July 28, 2004
Sudan: U.S. Holocaust Museum Issues First Ever 'Genocide Emergency'
The Committee on Conscience of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum issued a "genocide emergency" yesterday, red-flagging the continuing violence in Darfur, Sudan. This is… Read more »
July 23, 2004
Sudan: 'Call Darfur a Genocide' Say Coalition Protestors
Hundreds of protestors rallied Thursday in front of the White House, calling on the United States and the UN Security Council to officially call the crisis in Darfur, western… Read more »
July 21, 2004
Rwanda: Ladies First: The Role of Women in Rwanda's Nation Building
In the aftermath of a devastating period of civil war and genocide in the 1990s, the challenges of nation building are the hallmark of today's Rwanda. Currently in Rwanda, the need… Read more »
July 14, 2004
Sudan: U.S. Lawmaker and Church Leader Arrested to Highlight Darfur Deaths
The campaign to highlight the growing humanitarian crisis in Sudan has gotten a publicity boost this week from the arrests at the Sudan Embassy in Washington, DC. of U.S.… Read more »
July 12, 2004
Sudan: Panelists Urge the World to Act on Darfur, Sudan Official Denies Government Involvement
The international community has a responsibility to act immediately to prevent the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Sudanese, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)… Read more »
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 22, 2004
Kenya: Kenya Presses Economic Reforms, Seeks Agoa Extension
Since the election at the end of 2002 of Mwai Kibaki as president of Kenya, replacing Daniel Arap Moi, the new government has embarked on an ambitious program of reform that has… 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 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 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 »
Uganda: Museveni at CSIS - Not Pessimism But Concern for Africa's Future
The following is the text of an address, followed by questions and answers, by President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Read more »
Africa: Media Messages on Health and HIV/Aids Target At-Risk African Youth
Messages created by and for young people have become a centerpiece of efforts to educate teens about health risks. Organizers of those campaigns say they are potent tools for… Read more »
June 14, 2004
Africa: Uganda's President Calls Extending African Import Law Urgent
High tariffs and trade barriers on African-manufactured products block the continent's development, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told a Washington audience at the Center for… Read more »
June 10, 2004
Africa: African Leaders Seek G8 Follow-Through
Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Senegal, Uganda and Algeria Presidents Meet G8 Today 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 19, 2004
Africa: Rome Concert Launches a Movement, Says Quincy Jones
If the days of concerts for a cause having an impact are over, producer Quincy Jones hasn't noticed. "You know, it's not really a concert," he told a reporter for Metro… 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 »
Africa: Eight African Nations Eligible For Millennium Challenge Account Assistance
The Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) voted Thursday to make 16 countries "eligible" for Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) assistance this year. The… 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 »
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 »
January 26, 2004
Africa: Keep Agoa Alive!
America's effort to promote economic development in Africa will be eroded significantly if the Bush administration and the U.S. Congress do not work together to quickly extend a… Read more »
