November 21, 2003
West Africa: Ecowas Chairman Kufuor Speaks on Faltering Ivorian Peace Talks
Cote d'Ivoire's prime minister, Seydou Diarra and former rebel-turned-information minister, Guillaume Soro, held talks in Accra with Ghanaian President John Agyekum Kufuor on… Read more »
November 14, 2003
Cote d'Ivoire: Ivorian New Forces Spokesman Says Gbagbo Must Go, Accra Summit Failed
West African leaders - including Ivorian president, Laurent Gbagbo - gathered for an emergency summit on Cote dIvoire in Ghana on Tuesday. The objective was to try to get the… Read more »
November 12, 2003
West Africa: West African Leaders Call for UN Peacekeepers in Ivory Coast
West African leaders called on the United Nations Tuesday to convert the regional peacekeeping mission operating in troubled Cote d'Ivoire into a UN peacekeeping force. Read more »
Liberia: Help Us Rebuild Our Hospital, Liberian Bishop Asks
With peacekeepers deployed and an interim government in place in Liberia, how much is the humanitarian situation improving? United Methodist Bishop John Innis, who leads one of the… Read more »
October 22, 2003
Liberia: U.S. Funding for Liberia Awaits Resolution of House and Senate Differences
The U.S. Congress has approved emergency funding for Liberia as part of the $87 billion spending bills for Iraq and Afghanistan that passed both the Senate and the House of… Read more »
October 20, 2003
Sudan: Powell to Kenya for Sudan Peace talks
Secretary of State Colin Powell will arrive in Kenya Tuesday to push for conclusion of peace talks on the Sudan underway in the Kenyan town of Naivasha. Powell will make the… Read more »
October 19, 2003
Congo-Kinshasa: Progress in Congo Being Made, Insists UN Official
While acknowledging that there are still "wars going on all over the place" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Director for the Africa 1 Division in the United… Read more »
October 15, 2003
Liberia: 'We Need to Understand Where We Went Wrong,' says Brumskine
Liberia's transitional government has been launched and Chairman Gyude Bryant has two years to set this battered country back on its feet. A compromise candidate selected as part… Read more »
October 09, 2003
Liberia: Lift Sanctions On Liberia, Says Interim Foreign Minister
Economic sanctions could undermine the peace effort Liberian foreign minister Lewis Brown has told United Nations Secretary general Kofi Annan. "They serve no useful purpose" now,… Read more »
October 02, 2003
Liberia: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Just Doesn't Care About Liberia, Charges Congressman Payne
In an angry outburst, startling because it came from mild-mannered Congressman Donald Payne (D-NJ), the New Jersey Democrat said that U.S. Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld,… Read more »
September 30, 2003
Ethiopia: Meles Defends Demand for New Ruling on Border With Eritrea
The Ethiopian prime minister Meles Zenawi and Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki are two of many African leaders who attended the opening ceremony in Japan of the third Tokyo… Read more »
September 25, 2003
West Africa: Nigeria Will Hand Over Charles Taylor, Predicts War Crimes Prosecutor
The ambitions of the now-exiled Liberian President Charles Taylor fueled Sierra Leone's long conflict, says David Crane, the chief prosecutor of the United Nations-created Special… Read more »
September 04, 2003
East Africa: Sudan Government, Rebels Still At Odds Over "Framework Document"
Speaking to an audience at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, representatives of the Government of Sudan and the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement/Army… Read more »
August 24, 2003
West Africa: Peacebuilding In Liberia: Foundational Challenges And Appropriate Approaches
With the departure of Charles Taylor, the arrival of some peacekeepers, the signing of a new peace agreement and the selection, at the Accra conference, of the leadership of a new… Read more »
August 21, 2003
West Africa: Liberia Negotiations End, Armed Factions Tap Transition Leader
After three months of talks in Accra and Akassombo, Ghana, Liberian political parties, representatives of civil society and the country's warring factions concluded negotiations… Read more »
Liberia: Gyude Bryant Named Transition Leader for Liberia
A Monrovia businessman, Gyude Bryant, has been selected to lead the transition government that will run Liberia for two years until democratic elections are held. Read more »
August 11, 2003
Liberia: Charles Ghankay Taylor, Defiant And Passionate To The End
Outgoing Liberian president, Charles Ghankay Taylor, left power and his capital Monrovia on Monday, after handing over power to his successor and vice president, Moses Blah. Read more »
West Africa: Defiant Taylor Bows Out in Liberia, Moses Blah Sworn In As Interim Successor
Charles Taylor, the former Liberian rebel leader and recently indicted war crimes suspect, stepped down as president of Liberia on Monday and handed power to his vice president,… Read more »
West Africa: Leaving Office 'To End Bloodshed' in Liberia, Taylor Accuses U.S. of Backing Rebels
In a solemn and at times passionate recorded farewell address to the Liberian people, broadcast by the international media on Sunday evening, Liberian President Charles Taylor… Read more »
August 02, 2003
West Africa: Taylor Confirms He Will Step Down In Liberia August 11
President Charles Taylor of Liberia confirmed Saturday that he would hand over power on August 11 and leave his embattled country. After almost weekly pledges dating back to June 4… Read more »
August 01, 2003
West Africa: Taylor Leaves Liberia's Capital as West African Envoys Arrive To Meet Him
West African special envoys flew into the Liberian capital of Monrovia on Friday for talks with President Charles Taylor, only to be told that he was out of town. The embattled… Read more »
July 31, 2003
West Africa: West African Troops Expected In Liberia Monday, Taylor Out By Thursday
West African leaders have announced that a first contingent of regional peacekeepers is expected in Liberia by Monday, opening the way for the departure of beleaguered President… Read more »
July 29, 2003
Nigeria: Give Us Support and We'll Do the Job in Liberia, Obasanjo Tells BBC
Hopes have been raised for a respite for the million residents of Liberia's capital Monrovia, following the announcement Tuesday of a unilateral ceasefire by Liberians United for… Read more »
July 28, 2003
West Africa: Bush Makes Symbolic Shift on Liberia, But Dying Continues
President George Bush's weekend decision to position "appropriate military capabilities" off the coast of Liberia is at least a symbolic shift in U.S. policy towards… Read more »
July 27, 2003
West Africa: Bush Makes Symbolic Shift on Liberia, But Dying Continues
President George Bush's weekend decision to position "appropriate military capabilities" off the coast of Liberia is at least a symbolic shift in U.S. policy towards African… Read more »