South Africa: Mbeki Presses for 'Inclusive' Settlement in Somalia

President Thabo Mbeki described the need for national reconciliation in Somalia as "critical." Read more »

Sudan: The ICC: A Question of Accountability

The Sudanese regime is, by any measure, one of the most brutal and destabilising in the world today. Its atrocities have not been limited to Darfur. Khartoum has harshly suppressed… Read more »

Guinea: Government and Unions Sign Agreement, General Unlimited Strike Suspended

Under clear skies and a radiant full moon on Saturday night, Guineans took to the streets of Conakry, the capital city of this west African country lying on the Atlantic shoreline,… Read more »

Guinea: President Appears to Yield, Agrees to New Prime Minister

News reports confirmed by presidential sources indicate that President Lansana Conté of Guinea has signed an executive order establishing the nomination of a "consensus… Read more »

Somalia: U.S. Department of Defense Denies Capture of U.S. Soldiers

The United States Department of Defense has firmly denied reports of the capture of American soldiers in southern Somalia, stating "no U.S. service members have been captured… Read more »

Guinea: Army, President Need to be Warned Against Both Status Quo and Coup

In Conakry, the Guinean capital lying on the Atlantic shoreline, it is the season of the Harmattan, when the rains have given way to the dry dust-laden wind of that name, which… Read more »

South Africa: Gov't Blocks Listing of al-Qaeda Suspects

South Africa's foreign minister, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, wants bilateral talks with the United States government over its request to list two South Africans as having links… Read more »

Somalia: Tentative Hope and Little Else

Across a wide spectrum of political opinion there is a lot of hope for the success of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) but little expectation it will be fulfilled. Read more »

Somalia: 'You Break It, You Own It' Rule Does Not Apply

"You break it, you own it." The Pottery Barn rule of intervention and nation-building, made famous in Iraq, is about to be tested in Somalia. Read more »

Africa: Global Experts Encourage Women as Peacekeepers

Experts in peace-building have called on African women to become involved with peacekeeping from the start of negotiations to end conflicts, and not to allow themselves to be… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Official Sees 'Credible and Serious Dialogue' As Key to Peace in Somalia

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer, who has been leading the Bush administration's peace efforts in Somalia and Sudan, discussed the situation in… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Review of Mobutu's Totalitarian Political System - An Afrocentric Analysis

In this short book, Peta Ikambana attempts to offer an Afro-centric analysis of the Mobutu regime, which ruled over Zaire (today's DRC) from 1965 to 1997. The book's premise holds… Read more »

Sudan: Bush, Mbeki Urge Quick Deployment in Darfur

U.S. President George W. Bush and South African President Thabo Mbeki are pushing for an urgent increase in the number of peacekeepers in Darfur. In talks at the White House on… Read more »

Africa: 'Blood Diamond' Entertains, Educates

In the early days of Master Sergeant Samuel Doe's 1980 coup in Liberia, I was entering a hotel in Monrovia with my five-year-old son when soldiers lounging in the lobby started… Read more »

Africa: Senator Brownback and Representative Lee Say Continent Deserves More Focus

Republican Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas and Democratic Representative Barbara Lee from California were honored by the Africa Society of Washington, D.C. on Thursday for their… Read more »

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 »

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 »

Sudan: Review of 'All About Darfur'

All About Darfur: Is Sudan in a culture of war? Read more »

Somalia: Getting It Wrong, Again

Already notorious as the world’s only state without a functioning government, Somalia may be about to deteriorate even further. The country is rapidly sliding back toward… Read more »

Sudan: President Blasts UN, Asserts Sovereignty

Sudan's President Umar el-Bashir reiterated Monday in Khartoum his agreement to an international force in Darfur. Such a force could be composed of African Union (AU) troops or… Read more »

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 »

Sudan: U.S. Congressmen Urge State Governors to Divest

U.S. Congressional Representatives Frank Wolf (Republican), Donald Payne (Democrat), and Jim Moran (Democrat) today called for states to divest public funds from companies doing… Read more »

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 »

Southern Africa: Catch a Fire: New Film on 1980s Apartheid South Africa

Catch a Fire Read more »

Africa: Speech of William Jefferson Clinton Accepting the 2006 Africare Humanitarian Award

The following is a transcript of William Jefferson Clinton's Acceptance Speech for the 2006 Africare Humanitarian Award. Read more »