May 27, 2001
Kenya: Powell Hears Demand for More US Action on AIDS
The US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, spent Sunday morning on the edge of one of Africas largest slums - Kibera, in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi - and witnessed the devastation… Read more »
May 26, 2001
Kenya: US Secretary of State Delivers Tough Message to President Moi
The American Secretary of State, Colin Powell, arrived in Kenya on Saturday on the third leg of his four-nation tour around Africa. He immediately went into a working session with… Read more »
May 24, 2001
Congo-Kinshasa: Congo's Adversaries Deny Involvement in Laurent Kabila's Killing
Uganda, Rwanda and Congolese rebels have all described as evil-minded, senseless and ridiculous a new report in which the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)… Read more »
May 23, 2001
East Africa: Tanzania Claims Role of 'Honest Broker' Behind the Scenes
Tanzania stands out in the Great Lakes region as one of the few countries that is not in turmoil. Instead, this large East African country is an oasis of relative peace - home to… Read more »
May 08, 2001
Africa: Tanzania President Appeals for End to African Conflicts
Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa has called on African leaders to exhibit political will in a bid to end the many conflicts on the continent. Read more »
April 29, 2001
Africa: IMF, Bank Are Finally Listening, Say African Finance Ministers
African anger over tough and "dogmatic" conditions imposed by the World Bank and International Monetary Fund is absent from the Bretton Woods institutions' spring meetings for the… Read more »
March 23, 2001
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Images, March 2000
As a photographer, I was asked to go to Ethiopia in March 2000 by Food for the Hungry, an established non-profit NGO that has been involved in relief and development projects… Read more »
Sudan: Bipartisan Effort to End War and Slavery Promised
Bipartisan Congressional voices denounced Sudan's government at a press conference in Washington D.C., Thursday, and called for sanctions against the north-east African nation… Read more »
February 28, 2001
Sudan: Report Recommends Policy To End Fighting
An international task force put together by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has released policy recommendations that it says will end the… Read more »
February 05, 2001
Central Africa: A Moment For Peace?
Following visits to Washington and New York by two young leaders -- principal combatants in Africas largest conflict, U.S. officials and other specialists say they have guarded… Read more »
October 17, 2000
Burundi: Accord Won't Bring Peace Says Award-Winning Journalist
For Agnes Nindorera, the Burundi peace accord reached in Arusha, Tanzania this past August, is not likely to bring peace. "The main militias were not there and did not sign it.… Read more »
October 09, 2000
Somalia: Djibouti Deal Won't Bring Peace, Says Somaliland Foreign Minister
Mohamoud Saleh Nur, Foreign Minister of Somaliland, the tiny self-proclaimed northern republic that broke away from Somalia in 1991, predicts that the Djibouti Peace and… Read more »
October 05, 2000
Tanzania: Dense Tapestries of Sound By Hukwe Zawose
Artist: Hukwe Zawose CD: Tanzania Yetu (Triple Earth, 1985) CD: Chibite (Real World/Caroline Carol 2358-2, 1996) Read more »
October 03, 2000
Sudan: The Recycling of a Nubian Classic by Hamza El-Din
Artist: Hamza El-Din CD title: Escalay Label: Nonesuch Explorer Series Date: 1998 (orig 1971) Read more »
October 01, 2000
Ethiopia/Kenya: Africa Sweeps Marathon
Africans again swept the field in a major Olympic athletic event on Sunday, taking all three medals in the men's marathon. Read more »
September 30, 2000
Africa: Athletes Scoop Up Seven Medals
Africa again had a clean sweep in a long-distance race Saturday, when her runners took all three medals in the men's 5,000m race. Her athletes won two medals in the women's 10,000m… Read more »
September 29, 2000
Africa: Runners' Teams Join Relay Finals
Three Nigerian relay teams have joined long-distance runners from Ethiopia, Kenya, Algeria and Morocco, and a high jumper from South Africa, in the athletics finals' festival at… Read more »
Africa: Six Medals For African Athletes
Kenya leapt to the top of the African Olympics medal table on Friday as African athletes grabbed all the medals in key track events. Read more »
September 28, 2000
Africa: Long-distance Runners Gear Up For Finals
Nouria Merah-Benida of Algeria and Kutre Dulecha of Ethiopia on Thursday qualified for Saturday's finals of the women's 1500m race, setting up an absorbing day of athletics for… Read more »
September 27, 2000
Africa: Long-distance Runners Move To Finals
Athletes from Kenya, Ethiopia, Morocco and Algeria dominated the long-distance athletic heats at the Olympics on Wednesday. Read more »
September 25, 2000
Africa: Africa's Medal Tally Lags
Africa's tally of Olympics medals is growing, but there's a long way to go to beat the total of 34 won in Atlanta in 1996. Read more »
September 24, 2000
Africa: Two More Medals For Africa
African athletes won two more Olympic medals on Sunday, giving Kenya and Algeria their first wins at the Sydney games. Read more »
September 23, 2000
Africa: Runners Break Through To 800-metre Semifinals
African runners achieved their best results in long-distance events at the Olympics on Saturday. Read more »
September 22, 2000
Africa: Women Dominate Long-distance Heats
Athletes from Ethiopia and Kenya dominated the first round of the women's 5000-metre heats in Sydney on Friday. They took five of the 12 top places to move ahead to the next round,… Read more »
Africa: Boxing, Judo And Volleyball Results
A Kenyan boxer whose older brother won a bronze medal at the 1984 Olympics defeated his South African opponent in the first round of their bout at the Olympics on Friday. Read more »