June 24, 2003
Kenya: US Terror Warnings and Bush Failure to Visit Anger Nairobi
The travel warning issued for Kenya, the closing of the U.S. embassy and now the decision by President Bush not to visit Kenya during his trip to Africa next month, has left a… Read more »
June 20, 2003
Africa: White House Announces Five-Nation Africa Trip
The White House Friday formally announced that President George W. Bush will visit Africa between July 7 and 12. Read more »
Kenya: Terror Threat Closes American Embassy in Kenya
The State Department has announced that the U.S. embassy in Nairobi, which was closed Friday because of what officials termed "a serious terrorist threat," will remain closed on… Read more »
June 12, 2003
Uganda: 'Powerful Forces' in WTO Using Famine In Africa For Own Farmers, Says Museveni
In a toughly-worded comment to a luncheon audience Thursday that seemed aimed at the agricultural policies of the United States and Europe, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said… Read more »
June 11, 2003
Africa: Africa Subsidizing the West, Says Museveni Following Meeting With Bush
African commodities and raw materials are processed in wealthy nations and then resold by companies and corporations in those nations at prices many times greater than what is paid… Read more »
June 10, 2003
Liberia: Diplomatic Dismay as Liberia Rebels Poise For Final Push and Foreigners Flee
Given an ultimatum by rebels to voluntarily step down from office or be ousted by force, Liberian President Charles Taylor is believed to have abandoned the presidential palace on… Read more »
June 09, 2003
Africa: Bush To Visit Africa In Early July; Three Countries on Current Itinerary
President George W. Bush is scheduled to visit three African nations in early July, White House officials report. Read more »
June 02, 2003
South Africa: Congressional Delegation to South Africa Challenged, Impressed
A Congressional delegation returned to Washington, DC Saturday after a week-long trip to South Africa where they encountered efforts to come to grip with HIV/Aids that moved some… Read more »
May 27, 2003
Ghana: US Firm Opens Talks to End Dispute with Ghana's Government
Negotiations are taking place this week in Ghana to resolve an ongoing dispute between the government and an American mining company that is complicating an otherwise cooperative… Read more »
May 22, 2003
Africa: Iraq Not Taking Money From Africa, Insists USAID Chief
USAID Administrator Andrew S. Natsios has flatly denied that U.S. assistance money for Africa is being diverted to Iraq. "The reality is that all of the money we're spending in… Read more »
May 20, 2003
Liberia: Increased Pressure on Taylor as France Welcomes Opposition Leader
For the first time since Charles Taylor became president of Liberia six years ago, the French foreign ministry has held official consultations with the leader of Liberia's… Read more »
May 19, 2003
Africa: Fair Trade, Not Hand-outs, Say Ghanaian Ministers
If, in the past, African nations relied on hand-outs and talked about the rich world's 'obligations' to the continent, they are sounding a different note these days - seeking… Read more »
May 09, 2003
Nigeria: U.S. Firm Halliburton Acknowledges Bribe To Nigerian Official
Halliburton, the giant Texas based energy company once directed by Vice President Dick Cheney, acknowledged this week it paid a $2.4 million bribe to a Nigerian government official… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Politician Ouattara On Escape from Death Squads, Future of Unity Government
Alassane Dramane Ouattara, known to his supporters by his initials, ADO, is a former prime minister of Cote dIvoire and head of the main opposition Rally of the Republicans (RDR)… Read more »
May 02, 2003
Africa: Larger US Troop Presence May be Needed in Africa, Says NATO Commander
In a new indication that Washington's anti-terrorism efforts may continue to involve U.S. troops in Africa, President George W.Bush declared that "from Pakistan to the Philippines… Read more »
Liberia: Peace Force Essential for Liberian Democracy, Says Opposition Leader
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan called on the Security Council last week to seek "an early solution" to escalating fighting in Liberia, "whose deleterious effect is… Read more »
May 01, 2003
Ethiopia: Art from the Ethiopian Diaspora Featured at the Smithsonian Museum
"Ethiopian Passages: Dialogues in the Diaspora" will be at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art in Washington, DC from May 1 to October 5, 2003. It is a… Read more »
April 30, 2003
Africa: Act Quickly On Aids, President Urges Congress
President George W. Bush Tuesday asked the Congress to hurry up and pass a five-year US$15bn initiative to combat HIV/Aids. "Time is not on our side, so I ask Congress to move… Read more »
April 29, 2003
Africa: Conservatives Battle to Derail Bush Aids Plan's Passage in Congress
Although President George W. Bush is scheduled to announce support on Tuesday for legislation approved by a Congressional committee authorizing funding for a five-year US$15bn plan… Read more »
April 25, 2003
Sudan: Peace in Sudan, How Close?
Although just last week, commenting on background, one senior administration official here in Washington bravely predicted a comprehensive peace settlement by late June, few other… Read more »
April 24, 2003
Sudan: No Sudan Sanctions, Peace Negotiations are in 'Good Faith' - Bush
Because the government as well as the rebel SPLM/A "are negotiating in good faith" in Sudan, President George W. Bush told the U.S. Congress Monday, no new sanctions will be… Read more »
April 19, 2003
Africa: US Nuclear Agency Still Has Suspicions On Iraq-Niger Nuclear Link
The thought of nuclear weaponry getting into the hands of terrorists or "rogue states" is a worry that has intensified in recent years. It's the same concern that fuels the… Read more »
April 14, 2003
Africa: 'The Other War' Struggles for Attention at IMF/World Bank
One of the great ironies of the Development Committee meetings that took place at the just-ended spring meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund, was that though… Read more »
Africa: Greater Voice For Poor Nations At World Bank/IMF Still Far Off
Efforts to give developing nations, and Africa in particular, a larger voice in World Bank and International Monetary Fund decision-making received a chilly reception at this… Read more »
April 11, 2003
Africa: Brace Up And 'Press On' Say African Finance Ministers
"Outstanding problems" and "very slow progress" confront Africa today, said Uganda's Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Gerald Ssendaula, speaking to reporters… Read more »
