities and raw materials are processed in wealthy nations and then resold by companies and corporations in those nations at prices many times greater than what is paid… Read more »
May 27, 2003
Ghana: US Firm Opens Talks to End Dispute with Ghana's Government
Negotiations are taking place this week in Ghana to resolve an ongoing dispute between the government and an American mining company that is complicating an otherwise cooperative… Read more »
May 22, 2003
Africa: Iraq Not Taking Money From Africa, Insists USAID Chief
USAID Administrator Andrew S. Natsios has flatly denied that U.S. assistance money for Africa is being diverted to Iraq. "The reality is that all of the money we're spending in… Read more »
May 19, 2003
Africa: Fair Trade, Not Hand-outs, Say Ghanaian Ministers
If, in the past, African nations relied on hand-outs and talked about the rich world's 'obligations' to the continent, they are sounding a different note these days - seeking… Read more »
January 15, 2003
Africa: Agoa - Apparel Importers Foresee Africa Trade Prospects Changing
U.S. apparel and textile imports from Africa have increased significantly in the two years since the Agoa trade provisions took effect. Major exporters to the U.S. include Kenya,… Read more »
January 12, 2003
Africa: Mauritius Court Declares Anti-Agoa, Anti-War Protest Legal
Mauritian Supreme Court Justice Eddy Balancy declared on Friday that the police had acted outside the law in banning a demonstration against the free trade policies of the United… Read more »
January 10, 2003
Africa: 33 Governments, 400 delegates Expected at AGOA Meeting in Mauritius
Hundreds of government officials from 33 African countries are meeting next week in Port-Louis, Mauritius to discuss trade and investment opportunities in Africa and prospects for… Read more »
Africa: Some Progress, Some Uncertainties Ahead of Agoa Forum in Mauritius
The United States will be pointing to positive numbers showing rising bilateral trade with African countries at next week's "Agoa" forum in Mauritius, arguing that Agoa - the trade… Read more »
Africa: 180 Exhibitors Registered for AGOA Conference in Mauritius
Textile, agricultural produce, IT and freight forwarding companies are among the major exhibitors at the Second AGOA Forum that opens in Mauritius on January 13, 2003. The number… Read more »
December 20, 2002
Africa: White House Prepares Multi-Nation Presidential Tour to Africa
President George Bush will make a six-day trip to Africa in January, his first visit to the continent as President of the United States. Read more »
November 15, 2002
Africa: U.S. Trade Rep for Africa Leaving Post
Rosa M. Whitaker, Assistant United States Trade Representative for Africa, will be quitting her post next month. Read more »
May 21, 2002
Africa: The AGOA Bargain is Unequal - Oxfam
As U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill begins a ten-day tour of African countries to see their economies at close quarters, the spotlight is on trade relations between the rich… Read more »
November 17, 2001
Africa: AGOA Expansion Bill Passes House
By a voice vote Friday, the U.S. House of Representatives approved an expansion of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA II) that doubles the volume of duty free clothing… Read more »
October 26, 2001
Africa: African Ministers in U.S. for AGOA Trade Forum
The "Sub-Saharan African Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum" gets underway Monday to review progress on the US' expanding trade relationship with Africa. Read more »
October 03, 2001
Africa: AGOA Forum Rescheduled to October 29
A top-level encounter between African government ministers and the US Government, postponed from October 4-5 because of the attacks on New York and Washington, DC, will now be held… Read more »
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 »
November 01, 2000
Africa: Top Cop for AGOA Lays Down the Law at Conference
Janet L. Labuda, Director, Strategic Trade Operations Division of the U.S. Customs Service is known as "The Enforcer." On a panel discussing the recently passed African Growth and… Read more »