April 21, 1997
South Africa: Address by Executive Deputy President Thabo Mbeki, to Corporate Council on Africa's "Attracting Capital to Africa" Summit
Chairperson, Honourable Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen Read more »
March 06, 2019
Africa: Leroy T. Walker Africa News Service Archive at Duke University Libraries
Preliminary Guide to the Leroy T. Walker Africa News Service Archive, 1952-1998. More information available from Duke University Libraries Collection Overview The LeRoy T. Walker… Read more »
May 26, 1999
Equatorial Guinea: A Better Image for the 'Kuwait of Africa'
It is hard to imagine a country with a lower public profile than Equatorial Guinea. Even though the tiny nation was the setting for "Tropical Gangsters," a best-selling book of… Read more »
January 03, 1993
Africa: National Security Review 30: American Policy Toward Africa in the 1990s-Key Findings
The Bush administration has prepared a classified presidential directive that may shape the initial Africa policy of the new Clinton team. Prompted by the crisis in Somalia and a… Read more »
East Africa: How the U.S. Can Support Peace and Democracy in the Horn of Africa
An Appeal to the New Clinton Administration from U.S. Non-Governmental Organizations Read more »
Somalia: Dictators and Warlords Are a Modern Invention
As the Marines and the Army of the United States move deeper into Somalia to carry out their first humanitarian campaign, we need to look forward and contemplate the restoration of… Read more »
Somalia: Tangled Ties of the Past Shaped U.S.-Somali Relations
Late last year, as Somalia plunged deeper into violence, human rights and relief organizations raised a cry of alarm in Washington. "We made a concerted effort to get the… Read more »
December 01, 1990
Africa: Africa Coverage Continues to Lag
Only Somalia, with thousands of U.S. troops on the ground, gets attention. Read more »
Africa: If It's Africa, It Must be a Tribe
Imagine how an Associated Press account of Soviet conflicts might read if the dateline were Africa: Read more »
Africa: Savage Beasts and Beastly Savages
From the stories of the African travels of Dr. Doolittle where the monkeys are more intelligent than the people to the modern myths of commercial advertising, Americans are exposed… Read more »
Africa: Dateline: Africa
On March 21, 1990, scores of world leaders gathered in a soccer stadium for a dramatic midnight ceremony. After a long war against South African rule, the last colony in… Read more »
November 18, 1998
Guinea: From Stokley Carmichael to Kwame Ture
Kwame Toure, known as Stokely Carmichael when he was an organizer for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, died of prostate cancer on November 15, 1998 in Conkry, Guinea,… Read more »
April 27, 1999
Africa: Marketplace Awards for Five Countries
The 200-member Corporate Council on Africa honored five countries this week with the 1999 Global Marketplace Awards for "continued efforts to open their economies to the world… Read more »
April 26, 1999
Africa: Africa Gathering Attracts 'Sell-Out' Business Crowd
Several weeks before the three-day "Attracting Capital to Africa" conference taking place here this week, a 'sold out' sign went up on the Web site of the Washington-based… Read more »
September 11, 1998
South Africa: Mandela to Visit United States &Canada
Nelson Mandela will arrive in New York City on Thursday (September 17) for what is expected to be his final North American visit as South Africa's sitting president. Read more »
June 15, 1998
Nigeria: Nigerian Prisoners Released; White House Applauds
A week after the death of Nigerian military ruler Sani Abacha, his successor today announced the release of former head-of-state Olusegun Obasanjo and other prominent leaders who… Read more »
June 12, 1998
Nigeria: New Policy Openings in Nigeria Crisis
If diplomacy is the art of the possible, the death of Nigerian military strongman Sani Abacha offers what may be a momentary opening to provide effective support for the country's… Read more »
April 28, 1998
Africa: Funders Look to Renaissance to Sustain Interest in Africa
A two-day meeting involving major U.S. funding organizations and a cross section of African leaders opens Wednesday to explore the concept that Africa is undergoing a radical… Read more »