July 23, 2004
Liberia: ESPN Honors Liberian Soccer Star George Weah
Retired Liberian soccer star George Weah was honored this month at the 12th annual ESPY awards organized by the U.S. sports television network ESPN. Weah received the Arthur Ashe… Read more »
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
South Africa: Clegg Returns to U.S. for Major Tour
Johnny Clegg is a singer/songwriter who grew up in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia and is best known for his work with Sipho Mchunu as part of the band Juluka. His later work… Read more »
July 20, 2004
Africa: U.S. Must `Walk the Walk' in Africa
Chester A. Crocker is the James R. Schlesinger Chair in Strategic Studies and serves as an Associate in the Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of Diplomacy. Crocker's… Read more »
Africa: Conservation Should Be Major U.S.-Africa Policy Issue, Report Says
Nicholas P. Lapham, Vice President for Policy at Conservation International, joined other experts in making recommendations for U.S.-Africa policy in a Center for Strategic and… 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
Africa: `Spend More Money and Put More People in Africa'
Paying more attention to Africa will help both Africa and the United States, according to Robert Rotberg, a foreign policy scholar who has written extensively about the continent.… Read more »
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 »
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 »
June 23, 2004
Liberia: Response to Review of "U.S. Policy Toward Liberia, 1822 to 2003"
As the author of "U.S. Policy Toward Liberia, 1822 to 2003" (Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers), I am saddened and disappointed that Dr. D. Elwood Dunn, in his review of my book… Read more »
June 22, 2004
Africa: Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton Stress Africa's Importance at Sullivan Dinner
African countries need peace and security to prosper, Condoleezza Rice, President Bush's National Security Advisor said speaking to the Leon H. Sullivan Summit Awards Dinner on… Read more »
June 21, 2004
Africa: Africans View Globalization As Positive But Unfair, According to Eight-Nation Survey
Two out of three Africans surveyed in a poll released last week by GlobeScan and the World Bank believe that globalization has a positive effect on their lives. However, most… 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 17, 2004
Africa: Panelists Critique U.S. Role in Africa
Hollywood actors, academics and world leaders discussed issues facing Africa - both on the continent and globally - during a conference sponsored by TransAfrica Forum titled… 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 »
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: Global Health Conference on Youth A Large Draw Despite Loss of U.S. Govt Funding
More than 1500 people from nearly 85 countries attended the Global Health Council's 33rd Annual Conference last week to discuss the status of global youth health. This was an… Read more »
Africa: African Leaders Seek G8 Follow-Through
Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Senegal, Uganda and Algeria Presidents Meet G8 Today Read more »
June 06, 2004
Africa: Film Industry Spokesman and Software Entrepreneur Join Forces to Fight HIV/Aids
"Aids is the greatest disaster in human history, says Richard Feacham, head of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria. But the Geneva-based organization, founded… Read more »
June 04, 2004
Africa: Newman Confirmed For Senior State Department Africa Policy Post
The U.S. Senate has approved the nomination of Constance Berry Newman to become the next assistant secretary for African Affairs in the State Department, a senior administration… Read more »
May 21, 2004
Liberia: An Uneven Examination of U.S. Policy Toward Liberia
Lester S. Hyman, United States Policy Toward Liberia 1822 To 2003: Unintended Consequences?. Cherry Hill, Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers, 2003, 281 pp + Bibliography, Index,… Read more »
May 18, 2004
Africa: Broader Approach Needed to Achieve Bush HIV/Aids Plan Goals, Says New Report
The US$15bn President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief announced by President George W. Bush in his January 2003 State of the Union address "is too near-term in orientation and too… Read more »
May 12, 2004
Africa: Agoa Delay Risking Jobs and Investment, House Hearing Told
Praising the "undeniable success" of the African Growth and Opportunities Act (Agoa), Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Florizelle B. Liser told the House Subcommittee on Africa… Read more »