September 22, 2006
Liberia: President Johnson Sirleaf Honored with Freedom Award
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was honored Thursday night in Washington with the 2006 Freedom Award, a distinction she shared with U.S. First Lady Laura Bush. Read more »
September 15, 2006
Ghana: Kufuor Says Millennium Challenge Compact Provides Boost to Country's Economic Progress
The following is a transcription of the press briefing by Ghana President John Agyekum Kufuor on August 4, 2006 at the Wyndham Hotel, Washington, DC. At the briefing, which was… Read more »
September 12, 2006
Africa: Aggressive 'Tourist Offensive' Planned
African government officials, tour operators and service providers from all over the world and representatives from international organizations began the first of a week-long… Read more »
August 29, 2006
Africa: Building on AGOA for African Agricultural Trade Expansion
On the final day of the annual forum on the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) last month, the United States and Rwanda signed a bilateral agreement aimed at increasing trade… Read more »
August 23, 2006
Sudan: To Halt the Atrocities, Follow the Money
Hard though it is to believe, the horrific humanitarian situation in Darfur is getting worse. There are more clashes now than a year ago, the number of rapes has steadily climbed… Read more »
July 25, 2006
Africa: Africa Society President and CEO Leonard Robinson Dies
Leonard H. Robinson, Jr., president and CEO of the Africa Society, a leading Washington D.C.-based advocacy group, died early Tuesday at Washington Hospital Center following a… Read more »
July 19, 2006
Africa: World Bank President Sees A Continent on the Move
World Bank President and former Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz addressing delegates yesterday, at the seventh Sullivan Summit of African and African American leaders, said… Read more »
Africa: Former U.S. President and Nigerian Foreign Minister Tie African Development to Investment, Capacity Building
Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Nigeria's foreign minister and former finance minister, used the occasion of a summit of African and African American… Read more »
July 17, 2006
Africa: African/African American Summit Attracts High-Level Delegations to Abuja
The chartered North American Airlines plane that delivered American delegates to Abuja, Nigeria on Sunday to attend the 7th Leon H. Sullivan Summit evoked the meeting's theme of… Read more »
July 13, 2006
Sudan: A Dying Deal in Darfur
In this eerily depopulated area of war-ravaged Darfur, a woman named Ayesha explained to me why she and a handful of others refused to become refugees. "We fear another… Read more »
June 17, 2006
Africa: New Soros Book Targets Global Warming, War on Terror
The Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror by George Soros Read more »
June 16, 2006
Africa: Tidbits from Germany 2006
Allianz Arena: This is the name of the Munich's magnificent stadium, venue of the openinig ceremony of the 2006 World Cup and the Germany-Costa Rica game which Germany won 4-2. The… Read more »
June 12, 2006
Africa: Stakeholders Seek Ways To Broaden Agoa Opportunities
When the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa) was enacted in 2001, the legislation "changed U.S. political discourse with African countries from begging bowl to business… Read more »
Africa: Investors Want to See Good Practices Sustained, Africa Bank President Says
Not enough attention is being paid to African success stories, World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz told an Africa investment forum last week. Citing a decline in active armed… Read more »
June 07, 2006
Sudan: Divide and Destroy in Darfur
Negotiating the end of a war is tricky enough. But in the case of Darfur, mediators were also faced with the implicit task of ending what the Bush administration calls… Read more »
June 02, 2006
Rwanda: President Kagame Seeks U.S. Support for Rebuilding Country
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and U.S. President George W. Bush agreed on Wednesday that their two governments will work together to end the conflict in the Darfur region of… Read more »
May 25, 2006
Africa: The Scramble for African Oil
After decades of Cold War, when Africa was simply viewed as a convenient pawn on the global chessboard, and a further decade of benign neglect in the 1990s, the African continent… Read more »
May 24, 2006
Africa: Diplomats Stage 'Africa Week' in Washington to Showcase What Africa Has to Offer
The African Union, whose members include 53 African nations, is this week marking the anniversary of the founding on May 25, 1963 of its predecessor, the Organization of African… Read more »
May 16, 2006
Liberia: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Oprah's Wednesday Broadcast, Continues Push for Investment and Rebuilding Assistance
During a two-day private visit to Chicago last week, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf taped an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show that will air on Wednesday. Read more »
April 28, 2006
South Africa: Hugh Masekela Serenades Sister's Party Guests at Freedom Day Celebrations
Trumpeter Hugh Masekela surprised several hundred guests in Washington DC at a 12th anniversary celebration of South Africa's first post-apartheid government. The virtuoso musician… Read more »
April 25, 2006
Africa: New Hope for Tackling an Old Scourge on Africa Malaria Day
African children are dying of malaria at the rate of one every 30 seconds. Take a minute to try to comprehend that number – and two more die. Read more »
Liberia: U.S. Senate To Consider Vote on Liberia Aid
The United States Senate may vote as early as Tuesday on a budget amendment proposed by Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee that would provide $80 million in immediate assistance to… Read more »
April 21, 2006
Nigeria: Govt Free of Most Foreign Debt, Pledges Social Investments
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the finance minister of Nigeria, says that a significant portion of the nation's revenues can be re-targeted to improve the lives of Nigerians, now that… Read more »
April 12, 2006
Africa: U.S. Efforts on Human Rights, Democracy Detailed in New Report
Earlier this April, the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor of the United States Department of State released its annual report on U.S. support for human rights and… Read more »
April 07, 2006
Benin: Music Lets Me See Beyond Color, Beyond Language - Angélique Kidjo
Angélique Kidjo, one of Africa's most prolific and best known artistes, is from Benin in West Africa. She started singing at age six, producing songs that span music genres and… Read more »