Sudan: Security For IDPs and Refugees

This is the second in a series of articles concerning the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), explaining how different parts were negotiated, what the paragraphs mean, and how they… Read more »

Sudan: Disarming the Janjaweed and Armed Militia

This is the first in a series of articles concerning the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), explaining how different parts were negotiated by the Government and Movement delegations,… Read more »

Sudan: A Dying Deal in Darfur

In this eerily depopulated area of war-ravaged Darfur, a woman named Ayesha explained to me why she and a handful of others refused to become refugees. "We fear another… Read more »

Sierra Leone: African Blood Diamonds on American Markets

Bling: Consequences and Repercussions Read more »

Africa: New Soros Book Targets Global Warming, War on Terror

The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror by George Soros Read more »

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 »

Africa: Investors Want to See Good Practices Sustained, Africa Bank President Says

Not enough attention is being paid to African success stories, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz told an Africa investment forum last week. Citing a decline in active armed… Read more »

Uganda: New Film Documents Uganda's 20-Year Civil War

Uganda Rising Read more »

Sudan: Divide and Destroy in Darfur

Negotiating the end of a war is tricky enough.  But in the case of Darfur, mediators were also faced with the implicit task of ending what the Bush administration calls… Read more »

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 »

Africa: The Scramble for African Oil

After decades of Cold War, when Africa was simply viewed as a convenient pawn on the global chessboard, and a further decade of benign neglect in the 1990s, the African continent… Read more »

Liberia: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Oprah's Wednesday Broadcast, Continues Push for Investment and Rebuilding Assistance

During a two-day private visit to Chicago last week, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf taped an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show that will air on Wednesday. Read more »

Uganda: Displaced People in the North Struggle for Basic Needs

Caroline Akoko has lived for almost two years at a camp for people fleeing their homes in northern Uganda, where 18 years of war between government forces and a rebel group has… Read more »

Liberia: U.S. Senate To Consider Vote on Liberia Aid

The United States Senate may vote as early as Tuesday on a budget amendment proposed by Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee that would provide $80 million in immediate assistance to… Read more »

Liberia: Sirleaf Administration Issues 'First 150 Days' Report

When Ellen Johnson Sirleaf took office as Liberia's post-war president on January 16, she outlined a number of initiatives aimed at producing tangible "deliverables" for the… Read more »

Liberia: We Want to Restore Our Dignity and See Liberia Prosper Again - Sirleaf

During her visit to the United States last month, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf  addressed a gathering of development experts at a luncheon on March 20 hosted by… Read more »

Sudan: Democratic Leader Calls for a Stop to 'Human Carnage' in Darfur

House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California) delivered an emotional account of the crisis in Darfur, Sudan, which she called "a challenge to the conscience… Read more »

Sudan: Matching Rhetoric with Action in Darfur

Last month, in the town of Mershing, South Darfur, there was chaos and carnage.  On a scorching day in February, four hundred Janjaweed militiamen attacked, firing… Read more »

Liberia: 'Tremendous Potential', Says Investment Commission Chairman

Since Liberian President William R. Tolbert was assassinated in 1980 by junior military officers, the country has been in turmoil, with rival armed factions competing for power.… Read more »

Liberia: President Sirleaf Thanks U.S. Congress, Asks for Continuing Support

Speaking before a joint meeting of the United States Congress on Wednesday, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf asked for American support to help her country  "become a… Read more »

Liberia: Sirleaf to Address U.S. Congress and Meet Bush as Supporters Press for Aid to Rebuild Liberia

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will begin an official visit to Washington with a speech next week to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, meeting… Read more »

Liberia: Liberia's Sirleaf Seeks Civic Action, International Aid

As President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf prepares to make an official visit to the United States in mid-March, pressure is growing for the addition of $80 million in reconstruction and… Read more »

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 »

Liberia: "A New Heart for Our Nation" - Liberia Inaugural Sermon

Sermon Delivered on Sunday, January 15, 2006 at the Thanksgiving and Intercessory Service for the Inauguration of the New Government for the Republic of Liberia at First United… Read more »

Liberia: Text of Inaugural Address by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia

Following is the text of the Inaugural Address, as delivered on Monday, January 16, on the Capitol grounds in Monrovia, by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia. Read more »