Rwanda: 'History Repeats But Doesn't Teach,' Rwanda Hotel Hero Tells Students

Paul Rusesabagina, the courageous hotel manager portrayed by Don Cheadle in the film "Hotel Rwanda," has received many honors and addressed numerous gatherings since he emerged as… Read more »

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 »

Senegal: Africa Must Have Veto on UN Security Council, Foreign Minister Says

The African continent is entitled to at least one veto-wielding member at the United Nations Security Council, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, Senegal's minister of foreign affairs, said… Read more »

Africa: Powell Defends Obasanjo on Taylor and Calls for Greater Support for Africa

Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo should not be asked "to be unfaithful to the commitment he made" to provide asylum to former… Read more »

Africa: Life After the Presidency

"What does an African head of state do when he leaves office?" said Professor Loyiso Nongxa, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa during an African… Read more »

Liberia: U.S. Raises the Stakes on Charles Taylor

The United States government is taking steps to increase pressure on high-level individuals who are suspected of fueling conflict in Liberia and Sierra Leone during the last… Read more »

Ghana: Erosion of Rights Has Divided Ghana and Must Be Reversed

Reflections on the Work of the National Reconciliation Commission Read more »

Southern Africa: Media's Role in Democracy Analyzed in New Book

Goran Hyden, Michael Leslie and Folu Ogundimu, eds. Media and Democracy in Africa. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2002. 260 pp. $39.95 cloth. $24.95 paper. … Read more »

Sudan: Opportunity to Jump-Start Sudan May Be Lost Over Darfur - U.S. Negotiator

After decades of neglect, world attention has recently focused on Sudan, Africa's largest country with a land area about one-quarter the size of the United States. A peace… Read more »

Africa: African Solutions To African Problems: A Slogan Whose Time Has Passed

Last month, African Heads of State converged on Abuja, Nigeria, for a summit meeting of the African Union (AU), the organization that covers all of the continent's 53 member… Read more »

South Africa: Rainbow Nation Pursues `Elusive Equity'

Ten years after the fall of apartheid, many wonder whether South Africa's new government has the ability to keep its reforms afloat. With the belief that equity in society begins… Read more »

Africa: World Aids Day 2004 Addresses Plight of Women and Girls

If HIV/Aids is to be defeated, the world needs to work together to make a difference in the lives of those who have been infected and affected, especially women, Lapologang Lekoa,… Read more »

South Africa: Aelred Stubbs, Spiritual Mentor and Editor, Dies

When nine leaders of the black consciousness movement were put on trial in Pretoria in 1975, many of them far from home, and public interest ebbed during the protracted State case,… Read more »

Libya: U.S. Non-Oil Businesses Eye Return to Libya

U.S. corporations are positioning for a return to Libya, where they have been banned from doing business since the late 1980s. Read more »

Sudan: Embassy in Washington Closes Doors `Until Further Notice'

Sudan's U.S. embassy in Washington, D.C. closed Monday, according to its official Web site and a notice posted outside the embassy's door. Read more »

Uganda: Human Rights Activist Encouraged by ICC Investigation

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has announced the launch of a formal investigation to see if potential crimes against humanity and war crimes have been committed in Uganda… Read more »

Zambia: Steps Forward for Women's Economic and Political Empowerment

Mary Silavwe Mulenga is taking part in the International Visitor Regional Project for Africa through the U.S. Department of State's International Visitor Program. She is traveling… Read more »

Sudan: The World Is Obligated to Prevent Genocide in Darfur

Jerry Fowler is Staff Director of the Committee on Conscience, a division of the U.S. Holocaust Museum created to ensure that genocide never happens again. He visited refugee… Read more »

Africa: State Dept Releases Human Trafficking Report

"We can't fully embrace our dignity unless we champion the dignity of others," U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said during the release of the U.S. State Department's annual… Read more »

South Africa: Democracy is Mature, the Private and NGO Sector is Strong, and Government is Weak in South Africa, says Moeletsi Mbeki

South African President Thabo Mbeki is scheduled to outline his plans for his country in a state-of-the nation address in Cape Town on Friday. It will be his last such speech… Read more »

Ethiopia: 100 Reported Dead After Soldiers Target Civilians in Gambella

Soldiers in the town of Gambella, 450km (280 miles) west of Addis Ababa, are reported to have engaged since Saturday in violent attacks against leading members of a local ethnic… Read more »

Angola: A Death For a Song and the Triumph of Impunity

Angolan writer and human rights activist Rafael Marques wrote this account of the late-November killing of a member of the public by presidential guards. Read more »

Africa: Disabled People 'at Significantly Increased Risk' of HIV Infection

Major gaps in national HIV/Aids prevention campaigns and treatment programs have made disabled people more vulnerable to HIV infection than their non-disabled counterparts,… Read more »

Nigeria: New Zeal for Sharia Penalties Reflects Political Climate, Says Rights Activist

In late September this year, people all over the world breathed a sigh of relief after a Nigerian Sharia court upheld the appeal of Amina Lawal against her conviction for adultery.… Read more »

Eritrea: Enough! A Critique of Eritrea's Post-Liberation Politics

Dan Connell has been a 'participant-observer' of the Eritrean scene for nearly three decades, starting in the 1970s during the liberation struggle. He followed events in the… Read more »