October 30, 2001
Africa: 'Improve the environment for business' - President Mogae
What Africa needs to grow economically is access to markets around the world. That is the view Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni emphasized during two days of discussions at last… Read more »
October 16, 2001
South Africa: Aids is Number One Killer in South Africa Says Report.
A disputed new report on mortality rates in South Africa, released on Tuesday, said Aids was the biggest killer in the country, and predicted that it would account for the death of… Read more »
October 02, 2001
Angola: New "Voting" Campaign for Peace
The Catholic Church of Angola and the international human rights organization, the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, are spearheading a new campaign for peace. Speaking… Read more »
Angola: Angolan Campaigner Says Only the People Truly Want Peace
Writing in an independent Luanda weekly a year ago, Rafael Marques portrayed Angolan President Jose Eduardo dos Santos as a dictator. At dawn, shortly afterward, he was arrested,… Read more »
September 05, 2001
Africa: Racism Conference Prospects Look Gloomy in Durban
Prospects for success at the UN World Conference against Racism (WCAR) in Durban, South Africa were looking distinctly gloomy on Wednesday, as a rift deepened between European and… Read more »
September 04, 2001
Africa: Slavery Issue Struggles to Get a Hearing in Durban
The 'Zionism equals racism argument and its repercussions may have dominated, and some say hijacked, the first few days of the United Nations World Conference against Racism… Read more »
Africa: US Definitely Not Participating in Durban Conference
A State Department official emphatically denied Tuesday that the United States would continue to participate in the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) in Durban, South Africa.… Read more »
Africa: Delegates Confused by US Stance on Conference
First Colin Powell, the American Secretary of State, was scheduled to head his countrys delegation to the Conference against Racism (WCAR) in South Africa. Then the United States… Read more »
September 03, 2001
Africa: The United States and Israel pull out of the Durban Racism Conference
After days of wrangling, angry exchanges and threats that they could withdraw from the Conference Against Racism, the Americans and the Israelis have pulled out their delegations. Read more »
August 31, 2001
Africa: Mbeki Issues Stark and Angry Message on Racism
The host president of the World Conference against Racism, South Africas Thabo Mbeki, opened the conference Friday with a stark portrayal of a divided world and a widening racial… Read more »
Africa: UN Secretary-General Tells Racism Conference: No One is Born a Racist
UN secretary general Kofi Annan has told the WCAR conference in Durban, South Africa that no one is born a racist. Below is the full text of Mr Annan's address. Read more »
August 30, 2001
Africa: Human Rights Commissioner Appeals for Tolerance on the Eve of Racism Conference
The United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, has made a plea for tolerance, human dignity and respect on the eve of the opening of the UN World Conference… Read more »
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 »