May 30, 2002
Africa: NGO Leaders Seek 'Space' For Development
"We need a little space to build a critical mass of entrepreneurs," says Lawrencia Adams, Coordinator of the Accra-based Organisation Pan Africaine Pour Le Developpement Durable.… Read more »
May 25, 2002
Africa: Ghana's Kufuor Defends His Government's Record on Transparency, the Economy
In the second and final part of an interview with allAfrica.com, Ghanaian president John Agyekum Kufuor talks about his hopes for Ghana and the performance of his government after… Read more »
May 21, 2002
Africa: US Treasury Secretary in Africa to See For Himself
U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill's 10-day visit to Africa is unprecedented. It is being seen as an opportunity for African officials to punch home their view that the… Read more »
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 »
May 20, 2002
Africa: Expanding African Trade is the Key to the Future - Rosa Whitaker
"Rigged rules and double standards lock poor people out of the benefits of trade, closing the door to an escape route from poverty," Oxfam charged in a recently released report,… Read more »
May 16, 2002
Africa: Rock Star Bono, US Treasury Secretary Plan Africa Tour
They are an unlikely duo, to say the least: Irish rock star Bono, of U2, and Bush Administration Treasury Secretary, Paul O'Neill. But the two men are pairing up and between May… Read more »
May 08, 2002
Uganda: Museveni in US to Seek Investment, Attack Protectionism
Although Congo's ongoing conflict was an important part of discussions Uganda president Yoweri Museveni held with Secretary of State Colin Powell and National Security Advisor… Read more »
April 28, 2002
Madagascar: Political Standoff Threatens Future
The Indian Ocean Island that has been hailed as an emerging economic success story is on the brink of chaos, according to opponents of ousted Madagascar president Didier Ratsiraka. Read more »
April 25, 2002
East Africa: Controversy Continues to Dog Major World Bank Projects
"Everybody is talking about development effectiveness, but the question is, how do you measure it? ...So what we are trying to do now is to pull together a meeting in June at which… Read more »
April 24, 2002
Africa: Seek Credit Rating, Powell Urges African Ministers
Not having a widely used credit rating system stymies investment in Africa, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell told two dozen African central bankers and Finance Ministers,… Read more »
April 23, 2002
Africa: Still Stuck at the Bottom of the Pile: What Must Africa Do to Develop?
Africa's numbers remain awful but that's come to be almost routine at the annual Spring Meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. Read more »
April 22, 2002
Africa: World Bank Claims "Consensus on Education For All"
"Education is the best anti-poverty strategy," said Gordon Brown, UK Chancellor of the Exchequer joining World Bank president James D. Wolfensohn, Norway Development Minister Hilde… Read more »
April 16, 2002
Africa: Senegalese President Confident of Nepad's Success Ahead of June G8 Summit
Picture President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal, 74, nonchalantly wandering into the efficiently-run Cybercentre, at the plush hotel and conference centre in the capital, Dakar, where… Read more »
April 15, 2002
Africa: Absence of key African leaders at Nepad summit no big deal, says Senegal
Unofficial rumblings of discontent among senior government officials in Senegal, and outright irritation, annoyance and even anger by some Senegalese people, have greeted the… Read more »
Africa: Mbeki, Obasanjo, Bouteflika Absent from Nepad Meeting in Senegal
The programme for an important summit on the New Partnership for Africas Development (Nepad) in Senegal boasted an impressive line-up of African leaders. And many arrived. But… Read more »
Africa: 'Africa is Ripe for Investment - if Climate is Right'
Hundreds of business executives from Africa, Europe, America and further afield, squeezed into the main conference centre on Monday in the Senegalese capital, Dakar, to hear about… Read more »
April 10, 2002
Africa: World Bank Demands More Aid, Higher Investment for Africa
Development indicators are sending mixed signals about the African continent said a World Bank panel of experts briefing reporters Wednesday on the Bank's new report: African… Read more »
March 27, 2002
Africa: 'Don't Hold Nepad Hostage Over Zimbabwe' says Minister
"Instead of lamenting on the sidelines, we have decided to be the authors of our own history; for that we have to take care of situations like the one in Zimbabwe, " says Senegal's… Read more »
March 21, 2002
Africa: Boosting Aid is Vital, Says UN's Annan
Development means enabling people to escape a "vicious" circle of "multiple hardships... poverty, hunger, disease, oppression, conflict, pollution, depletion of natural resources,"… Read more »
March 20, 2002
Zimbabwe: Workers Ignore Union Confederation's Mass Stayaway Call
A three-day mass stoppage, called by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions, ZCTU, was largely ignored on Wednesday, by workers in the capital, Harare, and other provincial cities… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Trade Unions Launch Three-Day Stayaway
The influential Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) began a three-day stoppage on Wednesday. But activity in the capital, Harare, appeared near normal, mid-morning,… Read more »
March 09, 2002
Zimbabwe: The Policies That Divide Mugabe and Tsvangirai
Almost overlooked, amid the deafening exchange of charge and counter-charge in Zimbabwe's election campaign, are the policy and program plans that distinguish Robert Mugabe's… Read more »
March 05, 2002
Egypt: "Use Our Eyes" to Build Understanding, Mubarak Tells Washington
Despite spiraling violence in the Middle East and the ongoing war against terrorism, Egyptian President Mohammad Husni Mubarak, in a major address delivered here today, proclaimed… Read more »
Africa: 'Why Do Our Leaders Hate Us So Much?'
Chidi Anselm Odinkalu is the senior legal officer for Interights, the International Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights, based in London. He is attending the third… Read more »
March 04, 2002
Africa: Africa Must Accelerate Regional Integration - Amoako
"Africa must truly unite and speed up the pace of regional integration." That is the message of the third African Development Forum (ADF III), organised by the United Nations'… Read more »