December 11, 2003
Africa: African Ministers Leave Forum Hopeful But Uncertain of Agoa's Future
On Tuesday, National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice was meeting with African Trade and Finance ministers in the Executive Office Building next to the White House about the… Read more »
December 09, 2003
Africa: Doubts About Bush Administration Commitment to Agoa
There is an undercurrent of growing concern among supporters of the African Growth and Opportunities Act (Agoa) about the legislation's future. As key Agoa meetings get underway in… Read more »
December 03, 2003
Mali: Malian Leader Still Hopeful for Ivory Coast Despite 'Complex Conflict,' Takes Swipe at Nepad
President Amadou Toumani Toure of Mali is the guest of honour at the 6th biennial conference of the Association for the Development of Education in Africa (ADEA), which opened in… Read more »
November 12, 2003
Uganda: 'No More Problem' - Museveni Insists Relations with DR Congo are Good
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni was last week in Washington, D.C., on a private working visit. He met travel industry companies to encourage them to bring tourists to his… Read more »
November 08, 2003
Uganda: Tourism Key to Uganda Economic Revitalization, Says Museveni
"When you are in space, you don't see Washington; you don't see the tall buildings of New York. You see the Great Wall of China and the great African Rift Valley," Ugandan… Read more »
October 08, 2003
Kenya: Kenya is Safe and a Gateway to Africa, Kibaki Tells Business Group
Expanded trade, investment and tourism is what Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki hopes will result from his two-day official visit to Washington this week. "Let us make this a… Read more »
September 16, 2003
Africa: Cancun - Destined for Failure
When Kenyan and Ugandan delegations walked out of the World Trade Organisation's meeting on Sunday afternoon and Kenya's delegate George Odour Ong'wen declared to reporters that… Read more »
September 08, 2003
Africa: Africans Head for WTO With Low Expectations
African trade ministers and officials are approaching the fifth World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial talks that begin in Cancun, Mexico, on Wednesday, with low expectations. Read more »
July 23, 2003
Mauritius: Subsidies, Preferences Could Set Back Agoa Gains, Says Trade Minister
African countries had high expectations that the next World Trade Organization ministerial meeting in September would be the culmination of a "development round" of talks focused… Read more »
July 04, 2003
Africa: When We See Suffering, We Will Not Turn Away - George Bush
The message U.S. President George W. Bush says he is bringing to Africa is that America cares about Africa's future and that it is in the U.S. national interest for Africa to… Read more »
June 24, 2003
Africa: Gala Dinner Launches U.S.-Africa Business Summit
The U.S. Africa Business Summit got underway here Tuesday night with a gala awards dinner featuring a keynote address by President Festus Mogae of Botswana and musical performances… Read more »
June 12, 2003
Uganda: 'Powerful Forces' in WTO Using Famine In Africa For Own Farmers, Says Museveni
In a toughly-worded comment to a luncheon audience Thursday that seemed aimed at the agricultural policies of the United States and Europe, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni said… Read more »
April 28, 2003
Africa: Dismal Numbers Don't Tell Whole Story, Says World Bank Africa Economist
Africa's defenders feel exasperated at the way words like 'chronic poverty' and 'disease' have become so strongly associated with the continent. They will find little comfort in… Read more »
April 11, 2003
Africa: Brace Up And 'Press On' Say African Finance Ministers
"Outstanding problems" and "very slow progress" confront Africa today, said Uganda's Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Gerald Ssendaula, speaking to reporters… Read more »
April 10, 2003
Africa: Iraq War Adds to Gloom for Africa at World Bank/IMF Meetings
Although most regions in the world will achieve or come close to the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) of halving income poverty by 2015, "Africa will fall far short," according to… Read more »
March 26, 2003
Nigeria: Ethnic Clashes Disrupt Nigeria Oil Production, World Markets Hit
More than a week after an outbreak of ethnic violence in the oil-rich Delta region of Nigeria, the army sent by the government to quell the disturbances claims to have tightened… Read more »
January 15, 2003
Africa: Agoa - Apparel Importers Foresee Africa Trade Prospects Changing
U.S. apparel and textile imports from Africa have increased significantly in the two years since the Agoa trade provisions took effect. Major exporters to the U.S. include Kenya,… Read more »
January 12, 2003
Africa: Mauritius Court Declares Anti-Agoa, Anti-War Protest Legal
Mauritian Supreme Court Justice Eddy Balancy declared on Friday that the police had acted outside the law in banning a demonstration against the free trade policies of the United… Read more »
January 10, 2003
Africa: 33 Governments, 400 delegates Expected at AGOA Meeting in Mauritius
Hundreds of government officials from 33 African countries are meeting next week in Port-Louis, Mauritius to discuss trade and investment opportunities in Africa and prospects for… Read more »
Africa: Some Progress, Some Uncertainties Ahead of Agoa Forum in Mauritius
The United States will be pointing to positive numbers showing rising bilateral trade with African countries at next week's "Agoa" forum in Mauritius, arguing that Agoa - the trade… Read more »
October 10, 2002
Africa: Common Market Leader Seeks Level Global Field
Erastus J. O. Mwencha, secretary general of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) has been in Washington for the fall meetings of the World Bank and… Read more »
September 28, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Cocoa Price Hits 16-Year High Amid Ivorian Unrest
The price of cocoa, Cote d'Ivoire's primary export, jumped to its highest level in 16 years this week in a clear indication that the current crisis in the world's leading producer… Read more »
September 02, 2002
Kenya: Honey Money: A New Approach To An Old Problem In Kenya
Farouk Jiwa, 28 years old and a fourth generation Kenyan-Asian, went to Canada to study environmental biology. He returned home with a bachelor's degree and looked for a niche in… Read more »
