September 25, 2005
Africa: Progress in Africa Requires International Backing, Kofi Annan and Jendayi Frazer Tell Congressional Forum
"Africans are making important progress on all fronts," United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan told a foreign affairs 'Brain Trust' convened by the Congressional Black Caucus… Read more »
September 22, 2005
Africa: Religious Leaders Seek To 'Keep The Momentum Going' On Millennium Goals - Ndungane
As world leaders convened in New York for the UN World Summit in New York earlier this month, influential religious leaders from around the world met last weekend to discuss the… Read more »
September 18, 2005
Africa: U.S. Hedge Funds Tackle Malaria 'Emergency' in Africa
After a global eradication programme eliminated or greatly reduced malaria in most of the world by 1969, the disease was largely overlooked in international development planning.… Read more »
September 14, 2005
Africa: Building Human Capacity Key to Africa's Future, Says AAI President
Since its founding in 1953, the Africa-America Institute (formerly the African-American Institute) has developed and administered programs to educate and train Africans and to… Read more »
September 11, 2005
Africa: Frazer Succeeds Newman In Top State Department Africa Post
Her Return to Policymaking Raises Hopes for Increased High-Level Focus Read more »
September 07, 2005
Africa: UN Report Urges Global Leaders to Avoid 'One More Empty Promise'
An annual report released today by the United Nations Development Programme takes a critical look at the failure of the international community to make progress toward the 2015… Read more »
September 01, 2005
Cameroon: Accusations Against Cameroon's U.S. Ambassador Refuted
An article from the The Post, published in Buea, Cameroon, one of the African newspapers that has a distribution agreement with AllAfrica, accused Cameroon's ambassador to the… Read more »
August 22, 2005
Sudan: Senior U.S. Envoy to Promote Peace Prospects for South and Darfur
American officials are cautiously optimistic that Sudan's comprehensive peace agreement will be implemented as scheduled, according to the U.S. special envoy Roger Winter, even… Read more »
July 15, 2005
Africa: Nepad's Peer Review Mechanism a 'Serious' Process, Officials Say
The African Union's peer review mechanism is a serious process that may usher in a new era of good governance in Africa, said representatives from the U.S. State Department, UN… Read more »
July 14, 2005
Africa: Japan Announces New Aid, 'Marshall Plan' for Africa
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi has pledged to increase his country's aid to Africa to $5 billion over the next three years, according to the Asahi Shimbun, a Japanese… Read more »
Tanzania: Coffee Producer, Fair Trade Advocate, Has U.S. Roots and Pedigree
Promotion of "fair trade" has become an increasingly important strategy of the campaign to alleviate global poverty. While consumers in developed countries have become more aware… Read more »
Sudan: Weekend Prayer Event Puts Renewed Focus on Darfur
Members of the United States Congress joined with leaders of private relief and faith-based organizations Wednesday to focus renewed attention on the continuing crisis in the… Read more »
July 13, 2005
Africa: At Least 9 Africans Missing, 8 Injured in London Attacks
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July 07, 2005
Africa: Aid Should be Tied to Needs, Goals, Says U.S. Official
However distracted by Thursday's bombings in London, the G8 meetings in Gleneagles, Scotland continued with consideration of global climate change and a working lunch that South… Read more »
July 01, 2005
Africa: Bush Promises US$1.2 Billion to Africa Malaria Fight, Says Results Count
President defends Africa record in interview and says Laura Bush to visit South Africa, Tanzania and Rwanda Read more »
June 25, 2005
Africa: Summit Had Good Attendance and Deals Got Done, Says Corporate Council Leader
Addresses by World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Constance Newman and Paul Applegarth from the U.S. Millennium Challenge Corporation highlighted… Read more »
June 24, 2005
Africa: World Bank Chief Sees Africa as Continent of Hope
Saying that Africa must be sold on the merits of its potential and not just on the basis of its needs, the World Bank's new president told an international group of business… Read more »
June 22, 2005
Africa: Business Summit Aimed at Boosting U.S. Investment in Africa, Says CCA President
The fifth U.S. Africa Business Summit, sponsored by the Washington, DC-based Corporate Council on Africa, opened in Baltimore, Maryland Tuesday night with a gala awards dinner.… Read more »
June 21, 2005
Tanzania: Innovative Hospital Rehabilitation Project Aims to Improve Care
An innovative rehabilitation project for Tanzania's leading public hospital has improved the quality of the nation's health care, paved the way for a national anti-retroviral drug… Read more »
Africa: Bush Meeting with Five Presidents Meant to Emphasize Democracy Not Deliver Results
Five African presidents met at the White House on June 13 with President George Bush to talk on issues relating to democracy and economic development. Taking part were John Kufuor… Read more »
June 17, 2005
Namibia: Namibia Deserves Aid, Debt Relief, Despite 'Mid-Income' Status, Says President Pohamba
Hifikepunye Pohamba, who three months ago became Namibia's second president since independence in 1990, was one of five African leaders who met with President George Bush at the… Read more »
June 12, 2005
Africa: G8 Debt Agreement to Benefit 23 African Countries; Separate Deal for Nigeria Mooted
The agreement on 100% debt relief for developing countries announced by finance ministers from the eight largest industrial nations on Saturday initially benefits 14 nations in… Read more »
June 03, 2005
South Africa: Mbeki Presses G8 to Fund Africa Action Plan
With African issues high on the agenda of the summit of the leaders of the world's largest industrial nations next month, President Thabo Mbeki of South African appealed to… Read more »
May 26, 2005
Zambia: Debt Relief Puts Zambia on the Threshold to Move Forward - Foreign Minister Shikapwasha
Debt relief for Africa is a top issue under discussion in capitals around the world and is a lead item on the agenda for the G-8 summit in early July of the leading industrial… Read more »
May 25, 2005
South Africa: Straddling Two Worlds - An Israeli Journalist Writes about his South African Childhood
Hirsh Goodman grew up in South Africa and as a young adult emigrated to Israel. His new memoir is called Let Me Create a Paradise, God Said to Himself: A Journey of Conscience… Read more »
