November 16, 2001
Sudan: U.S. House Names Conferees to Resolve "Peace Act" Differences
In an unexpected action Thursday, 15 House members were named by Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) to serve on a conference committee to resolve differing House and Senate versions of… Read more »
November 14, 2001
Sudan: Bush Envoy Begins Peace Efforts, Targets Nuba Mountains
The United States' new peace envoy to Sudan, former Senator John Danforth, has presented a four-point plan to the Sudanese government, in a fresh effort to broker a peace deal… Read more »
November 13, 2001
Burundi: Armed Rebels Will Come To The Table, Insists Mandela
Despite the fact that two Hutu rebel groups continue to wage war against the government, the peace in Burundi will hold and firm up, former South African President Nelson Mandela… Read more »
October 10, 2001
Eritrea: Crackdown on Dissidents Continues
The arrests of three more prominent government opponents in Eritrea over the past few days indicate that the month-long clampdown on dissidents is not slowing despite strong… Read more »
October 05, 2001
Eritrea: Eritrean Critic Urges Government to Relent on Dissidents
In 1991, the new government of just-liberated Eritrea requested the help Bereket Selassie in drafting a constitution for the new nation and he became chair of the Consitutional… Read more »
September 27, 2001
Eritrea: It's an Issue of National Security, Not Politics, Says Ambassador
Questions still surround last week's arrest and detention of 11 senior members of the ruling party and government in Eritrea. Although the government has not formally detailed the… Read more »
September 26, 2001
Eritrea: Party Puts its Case Against Dissidents
Eritreas ruling party, the Eritrean Peoples Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) has published its explanation for last weeks arrests of the dissident party and government… Read more »
September 24, 2001
Comoros: Military Stage New Coup in Comoros
Less than two months after former military ruler Said Abeid was deposed, another coup d'etat was reported Monday on the Comoro island of Anjouan, situated in the Indian Ocean off… Read more »
September 21, 2001
Eritrea: Paper Trail That Put Eritrea's Dissidents in Jail
The arrest this week of 11 of the 15 signatories of a dissident letter addressed to President Isaias Afewerki, was the latest move in a war of attrition that has been going on… Read more »
September 20, 2001
Eritrea: Dissidents Arrested, Newspapers Closed
"No one expected this to happen," says Mehret Ghebreyesus, an Eritrean living in Washington, D.C., "at least those of us who fully supported the government didn't." In an article… Read more »
September 06, 2001
Sudan: Special Envoy To Probe 'Will' For Peace
President Bush has appointed former Missouri Senator John C. Danforth as special envoy to Sudan. In a Rose Garden ceremony Thursday at the White House, Bush declared, "I am under… Read more »
August 09, 2001
Comoros: Anjouan Rocked By Yet Another Coup
There was a tense security situation, Thursday, following a military coup on the the Comoro island of Anjouan, part of a three-island confederate archipelago off the coast of… Read more »
July 12, 2001
Sudan: Assistance Chief To Sudan Stressing Assistance Now "Neutral"
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Andrew S. Natsios leaves Saturday on a 7-day mission to assess humanitarian needs in northern and southern Sudan. … Read more »
July 09, 2001
Africa: Arms And Africa On UN Agenda This Week
According to The East African newspaper published in Nairobi, Kenya, small arms trafficking along the Uganda, Sudan and Kenya borders has grown so much since 1986 that the cost of… Read more »
Africa: OAU Summit Hears Warnings of 'Oblivion' if Conflicts Continue
The 37th annual summit of the Organisation of African Unity, which is likely to be the last, has opened in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, with delegates focused on the creation of a… Read more »
June 29, 2001
Uganda: Cooperation, Networking Required In Globalizing World - Prime Minister
Under Uganda's "no party" or "movement" system, parties cannot be formed to campaign for office but any individual can run for any office. President Yoweri Museveni, who instituted… Read more »
June 18, 2001
Sudan: Crocker Refusal Highlights Political Crosscurrents on Sudan
The decision of former Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Chester Crocker to decline the position of special envoy to Sudan is another sign that pressure from two directions… Read more »
June 13, 2001
Sudan: House Votes Aid To Southern Sudanese Rebels
By a huge 422-2 margin the U.S. House of Representatives has approved the "Sudan Peace Act" authorizing President Bush to make US$10 million under the Foreign Operations, Export… Read more »
June 06, 2001
Burundi: As Rebels Creep Closer, Nervous Watching In Washington
With rebel fighters of the Forces Nationales de Libération (FNL) now on the edge of Bujumbura, worry grows that efforts to stabilize the Great Lakes region may come undone. Read more »
June 05, 2001
Congo-Kinshasa: States Still Far Apart as Another Round of Ceasefire Talks Approaches
Parties to the warfare in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are scheduled to meet for ceasefire talks later this month. But security for Rwanda, feeling threatened by the… Read more »
June 04, 2001
Rwanda: Security Requires Troops Deep In Congo, Says Ambassador
Rwandan troops have penetrated far into the Democratic Republic of the Congo in what DRC government officials charge is an invasion aimed at exploiting the central African nation's… Read more »
June 01, 2001
Congo-Kinshasa: Intensifying Conflict In East Threatens Peace Effort, says Ambassador
Despite the optimism of a just-returned United Nations investigating team, worry over continuing armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is mounting. Speaking to… Read more »
May 29, 2001
Sudan: Powell Signaling Shift On Sudan?
Describing northern Sudan as in a "desperate situation", US Secretary of State, Colin Powell announced Monday that the Bush Administration will end a policy of shipping most of its… Read more »
Africa: AllAfrica Exclusive: Powell Promises US Support but Says Africa Must Help Itself
The American Secretary of State, Colin Powell, ended a four-nation African tour on Monday, which took him from Mali to South Africa and onto Kenya, with a last stop in Uganda. … Read more »
May 28, 2001
Africa: Powell Ends Tour With Pledge to Keep Africa High on US Agenda
Americas top diplomat, Colin Powell, wrapping up a four-nation Africa tour in Uganda on Monday, has promised to keep the continent on the US foreign policy agenda. Read more »