August 14, 2001
Angola: Unita Defends Deadly Train Ambush
Unita rebels in Angola have claimed responsibility for Friday's attack in which at least 152 people were killed and more than 150 injured, by Unita's own account. In a statement… Read more »
August 02, 2001
Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF Electoral Machine Oiled by Libyan Cash
New Cherokee jeeps donated by Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Al-Gaddafi for ZANU-PF to use in the presidential election set for next year, may have helped the party win the crucial,… Read more »
July 25, 2001
South Africa: Mandela Cancer 'Won't Shorten His Life'
The news that former South African president, Nelson Mandela, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, has drawn widespread messages of support. Read more »
July 10, 2001
Libya: Al-Gaddafi Preaches To Zambian Students
A crowd of pro-Libya students assembled at the Mulungushi International Conference Centre in Lusaka, where the 37th summit of the OAU is being held and waited patiently on one of… Read more »
Africa: Libyan Leader Wows Students In Lusaka
A crazy convoy raced through the streets of Lusaka on Tuesday, hunting for The Guide of the Revolution, the name that has become synonymous with the Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar… Read more »
July 09, 2001
Africa: OAU Summit Hears Warnings of 'Oblivion' if Conflicts Continue
The 37th annual summit of the Organisation of African Unity, which is likely to be the last, has opened in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, with delegates focused on the creation of a… Read more »
June 27, 2001
South Africa: Mbeki Departs, Mission Largely Accomplished
President Thabo Mbeki leaves Washington Wednesday with the committment he sought for continuing a binational structure between South Africa and the United States. He also won… Read more »
June 26, 2001
South Africa: Recovery Requires AIDS Discussion, Says Mbeki
"If you're talking about an African recovery, you cannot but discuss AIDS and really confront it," said South African President Thabo Mbeki before starting discussions with… Read more »
Africa: Interview With Chester A. Crocker (Part 2): Southern Africa Two Decades Later
Few heads of the State Department's Africa Bureau have been as identified with a policy as has former Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Chester Crocker, the architect of the… Read more »
June 25, 2001
South Africa: Mbeki Visit: Millennium Plan, Strengthening U.S. Ties
Structuring relations with Washington and the Millienium Africa Recovery Plan (MAP), top the agenda of South African president Thabo Mbeki who begins a 3-day working visit to the… Read more »
June 21, 2001
Southern Africa: Spectacular View in a Cloudless Sky
"There hasn't been a single cloud in the sky all day," said Professor Jay Pasachoff of Williams College in the United States and leader of an international team of scientists who… Read more »
June 19, 2001
Africa: Eclipse Diary 3
AllAfrica has been following preparations for scientific observation of the June 21, 2001 solar eclipse by a team of astrophysicists from Williams College in the United States.… Read more »
Africa: AllAfrica Interview: Preparing for the Eclipse
Tourists, journalists and scientists have been arriving in southern Africa to view the total solar eclipse on June 21, 2001. Dr. Jay Pasachoff, an expert on the solar corona, is… Read more »
June 16, 2001
South Africa: Soweto Remembers June 16 Uprising
The now-famous image of a young man, holding a dying schoolboy in his arms, as his hysterical sister runs alongside screaming, dominated the 25th anniversary commemoration Saturday… Read more »
June 11, 2001
Southern Africa: Eclipse Diary
This is the first of a series of diary entires from members of an observation team for the solar eclipse on June 21, 2001. Read more »
Zambia: Holding Power Too Long Corrupts, Says Opposition Leader
When the oppositon United Party for National Development (UPND) ran an ad using a Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC) soundbite of President Chiluba promising to honor… Read more »
June 09, 2001
South Africa: South Africa Buries Young AIDS Hero Nkosi Johnson
Twelve year old Nkosi Johnson, who became the symbol of the battle against HIV/AIDS in South Africa, was given a hero's burial in Johannesburg on Saturday in a funeral attended by… Read more »
May 31, 2001
South Africa: Reflections On Truth And Reconciliation
AllAfrica's Charles Cobb asked John Allen, former Secretary of Communications for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and long-time Press Secretary to Archbishop Desmond Tutu,… Read more »
May 29, 2001
Africa: AllAfrica Exclusive: Powell Promises US Support but Says Africa Must Help Itself
The American Secretary of State, Colin Powell, ended a four-nation African tour on Monday, which took him from Mali to South Africa and onto Kenya, with a last stop in Uganda. … Read more »
May 26, 2001
Kenya: US Secretary of State Delivers Tough Message to President Moi
The American Secretary of State, Colin Powell, arrived in Kenya on Saturday on the third leg of his four-nation tour around Africa. He immediately went into a working session with… Read more »
April 29, 2001
South Africa: Firefighter or Hatchet-Man? A Profile of Steven Tshwete
The Minister of Safety and Security is the man at the heart of the current political row in South Africa. He made the controversial announcement on Tuesday 24 April that three… Read more »
South Africa: Veteran Anti-Apartheid Politician 'Disappointed' in Mbeki
Helen Suzman is a former member of Parliament for the Democratic Party, now the opposition Democratic Alliance, in South Africa. She spent 36 years in Parliament in opposition to… Read more »
April 26, 2001
South Africa: Mixed Reactions To Mbeki Conspiracy Saga
Bewilderment has turned to cynicism, consternation - and in some quarters outright condemnation - in South Africa, after a top-level allegation from members of the governing… Read more »
April 25, 2001
South Africa: What is Happening To President Mbeki?
"I deny allegations of being involved in a plot to challenge the presidency of the ANC (African National Congress). I've served the ANC in various capacities throughout the years… Read more »
April 24, 2001
South Africa: Mandela And Clinton Hail Civic Engagement
Two former presidents, the elder from South Africa, the younger from the United States, stood together on the same platform in Johannesburg on Tuesday, to launch a two-day… Read more »