July 08, 2004
Sudan: Act Now to Stop Dying on a Massive Scale in Darfur, U.S. Lawmakers Urge
A growing chorus of voices in the U.S. Congress is appealing for urgent action to halt the ongoing killings in the Darfur region of Sudan. Two Republican U.S. lawmakers who visited… Read more »
July 07, 2004
Africa: UN Official Implicates HIV in Southern Africa Food Crisis
James Morris, Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme, who recently returned from a two-week trip through southern Africa, says there is a humanitarian crisis in the… Read more »
June 24, 2004
Sudan: 'Call the Atrocities In Darfur By Their Rightful Name'
President George Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell were urged Wednesday by a coalition of members of the U.S. Congress and civil society to declare the humanitarian crisis… Read more »
Sudan: U.S. Holocaust Museum Suspends Normal Operations To Call Attention to Darfur
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum suspended regular activities for the first time in its history Thursday for a half hour program on the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan that… Read more »
Sudan: Unicef Takes Out Loans to Bring Aid to Darfur: Less Than 'One Piece of Plastic Per Family'
Julianna Lindsey is a program officer for the United Nations Children's Fund's Humanitarian Response Unit. She traveled through Sudan for five weeks coordinating Unicef support for… Read more »
June 23, 2004
Sudan: `Genocide Unfolding': Physicians Group Faults Sudan Government, Lack of World Response
As part of a team from Physicians for Human Rights, John Heffernan spent two weeks on the Sudan-Chad border, visiting refugees from western Sudan's Darfur region. About half of the… Read more »
June 22, 2004
Africa: Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton Stress Africa's Importance at Sullivan Dinner
African countries need peace and security to prosper, Condoleezza Rice, President Bush's National Security Advisor said speaking to the Leon H. Sullivan Summit Awards Dinner on… Read more »
June 18, 2004
Sudan: The World Is Obligated to Prevent Genocide in Darfur
Jerry Fowler is Staff Director of the Committee on Conscience, a division of the U.S. Holocaust Museum created to ensure that genocide never happens again. He visited refugee… Read more »
June 17, 2004
Africa: Panelists Critique U.S. Role in Africa
Hollywood actors, academics and world leaders discussed issues facing Africa - both on the continent and globally - during a conference sponsored by TransAfrica Forum titled… Read more »
June 16, 2004
Sudan: U.S. Struggles to Address Situation in Sudan
With an estimated 30,000 killed, and two million displaced by Arab militias in Darfur, western Sudan, the U.S. has vowed to increase pressure on the Khartoum government to stop… Read more »
June 06, 2004
Congo-Kinshasa: Rwandan Involvement and Rebel Advance Makes Stepped Up UN Action Essential, Says Congo Ambassador
"Very credible eyewitnesses who have seen boats crossing the lake from Rwanda" going towards Kalehe and Biraa and Bukavu say they contained Rwandan soldiers, according to the… Read more »
May 21, 2004
Liberia: An Uneven Examination of U.S. Policy Toward Liberia
Lester S. Hyman, United States Policy Toward Liberia 1822 To 2003: Unintended Consequences?. Cherry Hill, Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers, 2003, 281 pp + Bibliography, Index,… Read more »
May 07, 2004
Sudan: Government 'Scorched Earth' Campaign In Darfur Reflecting Fear And Sudan Power Struggle, Says US Official
Rebellion and "effective" military operations in Sudan's western Darfur area by the Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) "poses in many… Read more »
May 04, 2004
Africa: Africa Command Not European Command, Says Official
The United States European Command (Eucom) will change its name to reflect a new strategic concern with Africa, according a senior Eucom official involved in the planning. Eucom… Read more »
April 30, 2004
Africa: The Nile River: Building or Stumbling Block?
The Nile River, long a trans-border artery linking 10 African countries, has become a major challenge for the nations that share its waters. The distribution of Nile waters has… Read more »
April 23, 2004
Africa: Africa's Lost Decades - A Reporter's Lament
1 A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa Howard W. French April 23, 2004 Alfred A. Knopf Read more »
April 22, 2004
Nigeria: Buhari - Freely Elected Government Can Transform Nigeria
Nigeria's problems with economic disparity, underdevelopment and corruption can only be addressed when the country has a fairly elected government, says Major General Muhammadu… Read more »
April 15, 2004
Africa: General Sees Expanding Strategic Role for U.S. European Command In Africa
Three weeks ago, "the first meeting ever" between the chiefs of defense of North African states and Sahel states took place at the Stuttgart, Germany headquarters of the United… Read more »
March 26, 2004
Liberia: Rising to the Challenge of Good Governance in Liberia
The peace agreement signed last August that created Liberia's transitional government also established several autonomous agencies and commissions designed to promote… Read more »
March 12, 2004
Sudan: Western Sudan Conflict Threatens Peace Prospect
The conflict in Darfur is an "ominous cloud over the peace process," said Rep. Ed Royce (R-California), chair of the House Subcommittee on Africa, opening a hearing on the Sudan… Read more »
March 08, 2004
Africa: Trained African Armies Key to Terror Fight in Africa, Says US European Command Deputy
The United States is stepping up its efforts to partner with Africa in the war on terror, says the deputy commander of the US European Command (USEUCOM) General Charles F. Wald.… Read more »
February 13, 2004
Ghana: Ghana's Ex President Jerry Rawlings Appears Before National Reconciliation Commission
Ghana's former president, Jerry Rawlings, appeared on Thursday before the country's National Reconciliation Commission, which was set up in 2002 to investigate human rights' abuses… Read more »
February 11, 2004
Liberia: President Bush Meets Liberia's Transition Leader; Debt Issue Unresolved
President George W. Bush held a brief low-key meeting Tuesday in the Oval Office with Liberia's transition government chairman, Gyude Bryant, and assured him of firm U.S. support… Read more »
February 06, 2004
Liberia: Rebel Disarmament 'Irreverisble' Says Liberia Foreign Minister
Although the rebel movements Lurd and Model will "will remain in force" until the end of Liberia's transition period, disarmament is ending their role as a military force, said… Read more »
February 02, 2004
Liberia: Reporters Notebook - Avoiding a Repeat of the 1990s
On his 100th day in power, the chairman of Liberia's transitional government, Gyude C. Bryant, held a tête-à-tête with editors of Liberian newspapers on the… Read more »