July 22, 2002
Africa: 'Atlanta is a Model for Africa' Says Amb. Andrew Young
Few U.S. political leaders in the United States are as identified with Africa as Andrew Young, former Mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, former Congressman from that city and U.S.… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Role in Lumumba Murder Revealed
In his latest film, "Minority Report," director Steven Spielberg portrays a policy of "preemptive action" gone wild in the year 2054. But we don't have to peer into the future to… Read more »
July 18, 2002
Africa: US Inching Closer To Consensus on Sustainable Development Summit
High-level officials from 27 nations who met in New York Wednesday at the urging of South African president Thabo Mbeki, say outstanding differences between developing nations and… Read more »
July 12, 2002
Africa: Washington's 'Africa Community' Salutes Veteran Campaigner Lucas
"Unless we do something now there will not be any Africa!" With forceful words on the need for organization and to campaign against HIV/Aids, former Africare head C. Payne Lucas… Read more »
June 27, 2002
Madagascar: US Recognizes Ravalomanana, Unfreezes Assets
In a surprise move, the United States became the first major world power to formally recognize the government of Marc Ravalomanana in Madagascar. A letter to that effect from… Read more »
June 21, 2002
Africa: Bush To Visit Africa, Pledges Extra $100M for Education
Promising more money for education and for the fight against HIV/Aids, President George W. Bush announced that the United States "will take Africa's side in confronting the… Read more »
June 19, 2002
Angola: 'Rebuild Country On A Fairer Basis'
In the second and final part of AllAfrica's interview with General Paulo Lukamba "Gato", the interim leader of the former Angolan rebel movement, Unita, he discusses the impact and… Read more »
June 18, 2002
Angola: War is Over, But Peace Comes at a Price Says Unita Leader
The interim leader of the former Angolan Unita rebel movement, General Paulo Lukamba "Gato", has just completed a lecture and lobbying visit to the United States, before heading to… Read more »
June 10, 2002
Namibia: "We want to develop our industry" - Hamutenya
A delegation from two southern Africa nations, headed by Namibia's Minister for Trade and Industry Hidipo Hamutenya, has been in Washington seeking a modification in U.S. trade… Read more »
June 06, 2002
Africa: Europe's 'Marshall Plan' Relevant to Africa Today, Suggests O'Neill
Calling his recent Africa trip with rock star Bono " the most intense twelve days I've ever experienced," U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill suggested Wednesday that he… Read more »
June 01, 2002
Sudan: Oil, Power and Religion Complicate U.S. Peace Thrust for Sudan
The night before the arrival of the head of the United States aid agency in Sudan, a Sudanese government aircraft bombed a village he was to visit in the rebel-controlled southern… Read more »
May 30, 2002
Sudan: U.S. Diplomat Posted To Khartoum
Jeffery Millington, formerly State Department Director for East African Affairs, has been posted to Sudan as United States charge d'affaires. Millington is the first American… Read more »
May 25, 2002
Africa: Ghana's Kufuor Defends His Government's Record on Transparency, the Economy
In the second and final part of an interview with allAfrica.com, Ghanaian president John Agyekum Kufuor talks about his hopes for Ghana and the performance of his government after… Read more »
May 22, 2002
Sudan: US Throws Weight Behind Igad-led Peace Process
The U.S. has apparently decided to throw more of its political and financial weight behind Kenyan-led efforts within the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) aimed at… Read more »
May 21, 2002
Africa: US Treasury Secretary in Africa to See For Himself
U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill's 10-day visit to Africa is unprecedented. It is being seen as an opportunity for African officials to punch home their view that the… Read more »
Africa: The AGOA Bargain is Unequal - Oxfam
As U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill begins a ten-day tour of African countries to see their economies at close quarters, the spotlight is on trade relations between the rich… Read more »
May 20, 2002
Africa: Expanding African Trade is the Key to the Future - Rosa Whitaker
"Rigged rules and double standards lock poor people out of the benefits of trade, closing the door to an escape route from poverty," Oxfam charged in a recently released report,… Read more »
May 16, 2002
Africa: Rock Star Bono, US Treasury Secretary Plan Africa Tour
They are an unlikely duo, to say the least: Irish rock star Bono, of U2, and Bush Administration Treasury Secretary, Paul O'Neill. But the two men are pairing up and between May… Read more »
May 13, 2002
Uganda: Economic Growth Doesn't Equate With Democracy, Says Museveni Opponent
Dr. Kizza Besigye, a retired colonel who ran against President Yoweri Museveni in Uganda's elections last year, and lost, says the whole exercise was fraudulent. Governments that… Read more »
April 24, 2002
Africa: 'Africa Does Matter to the US' Say Bush Officials
"September 11 did change our world and did change our approach to Africa," Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Walter Kansteiner told a symposium sponsored by the… Read more »
Africa: Seek Credit Rating, Powell Urges African Ministers
Not having a widely used credit rating system stymies investment in Africa, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell told two dozen African central bankers and Finance Ministers,… Read more »
April 16, 2002
Africa: Could US Africa Policy be Derailed by the Middle East Crisis?
Across Africa, the Middle East crisis is provoking passionate debate bordering sometimes on angry condemnation. Both Muslim and "anti-colonial" sentiment, already stirred by the… Read more »
Africa: Senegalese President Confident of Nepad's Success Ahead of June G8 Summit
Picture President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal, 74, nonchalantly wandering into the efficiently-run Cybercentre, at the plush hotel and conference centre in the capital, Dakar, where… Read more »
April 10, 2002
Africa: World Bank Demands More Aid, Higher Investment for Africa
Development indicators are sending mixed signals about the African continent said a World Bank panel of experts briefing reporters Wednesday on the Bank's new report: African… Read more »
April 09, 2002
Sudan: No Training Camps Planned, Says Envoy
"We are not going to operate any camps to train terrorists in our country," Sudan's ambassador to the United States, Khidir Haroun Ahmed, told allAfrica.com. "But the Sudanese… Read more »