October 17, 2003
Liberia: Coalition Appeals to Americans to Pressure Congress for Liberia Peace Funds
A non-partisan coalition of U.S. groups and individuals is appealing to Americans across the country to contact Congress in support of a $200 million emergency aid package for… 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 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 »
October 07, 2003
Kenya: Kenyans Leave U.S. Bemused at Continued Travel Warning
At White House State dinners, toasts are usually fluffy words of undying friendship before a convivial and elegant meal; but Kenya President Mwai Kibaki spoke bluntly Monday night,… Read more »
October 06, 2003
Kenya: Kibaki Fails to Persuade Bush to Lift Warning Against Kenya Travel
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki was warmly welcomed at the White House by President George W. Bush Monday morning but at the end of the Oval office discussion that lasted almost an… 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 »
Kenya: US Will Help Improve Anti-Terror Defences, Bush Promises
Although Kenyans are anxious to see U.S. government warnings against travel to their country lifted, "at the moment, Kenya is a place where [U.S.] citizens should be wary of… Read more »
October 01, 2003
Africa: Panel Begins 'Bold' Examination of U. S. Policy Options
A 15-member panel drawn from government, nongovernmental and private sector institutions has began a review of U. S. policy towards Africa with the aim of making bold… Read more »
Africa: Kansteiner To Leave Top Africa Post, Key Embassies in Transition
Walter Kansteiner, the Bush administration's senior African policy official, is preparing to leave his post at the State Department after just over two years as assistant secretary… 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 »
September 03, 2003
Liberia: Coalition Advocates U.S. Support for Liberian Peace and Reconstruction
The following letter, sent to President George W. Bush on August 14, has been released by Liberia Watch, a non-partisan, diverse coalition of civil society, including NGOs, private… Read more »
August 11, 2003
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 »
July 30, 2003
West Africa: Still No Sign of Peacekeepers for Liberia, Annan Presses Security Council to Act
As desperate Liberians renew their pleas for an international intervention force to step in to end the fighting that has cost hundreds of lives, haggling over the financing for… Read more »
Liberia: World Watches While We Die, Say Liberians
"All of the patients in JFK hospital in Monrovia will die this week - they have no food, no water and no medicine," says Wilson Tarpeh, a Liberian businessman and newspaper… Read more »
July 29, 2003
West Africa: Noose Tightens Around Monrovia as Second City Falls to Rebels
As the bloody and bitter 10-day fight continued Monday, for control of the Liberian capital Monrovia, rebel factions were reported to have made advances in other parts of the… 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 »
July 23, 2003
West Africa: Battle for Monrovia Continues, Nigerian Troops to Reach Liberia Within a Week
Fighting continued for a fifth consecutive day, Wednesday, in the battle to control Monrovia, the besieged Liberian capital and President Charles Taylors last stronghold. There… Read more »
Liberia: Taylor Aide Accuses U.S. of Backing Liberia Rebels
The Press Secretary to Liberia's President Charles Taylor told allAfrica.com, Wednesday, that Taylor wants a firm commitment to "a constitutional transition" before stepping aside.… Read more »
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 21, 2003
West Africa: International Indecision As Crisis Deepens In Liberia
The Liberian capital of Monrovia is experiencing some of its worst fighting in seven years, following a weekend of heavy bombardment as rebel forces advanced into the city center… Read more »
July 16, 2003
West Africa: Ghana's President Expects Taylor to Quit Liberia 'in a Week or So'
"We welcome American troops, Ecowas troops as well as UN troops. All in line with peace." The words of Liberias Information Minister, Reginald Goodridge, speaking on Tuesday. … Read more »
July 15, 2003
Africa: Global Partnership Needed to Provide Marshall Plan for Africa
When President Jimmy Carter made the first state visit of an American president to Africa in 1978, the only countries on his tour were Nigeria and Liberia. Two decades later,… Read more »
July 14, 2003
West Africa: Bush Promises Annan 'Support' For Liberia Peacekeepers, Troops Likely To Be Few
In an Oval office meeting with President George W. Bush, Monday, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan continued pressing for U.S. troop deployment in Liberia but got no… Read more »
July 13, 2003
Africa: Summit Opens in Abuja With Tributes to Founder's Legacy
The sixth Leon H. Sullivan Summit opened Saturday in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, with President George Bush praising the "vision" of the event's late founder. Read more »