July 06, 2000
South Africa: South Africa's World Cup Dreams Dashed
South Africans are heart-broken, disappointed and angry about losing the 2006 Soccer World Cup bid to Germany. They are learning that the politics of soccer can be cut-throat. Read more »
March 30, 2000
Southern Africa: African Relief Fund Established by African Ambassadors to the U. S.
Because natural disasters, such as the recent flooding in southern Africa and Madagascar pose a "continuous threat," African ambassadors to the United States have formed a… 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 »
September 21, 1998
Zimbabwe: Cecil Rhodes Now Controversial In Death
A fierce controversy has erupted over the grave of Cecil John Rhodes, or more precisely, his remains in the country which was once called by his name, Rhodesia. What will the… Read more »