February 27, 2001
Mozambique: Weather Worsens, Flood Crisis Deepens
Hard rains continue to fall as Mozambique's government urges the more than 80,000 people in the towns of Marromeu and Luabo downstream from the rapidly filling Cahorra Bassa dam to… Read more »
September 25, 2000
Africa: Africa's Medal Tally Lags
Africa's tally of Olympics medals is growing, but there's a long way to go to beat the total of 34 won in Atlanta in 1996. Read more »
September 24, 2000
Africa: Athletes Break Through to 400m Finals
The eyes of Africa will be on her athletes at the Sydney Olympic Games on Monday. Read more »
September 23, 2000
Africa: Runners Break Through To 800-metre Semifinals
African runners achieved their best results in long-distance events at the Olympics on Saturday. Read more »
September 22, 2000
Africa: Women Dominate Long-distance Heats
Athletes from Ethiopia and Kenya dominated the first round of the women's 5000-metre heats in Sydney on Friday. They took five of the 12 top places to move ahead to the next round,… Read more »
August 08, 2000
Mozambique: Snapshot Of A Nation Rebuilding Its Dreams
The president's motorcade, numbering dozens of cars filled with local, national and foreign dignitaries, takes the detour that leads across a temporary bridge, crossing the mighty… Read more »
March 19, 2000
Mozambique: U.S. Officials Say Mozambique Flood Response Slowed by Miscalculation
In the wake of cyclones that devastated Mozambique, it appeared for a moment that a storm of another kind was about to sweep across Africa, the United States and Europe. Read more »
March 08, 2000
East Africa: East Africa Drought Hits the Horn, Famine Threatened
An estimated fifteen million people on the Horn of Africa are at risk of severe hunger this year warned USAID Administrator Brady Anderson in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. Anderson… Read more »
March 04, 2000
Mozambique: NOAA Modeling African Flooding
- Although another tropical storm seems likely to dump more heavy rainfall into Mozambique on Monday, according to weather experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric… Read more »
March 02, 2000
Mozambique: Mozambique Story Edging Into View
After a slow start, U.S. media coverage of catastrophic flooding in Mozambique is picking up. "This is the biggest story in Southern Africa, the worst disaster in the region," says… Read more »
February 20, 2000
Mozambique: Mozambique hardest hit as rains pummel southeastern Africa
Sunshine has returned to the skies of Maputo, capital of Mozambique, after torrential rains that have brought the worst flooding in half a century to the east African nation. But… Read more »
