December 06, 2006
Congo-Kinshasa: Kabila Inaugurated Amid Tight Security
Joseph Kabila was sworn in on Wednesday as the first democratically-elected leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo in four decades. Read more »
December 04, 2006
Chad: Bringing Chad Back from the Brink - A Humanitarian Imperative that Serves U.S. National Interests
With all eyes on the horrifying genocide in Darfur, we must not ignore the growing instability next door in neighboring Chad, where the government is on the brink of complete… Read more »
November 20, 2006
Rwanda: Second Annual National Conference on Pediatric Aids Opens
National attention is focused on Kigali as the Second National Paediatric Conference on Treatment, Care and Support to Children Infected and Affected by HIV and Aids opens Monday.… Read more »
November 15, 2006
Congo-Kinshasa: Joseph Kabila Wins Run-Off
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of the Democratic Republic of Congo declared in a statement on Wednesday evening that incumbent Joseph Kabila had won the October 29,… Read more »
November 09, 2006
Angola: A New Diamond War
The upcoming Hollywood feature movie "Blood Diamond," starring Leonardo DiCaprio, promises to cast a spotlight on the role of so-called conflict diamonds in fueling… Read more »
August 18, 2006
Angola: The Hero (O Herói)
The Hero (O Herói) Read more »
July 28, 2006
Southern Africa: Empire in Africa: Angola and Its Neighbors
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June 14, 2006
Africa: African Union Chairman Expresses Optimism, Pushes Investment
President Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo, current chairman of the African Union (AU), spoke on developments on the continent as well as investment opportunities in… Read more »
June 02, 2006
Rwanda: President Kagame Seeks U.S. Support for Rebuilding Country
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and U.S. President George W. Bush agreed on Wednesday that their two governments will work together to end the conflict in the Darfur region of… Read more »
February 03, 2006
Sudan: U.S. Pushes for UN Peacekeeping Force in Sudan
The U.S. government supports the formation of a UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur, Sudan, U.S. officials said at a press briefing Friday, the same day the African Union and UN… Read more »
October 25, 2005
Rwanda: Educators Explore Ways to Meet Millennium Development Goals
Heads of two vastly different school systems have met in New York City this week to share ideas on the major restructuring challenge they both face. Rwanda's minister of Education,… Read more »
September 26, 2005
Burundi: Govt Determined to Consolidate Peace and Rebuild Burundi - Foreign Minister
Burundi's socio-political history has been a complex mix of power, domination and marginalization. It has experienced bouts of armed conflicts and massacres between Hutus and… Read more »
September 01, 2005
Cameroon: Accusations Against Cameroon's U.S. Ambassador Refuted
An article from the The Post, published in Buea, Cameroon, one of the African newspapers that has a distribution agreement with AllAfrica, accused Cameroon's ambassador to the… Read more »
June 29, 2005
Rwanda: 'History Repeats But Doesn't Teach,' Rwanda Hotel Hero Tells Students
Paul Rusesabagina, the courageous hotel manager portrayed by Don Cheadle in the film "Hotel Rwanda," has received many honors and addressed numerous gatherings since he emerged as… Read more »
June 27, 2005
Zambia: Zambia Is a Peaceful Destination for Tourism and Investment - Mwanawasa
Levy Mwanawasa, who took part in last week's U.S.-Africa Business Summit, became president of Zambia in January 2002 after a hotly contested election the previous month in which he… Read more »
June 17, 2005
Namibia: Namibia Deserves Aid, Debt Relief, Despite 'Mid-Income' Status, Says President Pohamba
Hifikepunye Pohamba, who three months ago became Namibia's second president since independence in 1990, was one of five African leaders who met with President George Bush at the… Read more »
June 12, 2005
Africa: G8 Debt Agreement to Benefit 23 African Countries; Separate Deal for Nigeria Mooted
The agreement on 100% debt relief for developing countries announced by finance ministers from the eight largest industrial nations on Saturday initially benefits 14 nations in… Read more »
April 15, 2005
Southern Africa: Media's Role in Democracy Analyzed in New Book
Goran Hyden, Michael Leslie and Folu Ogundimu, eds. Media and Democracy in Africa. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2002. 260 pp. $39.95 cloth. $24.95 paper. … Read more »
February 25, 2005
Angola: New Book Raises Tantalizing Questions About What Might Have Been
Engaging Africa: Washington and the Fall of Portugal's Colonial Empire. Witney W. Schneidman.University Press of America. Read more »
January 28, 2005
Angola: Book Outlines Trees, Misses the Forest
Angola: Anatomy of an Oil State. Tony Hodges. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2004. 236 pp. $22.95. Read more »
December 15, 2004
Rwanda: Conflict With DRC Inevitable Without Action From the International Community - Top Official
In the past few months, Rwanda's government has increasingly insisted on action from the international community to combat the threat it says is posed by the ex-FAR, Rwanda's… Read more »
November 10, 2004
Africa: Reporter Counters `Wrong-Headed' Notions About Conflict and Corruption
Howard French began writing about Africa in the early 1980s as a freelance journalist and professor based in Ivory Coast. After six years in West Africa, he took a permanent… Read more »
September 09, 2004
Sudan: Powell Declares Darfur Crisis Is Genocide
Secretary of State Colin Powell testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Thursday that the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan is a genocide. This was his first… Read more »
August 30, 2004
Angola: Giving Blood in Angola
Pedro Siloka told the people that I had given blood. First in Portuguese, then in Mbundu, he told the story of my first visit to Bie Province in 1991, when I had given blood at the… Read more »
August 17, 2004
Congo-Kinshasa: Scramble for Resources in DRC Leads to Massive Deaths, But Scant Attention
With an estimated 3.5 million Congolese dead over the last six years due to war, starvation and disease, the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the… Read more »