June 08, 2004
Africa: Spotlight on Secondary Education in Africa
"Secondary Education in Africa: Lifeline to the Future" is the theme of the second conference with a sharp focus on secondary education in Africa (SEIA) currently being held in… Read more »
June 04, 2004
Africa: Newman Confirmed For Senior State Department Africa Policy Post
The U.S. Senate has approved the nomination of Constance Berry Newman to become the next assistant secretary for African Affairs in the State Department, a senior administration… Read more »
May 21, 2004
Africa: Inaction by Senate Democrats Said to Threaten Extension of Key Africa Legislative Initiative
Amid concern that key provisions of the African Growth and Opportunity Act will expire later this year unless Congress votes an extension, supporters have issued a plea for public… Read more »
May 12, 2004
Africa: Agoa Delay Risking Jobs and Investment, House Hearing Told
Praising the "undeniable success" of the African Growth and Opportunities Act (Agoa), Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Florizelle B. Liser told the House Subcommittee on Africa… Read more »
May 07, 2004
Africa: Eight African Nations Eligible For Millennium Challenge Account Assistance
The Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) voted Thursday to make 16 countries "eligible" for Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) assistance this year. The… Read more »
April 23, 2004
Africa: Africa's Lost Decades - A Reporter's Lament
1 A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa Howard W. French April 23, 2004 Alfred A. Knopf Read more »
April 22, 2004
Nigeria: Buhari - Freely Elected Government Can Transform Nigeria
Nigeria's problems with economic disparity, underdevelopment and corruption can only be addressed when the country has a fairly elected government, says Major General Muhammadu… Read more »
April 21, 2004
Ghana: 'We Expect to Qualify for MCA, Ghana Finance Minister Says
A few weeks before the Bush administration is scheduled to announce the list of countries eligible for assistance under an expanded foreign aid program, known as the Millennium… Read more »
April 18, 2004
Africa: Africa Needs 'Greater Sense Of Urgency' to Manage HIV/Aids Epidemic
K.Y. Amoako, the executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), which is based in Addis Ababa, is a prominent African voice for reform and… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
February 26, 2004
South Africa: South Africa - Africa's Brazil?
Picture this. Night clubs thronged with multi-racial yuppies, dead ringers for that elusive tribe who tout beer and life insurance on Johannesburg billboards. Military convoys… 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 »
February 01, 2004
Liberia: Forgive Debts to Boost Recovery, Brumskine Says to Donors
Charles Brumskine wants to be president of Liberia, but for the moment the country is governed by an interim authority that was constituted according to last year's peace accord,… Read more »
January 31, 2004
Namibia: Poverty Alleviation, Job Creation and Fight Against Aids Are Namibia's Priorities, PM Says
After 12 years as Namibia's foreign minister, Theo-Ben Gurirab was unexpectedly elevated to the post of prime minister on August 27, 2002 by President Sam Nujoma, replacing Hage… 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 16, 2004
Sudan: Sudan Settlement Possible in 'Days', Says State Department's Top Africa Diplomat
Although the goal of a December 31 peace agreement in Sudan has been missed, the government of Sudan and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement and Army (SPLM/A) have… Read more »
January 14, 2004
South Africa: Mbeki On Landmark Visit To DRC, Assessing Peace Process And Looking For Trade
South African President Thabo Mbeki is making the first state visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) by a South African leader. Mbeki flew into Kinshasa on Tuesday,… Read more »
January 12, 2004
Mauritius: Country Seeks to Become a Global Cyber Island Paradise
First came California's Silicon Valley, then India took the honours. Next, if all goes according to plan, the tiny Indian Ocean nation of Mauritius hopes to lead the way in Africa,… Read more »
December 15, 2003
Ethiopia: 100 Reported Dead After Soldiers Target Civilians in Gambella
Soldiers in the town of Gambella, 450km (280 miles) west of Addis Ababa, are reported to have engaged since Saturday in violent attacks against leading members of a local ethnic… Read more »
South Africa: South Africa Health Train a New York Hit
It began as a project to provide primary eye care to rural South Africans, launched by the optometry department of Rand Afrikaans University and Transnet, a parastatal… 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 09, 2003
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 03, 2003
Mali: Malian Leader Still Hopeful for Ivory Coast Despite 'Complex Conflict,' Takes Swipe at Nepad
President Amadou Toumani Toure of Mali is the guest of honour at the 6th biennial conference of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), which opened in… Read more »