March 30, 2006
Liberia: Sirleaf Addresses Nation on Taylor Capture and Policy Priorities
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March 24, 2006
Liberia: It's the Little Things - A Reflection on Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's Journey to the Presidency
It's the night after Liberia's historic inauguration of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first woman to be elected president of an African nation. About a dozen close friends and… Read more »
Zambia: Food Program Helps More Get Benefits of HIV Treatment
Scattered wheelbarrows litter the ground outside Kanyama Health Center's anti-retroviral clinic in Lusaka, Zambia. Just beyond them, a long line of patients has formed, each… Read more »
March 22, 2006
Guinea: No Coups Are Good Coups
Last Saturday, the Republic of Guinea's second president, Lansana Conté, was evacuated from Conakry to Geneva, gravely ill. Twenty-two years ago, in March 1984, the first… Read more »
March 20, 2006
Sudan: Democratic Leader Calls for a Stop to 'Human Carnage' in Darfur
House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California) delivered an emotional account of the crisis in Darfur, Sudan, which she called "a challenge to the conscience… Read more »
March 17, 2006
Sudan: Matching Rhetoric with Action in Darfur
Last month, in the town of Mershing, South Darfur, there was chaos and carnage. On a scorching day in February, four hundred Janjaweed militiamen attacked, firing… Read more »
March 15, 2006
Liberia: President Sirleaf Thanks U.S. Congress, Asks for Continuing Support
Speaking before a joint meeting of the United States Congress on Wednesday, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf asked for American support to help her country "become a… Read more »
Africa: Women Are Africa's Political Hope
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will address a joint session of the U.S. Congress today. This historic honor, bestowed sparingly on international dignitaries, is a fitting… Read more »
March 10, 2006
Liberia: Sirleaf to Address U.S. Congress and Meet Bush as Supporters Press for Aid to Rebuild Liberia
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will begin an official visit to Washington with a speech next week to the United States Senate and House of Representatives, meeting… Read more »
March 07, 2006
Africa: Hedge Funds and Basketball Unite to Fight Malaria, Save African Children
On March 15 when the New York Knicks basketball team faces off against the Atlanta Hawks in New York's Madison Square Garden, shots taken in the stands may steal the show from… 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
Sudan: U.S. Pushes for UN Peacekeeping Force in Sudan
The U.S. government supports the formation of a UN peacekeeping mission in Darfur, Sudan, U.S. officials said at a press briefing Friday, the same day the African Union and UN… Read more »
January 31, 2006
Botswana: Men Should Be Targeted in Aids Fight, Botswana Health Minister Says
The fight against the HIV/Aids epidemic in Africa goes well beyond lab rooms and hospital wards and involves social and political issues at all levels of society, particularly… Read more »
January 27, 2006
Africa: Africare Recognizes New Board Chairman
Africare welcomed new board chairman W. Frank Fountain and celebrated the achievements of outgoing chair George Dalley at a reception Thursday hosted by Africare, the Corporate… Read more »
December 13, 2005
Liberia: U.S. Reiterates Fairness of Liberia Election As Sirleaf Arrives for Top-Level Meetings in Washington
Elections in Liberia "were free and fair and the most successful in Liberia's history," a State Department official said Tuesday. "Any opposition allegations of… Read more »
December 11, 2005
Liberia: Showered With Enthusiasm, Liberia's President-Elect Receives High-Level Reception in Washington
Having beaten the odds to win (helped by some polls and a helicopter), Africa's first female elected president faces daunting challenges. Read more »
December 08, 2005
Africa: Pay Attention to Africa's Strategic Importance, Policy Panel Concludes
Africa has increasing strategic significance for the United States, an importance often overshadowed by a focus on humanitarian concerns, according to a report by a Task Force… Read more »
December 01, 2005
Africa: Zap Mama: A Journey Into Afro-European Music
Marie Dauln,leader singer of Zap Mama, strode onto the stage looking regal in 5-inch chunky heel gold glitter covered go-go boots, flowing purple robe with one side riding half-way… Read more »
November 30, 2005
Africa: A Vital Weapon Against HIV/Aids
The worldwide destruction brought on by HIV/Aids cannot be overcome by an after-the-fact crisis management approach. We need a war mindset. The pandemic calls for a multi-pronged… Read more »
November 14, 2005
Zambia: National Malaria Control Program Expands, Intensifies with Lift from New Partners
Although largely unnoticed in the developed world, malaria strikes 500 million people a year and kills nearly a million children younger than five, mostly in sub-Saharan Africa.… Read more »
November 01, 2005
Guinea: Local Residents Place High Hopes on Guinea's New Aluminum Refinery
For many citizens of Kamsar and Sangaredi, two cities about two hundred miles north of the capital Conakry in the West African nation of Guinea, bauxite mining has always been the… Read more »
October 26, 2005
Africa: Mobile Medics - Study Finds Heavy Toll from Physician Emigration
Sub-Saharan Africa bears the greatest burden from the international movement of trained medical doctors to wealthy countries, according to a study published in Thursday's New… Read more »
October 25, 2005
Rwanda: Educators Explore Ways to Meet Millennium Development Goals
Heads of two vastly different school systems have met in New York City this week to share ideas on the major restructuring challenge they both face. Rwanda's minister of Education,… Read more »
October 17, 2005
Sudan: Powell Says The World Has Not Fully Faced Darfur Genocide in Sudan
Violence in the Sudanese region of Darfur continues to be "a situation that the world has not fully faced," former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday night as he… Read more »
October 14, 2005
Niger: Africare Team Reflects on 35 Years of Work in Niger
As Africare celebrates its 35 year anniversary this week, representatives from the group's Niger program came to Washington to discuss the food crisis in the West African nation… Read more »