Cote d'Ivoire: Ouattara Aims to 'Close Financial Windows' as Human Toll of Crisis Mounts

The internationally recognized president of Cote d'Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, said Friday that he believes the end of January will be "an important benchmark" in the struggle to… Read more »

Tunisia: President Steps Down, Prime Minister Takes Over

Tunisia's prime minister announced late Friday that President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali had stepped down following violent demonstrations in the capital, Tunis, that have left at… Read more »

Sudan: Abyei, Citizenship Remain Flashpoints - Deng Alor, Southern Official

Just before Christmas, in the dusty, impoverished capital of Southern Sudan, AllAfrica's Reed Kramer and Tami Hultman sat down with Deng Alor Kuol, minister of regional… Read more »

Sudan: George Clooney and Friends Fund Eye-in-the-Sky to Avert War

A human rights project using satellite imagery that the general public can access is being launched tomorrow to help deter a resumption of war between north and south Sudan… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: U.S. Imposes Sanctions Against Gbagbo Government

The United States on Tuesday announced a travel ban and other visa restrictions against Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d’Ivoire, members of his government and their immediate family… Read more »

Sudan: Obama Pursues 'Aggressive Diplomacy' to Promote Successful Referendum

U.S. President Barack Obama has written to African leaders to reiterate that Sudan is a foreign policy priority for his administration, both during the lead-up to the January 9… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Several Die in Clashes Between Protesters and Security Forces

Several people died on Thursday when demonstrators calling for President Laurent Gbagbo to step down clashed with security forces in Cote d'Ivoire's commercial capital, Abidjan,… Read more »

Western Sahara: 'Puerto Rico' Option for Territory?

Algeria's leaders suggested to a senior American official in 2008 that if Morocco approached Western Sahara's demand for independence with a more "elegant" touch, it might persuade… Read more »

Sudan: U.S. Holocaust Museum Official Says Genocide Can Be Averted

On 9 January, 2011, southern Sudanese are due to vote in a referendum on whether to remain part of Sudan, Africa''s largest country, or to become… Read more »

Africa: Stronger Global Response Needed to Gender-Based Violence

Just a few weeks ago, as millions of families gathered in the United States to celebrate Thanksgiving, a lesser-known event went by unnoticed. The International Day for the… Read more »

Sudan: Church Leaders Urge International Action to Avert War

As the impoverished people of oil-rich southern Sudan prepare to vote on their future in a 9 January referendum, fears are rising that the expected vote for independence will not… Read more »

Sudan: Independence Ballot Will Begin Challenging Era

Five years ago last October, an agreement between Sudan's mostly Muslim north and largely Christian south formally ended a 22-year civil war that killed an estimated two million… Read more »

Sudan: Church Envoy Pushes Peace in African, World Capitals

The Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia of Kenya, immediate past General Secretary of the Geneva-based World Council of Churches, has been relentlessly urging African and world leaders… Read more »

Sudan: Churches Pursue Peace through Global Diplomacy, Local Action

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Cote d'Ivoire: Obama Joins African Leaders in Pressing Gbagbo to Step Aside

President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Ivoire rebuffed an offer by the United States to save face and become a respected elder statesman of Africa, choosing instead a "path to… Read more »

Madagascar: Deposed President 'Recruited Mercenaries' - Diplomatic Cable

The American embassy in Paris reported to Washington three months after Malagasy president Marc Ravalomanana was deposed in 2009 that he was recruiting mercenaries in France,… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Constitutional Council Overturns Poll Result, Declares Gbagbo Winner

Cote d'Ivoire's Constitutional Council has overturned poll results announced by the nation's electoral commission and declared President Laurent Gbagbo the winner Sunday's… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Opposition Leader Declared Poll Winner

Cote d'Ivoire's electoral commission has announced that opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara has won the nation's long awaited presidential election. Read more »

Sudan: Obstacles Beyond the Referendum

Last Friday the South Sudan Referendum Commission extended by one week the time which southerners, both inside Sudan and abroad, have to register for the poll. It is scheduled to… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Sought Personal Details of Great Lakes, Sahel Leaders

A secret diplomatic cable sent to American diplomatic missions in the name of Secretary of State Hilary Clinton last April sought personal details – including fingerprints,… Read more »

Madagascar: U.S. Calls for Return to Democratic Rule

A senior United States diplomat told the Malagasy people this week that the political structures and processes created by their de facto government were “insufficiently… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Security Fears as Nation Heads to Polls

After being delayed six times, Cote d'Ivoire's landmark presidential elections will go ahead on Sunday. The nation has been in turmoil since a military coup in 1999, six years… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Armed, Masked Men Terrorize West, Says Rights Group

Cote d’Ivoire is preparing to hold long-delayed presidential elections on October 31. Read more »

Sudan: Remarks to "The Sudan Referendum - Dangers and Possibilities" at The Brookings Institution

Let me thank the Brookings Institution and Rich Williamson – Nonresident Senior Fellow and Former U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan -- for inviting me to speak at this event… Read more »

Nigeria: Only Democracy Can Solve Our Problems, Says Civil Society Leader

Only democracy, even with all its imperfections, can resolve Nigeria's problems, Father Matthew Hassan Kukah, one of Nigeria's most respected leaders of civil society, tells… Read more »