March 19, 2007
Cote d'Ivoire: New Accord Signals Peace
In a nationwide address on Friday March 9, 2007, Ivoirian President Laurent Gbagbo profusely thanked his colleague from Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré for successfully… Read more »
Zimbabwe: U.S. Says Mugabe 'Personally Responsible' for Attacks
The United States Government has said that it holds President Robert Mugabe "personally responsible" for the recent brutal attacks on opposition leaders. Read more »
March 05, 2007
Ghana: Celebrating 50 Years
As they have with increasing fervor for many days now, Accra's streets bustle colourfully, vendors everywhere peddling in various sizes Ghana's green, gold and red national flag… Read more »
March 02, 2007
Uganda: U.S. Congress to Discuss Call to Resume LRA Peace Talks
United States Congressman Donald Payne (Democrat-New Jersey) has announced the introduction of a House of Representatives resolution urging the Ugandan government and rebel Lord's… Read more »
February 15, 2007
Liberia: Forum Spotlights Country's Readiness To Do Business
A one-day conference focused on private sector opportunities in Liberia drew an overflow crowd of 400 registrants last month in Washington, DC. The turnout raised hopes that… Read more »
February 21, 2007
South Africa: Grammy Award Winning Soweto Gospel Choir Brings Both Pride and Help to Their Homeland
The top honors for Best Traditional World Music was awarded Sunday night at the 49th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles to the Soweto Gospel Choir for its CD Blessed, and those… Read more »
February 18, 2007
Guinea: The Case for U.S. Action
While the United States government plans to send an additional 20,000 troops to shore up a flawed military strategy in Iraq, it has failed to support the people of Guinea, where… Read more »
February 17, 2007
Ghana: Cocoa Farmers Get a Sweeter Deal With U.S. Chocolate Launch
Divine Chocolate, a fair-trade enterprise partially owned by cocoa farmers in Ghana, launched a new company in the United States on a snowy Valentine’s Day. Read more »
February 14, 2007
Africa: Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington, DC
The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. officially unveils the Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection this month. The collection features… Read more »
South Africa: Country Condemns Burmese Rights Violations, Defense Minster Says
The South African government, facing a storm of criticism for voting against a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning human rights violations in Burma, today… Read more »
South Africa: Army Offers to Train Somali Troops
South Africa's defence minister, Mosiuoa Lekota said today that although the deployment of the country's troops as peacekeepers in Somalia was "improbable," the armed… Read more »
February 13, 2007
Liberia: Shorten Road Between Commitment and Cash, Sirleaf Says
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Monday called for debt cancellation and increased development assistance for the country. Read more »
February 12, 2007
Liberia: Private Sector Forum Sells Out As Sirleaf Arrives in Washington Seeking Debt Relief
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is making a return visit to Washington this week with an urgent agenda. To deliver the jobs and services she sees as essential to building… Read more »
January 31, 2007
Africa: WTO Head Sees Progress on Trade Issues, But Tough Bargaining Lies Ahead
The next six months will be crucial for the efforts of Africa and the rest of the developing world to secure easier access to markets for their products in the industrialized… Read more »
January 26, 2007
Somalia: U.S. Department of Defense Denies Capture of U.S. Soldiers
The United States Department of Defense has firmly denied reports of the capture of American soldiers in southern Somalia, stating "no U.S. service members have been captured… Read more »
January 24, 2007
Africa: Bush Includes Continent's Needs in Annual Address
In his 2007 State of the Union address, United States President George W. Bush urged Congress to increase funding for Aids relief, malaria, and development in Africa. Read more »
South Africa: Country Should Return the Favor
On January 12, on a vote of 9-3 with three abstentions, the UN Security Council rejected a non-punitive resolution seeking to press the Government of Burma to speed up democratic… Read more »
South Africa: Gov't Blocks Listing of al-Qaeda Suspects
South Africa's foreign minister, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, wants bilateral talks with the United States government over its request to list two South Africans as having links… Read more »
January 22, 2007
South Africa: Hugh Masekela Charms Washington, DC Crowd
The Washington, DC night club "Zanzibar on the Water" hosted world renowned South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela on Saturday, January 20. Masekela hit the stage for… Read more »
Somalia: Tentative Hope and Little Else
Across a wide spectrum of political opinion there is a lot of hope for the success of Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG) but little expectation it will be fulfilled. Read more »
January 19, 2007
Somalia: 'You Break It, You Own It' Rule Does Not Apply
"You break it, you own it." The Pottery Barn rule of intervention and nation-building, made famous in Iraq, is about to be tested in Somalia. Read more »
January 18, 2007
Africa: U.S. Official Sees 'Credible and Serious Dialogue' As Key to Peace in Somalia
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer, who has been leading the Bush administration's peace efforts in Somalia and Sudan, discussed the situation in… Read more »
January 16, 2007
Africa: First Ladies Call for New HIV/Aids Initiatives
Three African first ladies, Azeb Mesfin of Ethiopia, Jeanette Kagame of Rwanda, and Maureen Mwanawasa of Zambia, have called for new and further-reaching approaches to combating… Read more »
December 21, 2006
Africa: Technology, Entertainment, Design Conference (TED) to Convene in East Africa
In the shadow of one of the world's most iconic mountains, several hundred people will gather in Tanzania this June in a global version of the annual gathering in Monterey,… Read more »
December 15, 2006
Africa: African Students in the Urban U.S. High School
The books talks of the social conflicts between African and African American students at an American high school. The authors of the book conducted studies and workshops with… Read more »