June 20, 2001
Africa: Ending AIDS Scourge Top Priority Says Gates' Foundation Senior Health Advisor
In our lifetime no disease has caused the havoc that the AIDS epidemic has, in the view of Dr. Wiliam H. Foege, a senior advisor on global health affairs to the Bill and Melinda… Read more »
June 18, 2001
Sudan: Crocker Refusal Highlights Political Crosscurrents on Sudan
The decision of former Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Chester Crocker to decline the position of special envoy to Sudan is another sign that pressure from two directions… Read more »
June 13, 2001
Sudan: House Votes Aid To Southern Sudanese Rebels
By a huge 422-2 margin the U.S. House of Representatives has approved the "Sudan Peace Act" authorizing President Bush to make US$10 million under the Foreign Operations, Export… Read more »
Africa: Bush Administration Believed Willing To Urge Ratification Of Child Soldier Protocol
The just released report by the International Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers is generating considerable interest, says Jo Becker, Chairperson of the Coalition and… Read more »
June 01, 2001
Africa: Africa Prominent At Global Health Awards
Saying that it "doesnt take a scientist to know that our health, like our freedom, is ultimately indivisible," Melinda French Gates awarded the first annual Gates Award for Global… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Interview With DRC Ambassador Faida Mitifu
Dr. Faida Mitifu, the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ambassador to the United States is one of six women ambassadors representing African nations. "We're the best men for the… Read more »
May 29, 2001
Sudan: Powell Signaling Shift On Sudan?
Describing northern Sudan as in a "desperate situation", US Secretary of State, Colin Powell announced Monday that the Bush Administration will end a policy of shipping most of its… Read more »
Africa: AllAfrica Exclusive: Powell Promises US Support but Says Africa Must Help Itself
The American Secretary of State, Colin Powell, ended a four-nation African tour on Monday, which took him from Mali to South Africa and onto Kenya, with a last stop in Uganda. … Read more »
May 28, 2001
Africa: Powell Ends Tour With Pledge to Keep Africa High on US Agenda
Americas top diplomat, Colin Powell, wrapping up a four-nation Africa tour in Uganda on Monday, has promised to keep the continent on the US foreign policy agenda. Read more »
May 27, 2001
Kenya: Powell Hears Demand for More US Action on AIDS
The US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, spent Sunday morning on the edge of one of Africas largest slums - Kibera, in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi - and witnessed the devastation… Read more »
May 26, 2001
Kenya: US Secretary of State Delivers Tough Message to President Moi
The American Secretary of State, Colin Powell, arrived in Kenya on Saturday on the third leg of his four-nation tour around Africa. He immediately went into a working session with… Read more »
May 25, 2001
Africa: Africa Union Announced As U.S. Official Denounces Its Foremost Promoter
As Organization of African Unity Secretary General Salim Ahmed Salim announced Friday that the OAU will be replaced by a new "African Union" in a year, a senior U.S. official… Read more »
May 24, 2001
Africa: Powell's Peacekeeping Promise
In the White House earlier this month, U.S. President George Bush told Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo that the United States would continue to help train Nigerian troops as… Read more »
May 22, 2001
Africa: U.S. Gains From AGOA, Says U.S. Trade Rep
As their export trade develops under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) that was enacted into law a year ago, African nations will need spare parts, machinery, and a… Read more »
May 21, 2001
Africa: Powell Undertakes Four-Nation Africa Assessment Tour
Secretary of State Colin Powell leaves Tuesday night for a four-nation visit to Africa, where he will have an "opportunity to assess some of the changes that are occurring in… Read more »
May 17, 2001
Africa: Focusing Foreign Policy on Health Issues
Two prestigious U.S. policy groups are calling for health issues to have a higher priority in foreign policy and national security planning. Read more »
May 16, 2001
Africa: Washington Announces Africa Initiative
A U.S. sub-Saharan African Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum is being established, and foreign, finance, and trade ministers from 35 African nations will meet in Washington in… Read more »
May 11, 2001
Nigeria: In Sync On Global AIDS Fight And More, Say Bush, Obasanjo, Annan
On the second day of his "working" visit to the United States, Nigerian President Olusegun Obansanjo met with President George Bush, African-American leaders, World Bank and IMF… Read more »
May 09, 2001
Nigeria: Bush, Obasanjo To Discuss Shape Of Africa Policy
Debt, democracy, HIV/AIDS, regional stability and defense, as well as oil, economic reform and bi-lateral cooperation are all on an extensive agenda during two days of talks… Read more »
April 27, 2001
Africa: Cold Comfort for Africa in World Economic Outlook - IMF
The International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook report has predicted a sharp slowdown in the global economy, but says it will not have a major impact on Africa where the… Read more »
April 24, 2001
South Africa: Mandela And Clinton Hail Civic Engagement
Two former presidents, the elder from South Africa, the younger from the United States, stood together on the same platform in Johannesburg on Tuesday, to launch a two-day… Read more »
April 18, 2001
South Africa: Foreign Minister Meets With Colin Powell
Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell began "a comprehensive review" of U.S.- South African relations Wednesday. The bilateral… Read more »
South Africa: Drug Giants May be Ready to Drop Case and Settle
It was meant to be a landmark court case about expensive patented drugs versus cheaper generic alternatives. But the case in the High Court in Pretoria, brought by 39 of the… Read more »
South Africa: Talks Underway To Reevaluate U.S - South Africa Link
Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has been at the U.S. State Department this morning for a "comprehensive review" of U.S.- South African relations with U.S. Secretary of… Read more »
April 04, 2001
Africa: Two Congressional delegations To Africa This Week
House of Representatives Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) and House Republican Conference Chair J.C. Watts (R-OK) will lead separate, bi-partisan delegations to Africa during the… Read more »