October 18, 2006
Liberia: A Conversation with Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
At a breakfast fundraiser in Washington DC for the Liberian Education Trust, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf discussed the nation's prospects for development and peace with… Read more »
October 17, 2006
Liberia: President Calls for Faster Aid Flows: Speech at Georgetown University
The following is the text of a speech given by President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf at Georgetown University. Read more »
Liberia: Liberian Education Trust Aims to Get Children Back to School
Fourteen years of war destroyed most of Liberia's schools and forced tens of thousands of children to become soldiers or sex slaves – or, in the case of many girls, both.… Read more »
October 06, 2006
Africa: 'New News' from Africa - Looking Beyond Death, Disease, Disaster and Despair
Charlayne Hunter-Gault, one of the best-known and most award-winning journalists in the United States, has focused her recent career on covering Africa. After nearly two decades as… Read more »
October 05, 2006
Cape Verde: Well-Governed African Nations Merit Attention, Says Prime Minister
"In African countries at-large there is not close attention being given to countries that have good government," Cape Verde Prime Minister, Jose Maria Neves said Thursday… Read more »
September 29, 2006
Africa: UN Trade Agency Aims to Bring the Poor into the Process
The Geneva-based International Trade Center (ITC) and the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation are hosting a forum in Berlin, focusing on how exports can reduce poverty in the… Read more »
September 22, 2006
Liberia: President Johnson Sirleaf Honored with Freedom Award
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was honored Thursday night in Washington with the 2006 Freedom Award, a distinction she shared with U.S. First Lady Laura Bush. Read more »
September 15, 2006
Ghana: Kufuor Says Millennium Challenge Compact Provides Boost to Country's Economic Progress
The following is a transcription of the press briefing by Ghana President John Agyekum Kufuor on August 4, 2006 at the Wyndham Hotel, Washington, DC. At the briefing, which was… Read more »
September 14, 2006
Africa: Future Lies With 'Community-Based Tourism' Says Kenyan Official
"Community-based tourism is opening up a new era," Dr. Dan Kagagi, CEO of Kenya's Tourism Trust Fund, told reporters Tuesday at the TourismAfrica 2006 meeting underway in… Read more »
September 12, 2006
Africa: Aggressive 'Tourist Offensive' Planned
African government officials, tour operators and service providers from all over the world and representatives from international organizations began the first of a week-long… Read more »
August 30, 2006
Africa: Women and Collective Action in Africa
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August 29, 2006
Africa: Building on AGOA for African Agricultural Trade Expansion
On the final day of the annual forum on the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) last month, the United States and Rwanda signed a bilateral agreement aimed at increasing trade… Read more »
July 19, 2006
Africa: World Bank President Sees A Continent on the Move
World Bank President and former Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz addressing delegates yesterday, at the seventh Sullivan Summit of African and African American leaders, said… Read more »
June 12, 2006
Africa: Stakeholders Seek Ways To Broaden Agoa Opportunities
When the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) was enacted in 2001, the legislation "changed U.S. political discourse with African countries from begging bowl to business… Read more »
Africa: Investors Want to See Good Practices Sustained, Africa Bank President Says
Not enough attention is being paid to African success stories, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz told an Africa investment forum last week. Citing a decline in active armed… Read more »
April 25, 2006
Africa: New Hope for Tackling an Old Scourge on Africa Malaria Day
African children are dying of malaria at the rate of one every 30 seconds. Take a minute to try to comprehend that number – and two more die. Read more »
Uganda: Displaced People in the North Struggle for Basic Needs
Caroline Akoko has lived for almost two years at a camp for people fleeing their homes in northern Uganda, where 18 years of war between government forces and a rebel group has… Read more »
April 21, 2006
Nigeria: Govt Free of Most Foreign Debt, Pledges Social Investments
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the finance minister of Nigeria, says that a significant portion of the nation's revenues can be re-targeted to improve the lives of Nigerians, now that… Read more »
April 17, 2006
Liberia: Sirleaf Administration Issues 'First 150 Days' Report
When Ellen Johnson Sirleaf took office as Liberia's post-war president on January 16, she outlined a number of initiatives aimed at producing tangible "deliverables" for the… Read more »
Liberia: We Want to Restore Our Dignity and See Liberia Prosper Again - Sirleaf
During her visit to the United States last month, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf addressed a gathering of development experts at a luncheon on March 20 hosted by… Read more »
April 07, 2006
Benin: Music Lets Me See Beyond Color, Beyond Language - Angélique Kidjo
Angélique Kidjo, one of Africa's most prolific and best known artistes, is from Benin in West Africa. She started singing at age six, producing songs that span music genres and… Read more »
March 16, 2006
Liberia: 'Tremendous Potential', Says Investment Commission Chairman
Since Liberian President William R. Tolbert was assassinated in 1980 by junior military officers, the country has been in turmoil, with rival armed factions competing for power.… Read more »
March 14, 2006
Guinea: Bauxite Investment Spurs West African Hopes
In one of the world's 10 poorest countries, where life expectancy barely exceeds 50 years, where 75 per cent of the women are illiterate, and where almost everyone is unemployed,… Read more »
February 28, 2006
Liberia: Liberia's Sirleaf Seeks Civic Action, International Aid
As President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf prepares to make an official visit to the United States in mid-March, pressure is growing for the addition of $80 million in reconstruction and… Read more »
February 03, 2006
South Africa: Mbeki Trumpets 'Age of Hope,' Outlines Steps to End Poverty
President Thabo Mbeki has proclaimed an "Age of Hope" in South Africa, in which economic growth is unparalleled and optimism high. At the same time he acknowledged serious problems… Read more »
