Liberia: Don't Cut Deal On Liberia With Taylor, Urge Congressional Witnesses

"Liberia is a case of failure of prevention," the Director of the United Nations Africa Division, Youssef Mahmoud, told the Congressional Human Rights Caucus Wednesday.… Read more »

Sudan: Foreign Minister Pleads for End to US Sanctions Following Air Crash

A two year old toddler was the only survivor in a Sudan Airways’ plane crash early Tuesday, in which 115 people were killed - including 11 crew. Read more »

West Africa: Obasanjo Offers and Taylor Accepts Exit to Nigeria, But Timing Remains Unclear

Following a 90-minute meeting at Monrovia's International Airport Sunday afternoon, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo and Liberia's President Charles Taylor announced that an… Read more »

Africa: When We See Suffering, We Will Not Turn Away - George Bush

The message U.S. President George W. Bush says he is bringing to Africa is that America cares about Africa's future and that it is in the U.S. national interest for Africa to… Read more »

Africa: Bush 'Still Deciding' on Whether to Send Troops to Liberia

U.S. President George W. Bush says he wants to get enough information before he makes a decision on whether to send troops to Liberia: "I'm in the process of gathering the… Read more »

Africa: US Africa Policies Look Good but Lack Substance, Say Critics

Apparently compassionate U.S. initiatives for Africa such as the promise of $15bn to help fight HIV/Aids are "at this moment, fictitious, because they remain unfunded" and… Read more »

Liberia: Bush Pressed To Commit 'Boots On The Ground' in Liberia

A decade after 18 U.S. Army Rangers were killed by an angry mob in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, the Bush administration is facing mounting pressure to put American 'boots on… Read more »

West Africa: With Shaky Liberia Truce in Place, Pressure Grows for U.S / International Intervention

It has been another busy and bloody week in Liberia. For the second time in ten days, rebels seeking to overthrow President Charles Taylor attempted to storm the capital Monrovia. Read more »

Kenya: US Terror Warnings and Bush Failure to Visit Anger Nairobi

The travel warning issued for Kenya, the closing of the U.S. embassy and now the decision by President Bush not to visit Kenya during his trip to Africa next month, has left a… Read more »

Africa: 'I Don't Believe in People with Single Identities'

For participants at the recent meeting of the Ford Foundation's Special Initiative on Africa, the topic of 'Citizenship and Identity' turned out to be challenging in unforeseen… Read more »

Africa: 'Special Initiative for Africa' Holds Third Meeting in Addis

The Ford Foundation's 'Special Initiative for Africa' completed its first cycle of meetings this month with a session focusing on citizenship and identity, held in Addis Ababa. Read more »

Kenya: Terror Threat Closes American Embassy in Kenya

The State Department has announced that the U.S. embassy in Nairobi, which was closed Friday because of what officials termed "a serious terrorist threat," will remain closed on… Read more »

West Africa: Tough Challenges Ahead For Liberia Peace Pact

No-one is hailing the ceasefire agreed in Ghana on Tuesday between Liberian adversaries as the end of that country's civil war. But most people, especially Liberians, are hoping it… Read more »

West Africa: Reporters Notebook: The Quest for Peace in Liberia

It was one week after the United Nations-backed Special Court in Sierra Leone announced the indictment of Liberian President Charles Taylor, and I was having a drink with Cyril… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Fears For Extended Crisis in Eastern Congo

Trade, investment and the ongoing battle against HIV/Aids top the agenda of Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni's visit to the United States, but the bloody chaos in the eastern… Read more »

West Africa: Talks in Ghana Delayed as West Africa Pursues a Truce in Liberia

With fighting intensifying in Liberia, the peace conference that opened here last week has taken a pause while West African leaders seek to broker a truce between the warring… Read more »

Liberia: Diplomatic Dismay as Liberia Rebels Poise For Final Push and Foreigners Flee

Given an ultimatum by rebels to voluntarily step down from office or be ousted by force, Liberian President Charles Taylor is believed to have abandoned the presidential palace on… Read more »

Liberia: Taylor Says Coup Foiled As He Proposes More Concessions and Fighting Intensifies

Twenty-four hours after the United Nations-backed Sierra Leone Special Court indicted President Charles Taylor on war crimes, the Liberian leader announced that his government had… Read more »

West Africa: 'If I Stand in the Way of Peace,' I'll Quit, Says Taylor

With reports circulating that Liberian President Charles Taylor had been indicted by a United Nations-backed tribunal, the 55-year old former warlord made an unexpected offer to… Read more »

Africa: African Leaders Must 'Rescue' Zimbabwe, Says Harare Mayor

Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe has become an opposition stronghold, electing in March 2002 from the ranks of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) the city's Executive Mayor… Read more »

West Africa: Taylor at Accra Peace Talks: "Honourable Exit or Extended Mandate?"

Liberian political leaders and activists are arriving here in the Ghanaian capital to take part in what could be the country's most important peace effort since the outbreak of war… Read more »

South Africa: Congressional Delegation to South Africa Challenged, Impressed

A Congressional delegation returned to Washington, DC Saturday after a week-long trip to South Africa where they encountered efforts to come to grip with HIV/Aids that moved some… Read more »

Liberia: Increased Pressure on Taylor as France Welcomes Opposition Leader

For the first time since Charles Taylor became president of Liberia six years ago, the French foreign ministry has held official consultations with the leader of Liberia's… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Why Africa Only Has Four Months to Rescue Zimbabwe

Now that President Thabo Mbeki and his colleagues, Nigeria's Olusegun Obasanjo and Malawi's Bakili Muluzi, are at last engaged in a serious effort to resolve the Zimbabwe crisis,… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Politician Ouattara On Escape from Death Squads, Future of Unity Government

Alassane Dramane Ouattara, known to his supporters by his initials, ADO, is a former prime minister of Cote d’Ivoire and head of the main opposition Rally of the Republicans (RDR)… Read more »