December 03, 2002
East Africa: Kenyan President and Ethiopian Prime Minister To Meet With Bush
President Bush will meet on Thursday with President Daniel Arap Moi of Kenya and Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Read more »
November 28, 2002
Kenya: 'Premature' To Blame Al-Quaeda, says White House; Americans In Kenya Cautioned
"It's premature to rule al-Quaeda in or out in these incidents," deputy White House press secretary Gordon Johndroe said during his Thanksgiving intelligence briefing Thursday. Read more »
November 18, 2002
Sudan: Khartoum, Rebels Extend Ceasefire Until March
The Khartoum government and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement and Army (SPLM/A) agreed Monday in Nairobi, Kenya, to extend a Memorandum of Understanding on the delivery… Read more »
Angola: Peace in Angola Spurs US Interest in Economy and Governance
With peace finally a reality for Angola, there is a "mutual attraction" between the United States and that southern African nation, according to investment banker Rodney Goodwin,… Read more »
November 15, 2002
Africa: U.S. Trade Rep for Africa Leaving Post
Rosa M. Whitaker, Assistant United States Trade Representative for Africa, will be quitting her post next month. Read more »
November 12, 2002
Africa: Fight For Global Justice is TransAfrica's Immense Task, Says Danny Glover
While the Free South Africa Movement, and the fight to change U.S. policy toward Haiti gave TransAfrica Forum much of its visibility in the 1990s, the African-American organization… Read more »
November 07, 2002
Zimbabwe: US Threat of 'Intrusive, Interventionist Measures' to Deliver Food Aid Angers Harare
The government-owned Herald newspaper of Zimbabwe and the country's Defense Forces Commander, General Vitalis Zvinavashe, say the U.S. government is plotting to usethe southern… Read more »
November 01, 2002
Djibouti: More U.S. Troops En Route To Horn
The number of United States troops in Djibouti may soon number more than 2,000 with the announcement, Tuesday, by General Tommy Franks, commander of the U.S. Central Command, that… Read more »
October 24, 2002
Africa: Africa At 'Crossroads', Says New Africare Head
For 32 years, Africare, founded and led by former Peace Corps official C. Payne Lucas, has sought to assist Africans and African nations in the arenas of development, governance,… Read more »
October 22, 2002
Sudan: Bush Signs Sudan Peace Act into Law
President George Bush signed into law, Monday, a tough new act passed by Congress aimed at pressing the government of Sudan to settle the 20-year conflict that has cost two million… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Demonstrators Attack French Base in Ivory Coast, Demanding Ouattara
French troops in Cote dIvoires main city, Abidjan, fired teargas Tuesday to stop thousands of demonstrators who tried and failed to storm the main gate of the permanent French… Read more »
October 16, 2002
Angola: Many Challenges Remain In Angola, Kansteiner Tells Senate Africa Subcommittee
A speedier than expected demobilization of Unita troops, "strong political will of both the Angolan government and Unita," and efforts by an American, Russian and Portuguese… Read more »
October 09, 2002
Liberia: Liberia's Story Needs Telling, Says Film Producer
Part of what her television film "Liberia -- America's Stepchild" portrays, says producer Nancee Oku Bright, is that Liberia's "usefulness" to the United States ended, in the eyes… Read more »
September 29, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Rebels Advance South, France Offers Logistical Help
As West African leaders prepare to meet in Ghana on Sunday to discuss the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire, the former colonial power, France offered logistical help to the embattled… Read more »
September 25, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: French Troops Reach Trapped Schoolchildren, Burkina Denies Coup Involvement
Seven straight days after the start of a military revolt in Cote dIvoire, French troops have moved to rescue 200 foreign schoolchildren and staff trapped at the International… Read more »
September 24, 2002
Africa: World Bank/IMF to Meet Amid Protests From Many Quarters.
The World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings that begin in Washington this week, will again take place behind heavy security fences and police lines designed to protect delegates from… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: U.S.Troops Ordered to West Africa
Just under 200 U.S. troops may imminently be deployed in Cote dIvoire. Pentagon spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Don Sewell told allAfrica.com that "at the request of the U.S. ambassador to… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Fresh Fighting In Bouake
Reports Tuesday from Bouake, the second largest city in Cote d'Ivoire, said there were gun battles between loyalist government troops and mutinous soldiers, who seized the town… Read more »
September 22, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Mutineers Offered Talks, French Send in Troops
The government in Cote dIvoire announced on state television Saturday night that 270 people had been killed since an attempted coup on Thursday, with another 300 wounded in the… Read more »
September 20, 2002
Sudan: Ceasefire Will Bring Us Back To Talks, Says Foreign Minister
"Without a ceasefire there is no need to return to Nairobi," Sudan's Foreign Minister, Dr. Mustapha Osman Ismail, told a small group of reporters, Thursday. "The government is… Read more »
September 19, 2002
Africa: Nepad Embraced but Questioned at House Hearing
Partnership not judgement should be the U.S. response to Nepad - the New Economic Partnership for African Development - South Africa's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Aziz… Read more »
September 05, 2002
Central Africa: Peace at Last in Congo - If UN Plays a Role
For the past six years, the death and violence spawned by the 1994 genocide in Rwanda has spread across neighboring Congo, where it triggered a regional war on a scale never before… Read more »
September 04, 2002
Africa: WSSD in Johannesburg Ends on Uncertain Note
AllAfrica's Akwe Amosu watched on Wednesday in Johannesburg as U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell addressed the delegates at the World Summit on Sustainable Development and the… Read more »
Botswana: Mogae in the Spotlight at AAI Dinner and Congressional Black Caucus
"Perhaps overshadowed" by South Africa, Botswana has been "quietly plugging" away at development and meeting some success, despite being battered by HIV/Aids, says Africa-America… Read more »
August 27, 2002
Africa: Keeping An Eye On War Crimes And Criminals -- Ambassador Prosper
From Rwanda and Sudan in the east to Sierra Leone and Liberia in the west, alleged perpetrators of heinous acts of violence are under scrutiny, both within Africa and from world… Read more »