July 12, 2003
Africa: Bush Ends Africa Tour With Promises to Help
President George Bush concluded a five-nation tour of Africa Saturday with a speech in Nigeria promising that the United States "will help this vast continent of possibilities to… Read more »
July 11, 2003
Gabon: Rare Africa Books Donated To Princeton Theological Seminary's Archives
A lifelong collection of rare Africana from the l9th and 20th centuries has been donated to Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS) by an alumn, the Rev. Dr. Henry Hale Bucher, Jr., a… Read more »
Liberia: Don't Cut Deal On Liberia With Taylor, Urge Congressional Witnesses
"Liberia is a case of failure of prevention," the Director of the United Nations Africa Division, Youssef Mahmoud, told the Congressional Human Rights Caucus Wednesday.… Read more »
July 09, 2003
Sudan: Foreign Minister Pleads for End to US Sanctions Following Air Crash
A two year old toddler was the only survivor in a Sudan Airways plane crash early Tuesday, in which 115 people were killed - including 11 crew. Read more »
July 08, 2003
Africa: Bush Trip: Africa Appreciates The Words, Awaiting The Deeds
No question, say analysts of varied persuasions across the political spectrum, President George W. Bush has surprised them with the attention he seems to be paying to Africa.… 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 »
July 03, 2003
Africa: Bush 'Still Deciding' on Whether to Send Troops to Liberia
U.S. President George W. Bush says he wants to get enough information before he makes a decision on whether to send troops to Liberia: "I'm in the process of gathering the… Read more »
Africa: US Africa Policies Look Good but Lack Substance, Say Critics
Apparently compassionate U.S. initiatives for Africa such as the promise of $15bn to help fight HIV/Aids are "at this moment, fictitious, because they remain unfunded" and… Read more »
July 01, 2003
Liberia: Bush Pressed To Commit 'Boots On The Ground' in Liberia
A decade after 18 U.S. Army Rangers were killed by an angry mob in the Somali capital of Mogadishu, the Bush administration is facing mounting pressure to put American 'boots on… Read more »
June 29, 2003
West Africa: With Shaky Liberia Truce in Place, Pressure Grows for U.S / International Intervention
It has been another busy and bloody week in Liberia. For the second time in ten days, rebels seeking to overthrow President Charles Taylor attempted to storm the capital Monrovia. Read more »
June 25, 2003
Mali: Development is Being Destroyed By Subsidies, Mali President Tells Congressional Committee
U.S. and European subsidies and tariffs "support injustice," Mali President Amadou Toumani Toure told the House International Relations Subcommitteee on Africa, Tuesday,… 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 »
Kenya: US Terror Warnings and Bush Failure to Visit Anger Nairobi
The travel warning issued for Kenya, the closing of the U.S. embassy and now the decision by President Bush not to visit Kenya during his trip to Africa next month, has left a… Read more »
June 20, 2003
Africa: White House Announces Five-Nation Africa Trip
The White House Friday formally announced that President George W. Bush will visit Africa between July 7 and 12. Read more »
Kenya: Terror Threat Closes American Embassy in Kenya
The State Department has announced that the U.S. embassy in Nairobi, which was closed Friday because of what officials termed "a serious terrorist threat," will remain closed on… 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 »
June 11, 2003
Africa: Africa Subsidizing the West, Says Museveni Following Meeting With Bush
African commodities and raw materials are processed in wealthy nations and then resold by companies and corporations in those nations at prices many times greater than what is paid… Read more »
June 10, 2003
Liberia: Diplomatic Dismay as Liberia Rebels Poise For Final Push and Foreigners Flee
Given an ultimatum by rebels to voluntarily step down from office or be ousted by force, Liberian President Charles Taylor is believed to have abandoned the presidential palace on… Read more »
June 09, 2003
Africa: Bush To Visit Africa In Early July; Three Countries on Current Itinerary
President George W. Bush is scheduled to visit three African nations in early July, White House officials report. Read more »
June 02, 2003
South Africa: Congressional Delegation to South Africa Challenged, Impressed
A Congressional delegation returned to Washington, DC Saturday after a week-long trip to South Africa where they encountered efforts to come to grip with HIV/Aids that moved some… Read more »
May 27, 2003
Ghana: US Firm Opens Talks to End Dispute with Ghana's Government
Negotiations are taking place this week in Ghana to resolve an ongoing dispute between the government and an American mining company that is complicating an otherwise cooperative… Read more »
May 22, 2003
Africa: Iraq Not Taking Money From Africa, Insists USAID Chief
USAID Administrator Andrew S. Natsios has flatly denied that U.S. assistance money for Africa is being diverted to Iraq. "The reality is that all of the money we're spending in… Read more »
May 20, 2003
Liberia: Increased Pressure on Taylor as France Welcomes Opposition Leader
For the first time since Charles Taylor became president of Liberia six years ago, the French foreign ministry has held official consultations with the leader of Liberia's… Read more »
May 19, 2003
Africa: Fair Trade, Not Hand-outs, Say Ghanaian Ministers
If, in the past, African nations relied on hand-outs and talked about the rich world's 'obligations' to the continent, they are sounding a different note these days - seeking… Read more »
May 09, 2003
Nigeria: U.S. Firm Halliburton Acknowledges Bribe To Nigerian Official
Halliburton, the giant Texas based energy company once directed by Vice President Dick Cheney, acknowledged this week it paid a $2.4 million bribe to a Nigerian government official… Read more »