December 14, 2001
Gabon: Bongo's Party Sweeps to Victory
Four days after legislative elections in Gabon, official initial results were finally delivered,late Thursday. Read more »
December 13, 2001
Gabon: Still No Results, Opposition Demands Cancellation
Four days after the first round of legislative elections in Gabon, the final official results of the poll were still awaited, Thursday morning. Read more »
December 12, 2001
Gabon: Government Seeks Help to Fight Ebola Outbreak
The Gabonese government has launched an appeal for international help to cope with an outbreak of Ebola fever about 700 kilometres north of the capital, Libreville. Read more »
Gabon: Ruling Party Dominates Poll Results
Initial results from Sunday's legislative election, released Tuesday by the National Electoral Commission, have given the ruling Parti Démocratique Gabonais (PDG) a clear victory. Read more »
December 10, 2001
Gabon: Opposition Wants Poll Annulled
Results of the first round of Gabon's legislative elections, held Sunday, have still not been officially announced yet. But the opposition, though disunited even as it embarked on… Read more »
Gabon: Low Turnout in Poll as Opposition Boycotts, Ruling Party Forecast to Win
Six hundred thousands voters, in the oil-rich West African republic of Gabon, went to the polls, Sunday, to elect 120 deputies to represent them in the new legislative term, chosen… Read more »
November 21, 2001
Africa: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Clinton's Africa Secretary on the Continent's Prospects
Susan Rice, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during the Clinton Administration, was a key figure during a time of challenging transformation and turmoil in Africa… Read more »
Africa: Clinton's Africa Secretary Reviews Record, Doubts Sudan Peace Prospects
President Bush's special peace envoy to Sudan, former Senator John Danforth, is "absolutely right" to be doubtful about the chances of reaching a peace settlement, says former… Read more »
November 13, 2001
Burundi: Armed Rebels Will Come To The Table, Insists Mandela
Despite the fact that two Hutu rebel groups continue to wage war against the government, the peace in Burundi will hold and firm up, former South African President Nelson Mandela… Read more »
November 01, 2001
Central Africa: Kabila tells the West, Promise me Peace, not Money, Hypocrisy and Lip Service"
Joseph Kabila was installed as president of the Democratic Republic of Congo earlier this year, to replace his father, Laurent Desire Kabila, who was assassinated in January 2001. … Read more »
October 31, 2001
Central Africa: Kabila Repeats Election Pledge but Wants Foreign Troops Out
The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Joseph Kabila, has again pledged to hold elections in his country, which has been at war since 1998. But the Congolese… Read more »
October 30, 2001
Africa: The Failure of the Inter-Congolese Dialogue Through the Eyes of Ketumile Masire
After three years of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Inter-Congolese Dialogue (ICD), between the government, the political opposition and the armed groups,… Read more »
October 10, 2001
Cameroon: "Change the Government to Avert Crisis"
A change at the top and "institutions that decentralize the functions of government" are the keys to preventing Cameroon's crisis from worsening, says Dr. Christopher Fomunyoh of… Read more »
October 02, 2001
Angola: New "Voting" Campaign for Peace
The Catholic Church of Angola and the international human rights organization, the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, are spearheading a new campaign for peace. Speaking… Read more »
Angola: Angolan Campaigner Says Only the People Truly Want Peace
Writing in an independent Luanda weekly a year ago, Rafael Marques portrayed Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos as a dictator. At dawn, shortly afterward, he was arrested,… Read more »
September 25, 2001
Africa: PBS Africa Series Resumes, ABC's Congo Programmes Still On Hold
A landmark television series on Africa which was pushed off the schedules by coverage of the attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon is back on air. Read more »
September 09, 2001
Central Africa: "Heart Of Darkness" - Interview With Nightline's Executive Producer
[Tuesday through Friday the ABC television news program "Nightline", hosted by Ted Koppel, will continue with the final four parts of a 5-part series on Congo that began airing… Read more »
August 14, 2001
Angola: Unita Defends Deadly Train Ambush
Unita rebels in Angola have claimed responsibility for Friday's attack in which at least 152 people were killed and more than 150 injured, by Unita's own account. In a statement… Read more »
July 09, 2001
Africa: OAU Summit Hears Warnings of 'Oblivion' if Conflicts Continue
The 37th annual summit of the Organisation of African Unity, which is likely to be the last, has opened in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, with delegates focused on the creation of a… Read more »
July 04, 2001
Congo-Kinshasa: Conflict Exacerbating Deaths From Preventable Causes
Hosted by Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa, Congo President Joseph Kabila and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni met for two hours in Dar es Salaam Wednesday. It was the first… Read more »
June 08, 2001
Congo-Kinshasa: Old, New Questions Emerging As Gunfire Quiets
The steady UN-supervised withdrawal of foreign troops from fighting fronts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and slowdown of rebel activities are seen as convincing signs… Read more »
June 06, 2001
Burundi: As Rebels Creep Closer, Nervous Watching In Washington
With rebel fighters of the Forces Nationales de Libération (FNL) now on the edge of Bujumbura, worry grows that efforts to stabilize the Great Lakes region may come undone. Read more »
June 05, 2001
Congo-Kinshasa: States Still Far Apart as Another Round of Ceasefire Talks Approaches
Parties to the warfare in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are scheduled to meet for ceasefire talks later this month. But security for Rwanda, feeling threatened by the… Read more »
June 04, 2001
Central African Republic: Confusion Lingers in Central African Republic
Reports from the Central African Republic say parts of the capital Bangui are still under heavy artillery fire. Government forces continue their mop-up operations in areas… Read more »
Rwanda: Security Requires Troops Deep In Congo, Says Ambassador
Rwandan troops have penetrated far into the Democratic Republic of the Congo in what DRC government officials charge is an invasion aimed at exploiting the central African nation's… Read more »