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 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 »
March 28, 2000
Ethiopia: Ethiopia Readying for Drought Emergency, Ambassador Says
"In the last couple of years the rainy seasons have failed," says Ethiopian Ambassador Berhane Gebre-Christos, explaining the drought that continues to batter his nation. Read more »
March 08, 2000
East Africa: East Africa Drought Hits the Horn, Famine Threatened
An estimated fifteen million people on the Horn of Africa are at risk of severe hunger this year warned USAID Administrator Brady Anderson in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. Anderson… Read more »