Liberia: Liberians Welcome President's Pledge to Curb Corruption, Create Jobs

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf walked home today, through cheering, crying crowds that parted reluctantly as security officials cleared a path. Along the boulevard leading from the… Read more »

Uganda: Street Children Falling Through Cracks in Response to War and Aids

The small, dirty hands obsessively fold and refold a wrinkled shirt on the long conference table, as if checking to make sure it's still there, and this isn't a dream. Read more »

Liberia: Liberia's Methodist Bishop Appeals to Church Member Weah to Accept Election Results

My Fellow Liberians, Brothers and Sisters of the Faith Community in Liberia, Our Young People, the Precious Jewels and Future Leaders of the Blessed Nation, Liberia: Read more »

Liberia: Pledging 'Government of Inclusion', President-Elect Wants Liberians to' See Hope in Their Future'

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a veteran development official and politician who scored an unexpected victory in Liberia's presidential run-off last month, is currently on a brief private… Read more »

Liberia: U.S. Reiterates Fairness of Liberia Election As Sirleaf Arrives for Top-Level Meetings in Washington

Elections in Liberia "were free and fair and the most successful in Liberia's history," a State Department official said Tuesday. "Any opposition allegations of… Read more »

Liberia: Showered With Enthusiasm, Liberia's President-Elect Receives High-Level Reception in Washington

Having beaten the odds to win (helped by some polls and a helicopter), Africa's first female elected president faces daunting challenges. Read more »

Liberia: Completed Tally Confirms Ellen Johnson Sirleaf as Winner in Liberia

Liberia's National Election Commission (NEC) has released the completed tally of last week's presidential run-off showing Ellen Johnson Sirleaf with 59.4 and George Weah with 40.6… Read more »

Liberia: Sirleaf Holds on to Large Lead in Liberia Presidential Race

With 97 percent of all ballots counted, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is set to become the first woman to win a nationwide presidential election in Africa. Read more »

Liberia: As Results Pour In, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf Maintains Lead in Liberia Election

With vote counting from Tuesday's run-off presidential elections proceeding faster than the first round on October 11, Liberians may learn by the end of the week who they have… Read more »

Liberia: Early Returns from Liberia Show Ellen Johnson Sirleaf in the Lead

There was no rush to the polls or long lines at most polling stations, when Liberians cast ballots in the country's first presidential run-off election on Tuesday. But reports from… Read more »

Liberia: Liberians Go To Polls To Select Peacetime President

Heavy rains have loosed bridges from their moorings and made roadways into seas of mud, but long lines began forming hours before polls opened Tuesday morning in Liberia's… Read more »

Liberia: Weah and Sirleaf Close Out Campaigning As Liberia Prepares for First Presidential Run-off Race

"I always thought the nickname 'Iron lady' referred to her indomitable state of mind," said one of the journalists in the convoy that took Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and her caravan of… Read more »

Liberia: As First Round Results Remain Stagnant, Liberian Elections Commission Chairman Receives Death Threats

With the counting of votes nearing completion in Liberia's presidential and legislative elections last week, the chairman of the National Elections Commission (NEC), Frances… Read more »

Liberia: All Quiet in Monrovia As People Nervously Await Elections Results

In the words of the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General to Liberia, Mr. Alan Doss, "it was a great day for Liberia." After six weeks of a mostly civil… Read more »

Liberia: Peaceful Campaign Ends in Liberia

For a country that has just emerged out of one of the deadliest civil wars in Africa's modern history, Liberia has managed to conduct a surprisingly peaceful campaign leading to… Read more »

Liberia: High Stakes for the Region as Liberians Prepare to Vote

Liberia faces a 'make-or-break' situation as voters go to the polls next week, officials and Africa-watchers in the United States agree. The election is a central facet of the… Read more »

Burundi: Govt Determined to Consolidate Peace and Rebuild Burundi - Foreign Minister

Burundi's socio-political history has been a complex mix of power, domination and marginalization. It has experienced bouts of armed conflicts and massacres between Hutus and… Read more »

Uganda: Foreign Minister Hopeful on End to LRA Conflict

Uganda has amended its constitution and moved from a no-party political setup to a multi-party political arrangement, abolished presidential term limits, with a presidential… Read more »

Sudan: Senior U.S. Envoy to Promote Peace Prospects for South and Darfur

American officials are cautiously optimistic that Sudan's comprehensive peace agreement will be implemented as scheduled, according to the U.S. special envoy Roger Winter, even… Read more »

Uganda: Violence in Northwestern Uganda

Inside West Nile by Mark Leopold Read more »

Africa: An All Too Familiar Story

The recent coup that ousted Mauritanian despot Maaouya Ould Taya has elicited the usual hue and cry: condemnations from the international community and calls for the soldiers to… Read more »

Sudan: Weekend Prayer Event Puts Renewed Focus on Darfur

Members of the United States Congress joined with leaders of private relief and faith-based organizations Wednesday to focus renewed attention on the continuing crisis in the… Read more »

Africa: At Least 9 Africans Missing, 8 Injured in London Attacks

Updated: July 14, 2005 9:34 AM Read more »

Africa: African Leaders and Policy Makers Speak out on Peace and Security in Africa

Demilitarizing the Mind: African Agendas for Peace and Security. Edited by Alex de Waal Read more »

Rwanda: 'History Repeats But Doesn't Teach,' Rwanda Hotel Hero Tells Students

Paul Rusesabagina, the courageous hotel manager portrayed by Don Cheadle in the film "Hotel Rwanda," has received many honors and addressed numerous gatherings since he emerged as… Read more »