July 30, 2007
Liberia: Goodwill May Yield Tangible Dividends for Old Ally
Thanks to widespread support for Liberia's fledgling post-conflict democracy in the U.S. Congress and within the Bush administration, several thousand Liberians living in the… Read more »
July 20, 2007
Rwanda: Can Art Bring Peace?
Simon Bikindi is currently standing trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), facing charges for war crimes committed during the country's 1994… Read more »
July 14, 2007
Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Secretary of State Postpones Visit
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has postponed a visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The visit was originally scheduled for next week. Read more »
July 13, 2007
Chad: No Special Court for Habré, Says Senegal
The Senegalese government on Thursday announced that the trial of former Chadian President Hissene Habré will not take place in a special court as initially suggested. Read more »
July 10, 2007
Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Secretary of State to Visit Next Week
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will stop in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as part of a trip next week to the Middle East,… Read more »
July 03, 2007
Liberia: Charles Taylor Appears at Trial
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor made his first appearance for his war crimes trial at a hearing at The Hague today. However, the trial’s proceedings were postponed… Read more »
June 30, 2007
Sudan: African Celebrities Appeal to Heads of State on Darfur
African leaders are meeting in Ghana, the land of Kwame Nkrumah, this week to discuss the future of the African Union. Their summit is dedicated to a single subject: the project of… Read more »
June 29, 2007
Cote d'Ivoire: Prime Minister Survives Rocket Attack
Three people were killed on Friday when Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro's plane was hit by a rocket. Soro survived the attack, said Forces Nouvelles, Soro's former… Read more »
June 28, 2007
Africa: Panel Urges More Help For Education in Conflict Areas
Activists, academics and authors have urged the United States Congress to put more attention on universal basic education for children in areas of conflict. Read more »
June 27, 2007
Guinea: Soldiers Guilty of Torture, Rape and Executions - Report
Guinea's security forces have illegally executed civilians and used deliberate and excessive force, according to a new report from Amnesty International. Read more »
June 25, 2007
Liberia: Taylor Trial Delayed Again
The trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor on war crimes charges was again delayed today by wrangles over his legal representation. Read more »
Sudan: U.S., France, and China Meet Over Darfur Crisis
An international meeting on Darfur called by newly-elected French President Nicolas Sarkozy ended Monday with parties agreeing to continue to support current efforts to bring peace… Read more »
Africa: Africom Can Help Governments Willing to Help Themselves - Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Since the announcement of the creation of Africom, a new unified American combatant command responsible for Africa, there has been much skepticism over its intent and what it will… Read more »
Comoros: African Union Flies in to Demand Elections
An African Union ministerial delegation has flown on a mission to the Comores to demand that the authorities on the island of Anjouan hold new free and fair presidential elections. Read more »
June 21, 2007
Comoros: African Union Cracks Down on Illegal Election
The African Union has strongly condemned authorities on the island of Anjouan in the Comoros for holding an election in defiance of both the archipelago's federal government and… Read more »
June 20, 2007
Cote d'Ivoire: Govt to Burn Weapons in 'Flames of Peace'
Prime Minister Guillaume Soro of Côte d'Ivoire wants to begin disarmament in the north of the country with a high-profile ceremony at which weapons would be burned in the… Read more »
June 18, 2007
Congo-Kinshasa: New Government Disappoints
Voters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) voted last year in their first multiparty elections since 1965. Incumbent Joseph Kabila, who had assumed the presidency in 2001… Read more »
June 14, 2007
Congo-Kinshasa: Opposition Leader's Fate Not in My Hands, Says Kabila
President Joseph Kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo says the future of opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, who left the country for Portugal two months ago, is in the… Read more »
June 13, 2007
Guinea: PM Committed to 'Free and Fair' Elections in December
Guinea's recently appointed Prime Minister, Lansana Kouyaté, has committed himself to holding "free and fair" elections in December this year, but has stressed the… Read more »
May 29, 2007
Sudan: Bush Imposes New Sanctions Over Darfur
The United States has stepped up its sanctions against Sudan and announced that it will press the United Nations Security Council to adopt a new package of international sanctions,… Read more »
May 24, 2007
Africa: Hundreds of Thousands Evicted Across Continent
Hundreds of thousands of Africans in many different countries were deliberately rendered homeless last year, Amnesty International has reported. Read more »
May 11, 2007
Guinea: Armed Soldiers March Through Capital
Conakry slowly returned to normal late Friday as soldiers agreed to return to barracks. Read more »
May 07, 2007
Ethiopia: Reflection of a Refugee's Life in America
A new novel by Ethiopian author Dinaw Mengestu tells the story of one Ethiopian refugee's struggle for self-definition and motivation in a world of competing demands and… Read more »
May 05, 2007
Zimbabwe: "We Have Reached the Tipping Point"
Democracy advocates in southern Africa have been posing the question recently: When does Zimbabwe reach a "tipping point", where popular opposition to the regime of aging… Read more »
April 30, 2007
Somalia: International Community Responsible for Lawlessness and Slaughter
This is the most lawless war of our generation. All wars of aggression lack legitimacy, but no conflict in recent memory has witnessed such mounting layers of illegality as the… Read more »