November 01, 2001
Africa: Africa Secretary Kansteiner Stresses Role of Business in Development
"Ladies and Gentlemen, The road ahead is long and its gonna be tough. But Africa is on its way." That remark came from the United States Assistant Secretary of State for African… Read more »
South Africa: Tutu Warns US, 'Retaliation Cannot Bring Security'
In a high-profile speech, South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu has delivered a powerful call for reconciliation and against revenge and retaliation, heard by many in the audience… Read more »
Africa: Terrorism's Invisible Fallout Across Africa
When terrorists killed 12 Americans and over 200 Africans in attacks on U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, in August 1998, official America displayed little empathy for the… Read more »
Central Africa: Kabila tells the West, Promise me Peace, not Money, Hypocrisy and Lip Service"
Joseph Kabila was installed as president of the Democratic Republic of Congo earlier this year, to replace his father, Laurent Desire Kabila, who was assassinated in January 2001. … Read more »
Africa: Investment Needed, Not Welfare, Africans Tell Business Summit
"Assistance doesn't mean charity" say participants from Africa attending the Corporate Council for Africa's U.S.- Africa Business Summit. "It means investment." Read more »
October 31, 2001
Central Africa: Kabila Repeats Election Pledge but Wants Foreign Troops Out
The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Joseph Kabila, has again pledged to hold elections in his country, which has been at war since 1998. But the Congolese… Read more »
October 29, 2001
Africa: Bush Unveils New US Initiative to Boost Investment
President Bush has announced the creation of a US$200m "support facility" that will give U.S. firms access to loans, guarantees, and political risk insurance for investment… Read more »
October 28, 2001
Africa: Partnerships Are Key, Says US-Africa Business Summit Organiser
The U.S.-Africa Business Summit hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) begins Tuesday in Philadelphia. With some 1,500 participants expected, including two Presidents,… Read more »
October 25, 2001
Africa: Strike Deepens Air Afrique Woes
Workers with the multinational airline, Air Afrique, began an indefinite strike this week to demand payment of salary arrears. A few months ago, West African leaders and the French… Read more »
Africa: Bush Adminstration Reduces Africa Aid Bid
U.S. Development Assistance to sub-Saharan Africa will shrink in FY2002. Read more »
October 18, 2001
Africa: Is the US' Anti-Terror Coalition in Africa's Interest?
Although Africa has readily joined the US-led anti-terror coalition, the meaning and structure of that fight has raised uncertainty in the minds of some African leaders. Read more »
Africa: 'We Know Terrorism and We Will Fight It' - African Nations
"Terrorism has no religion, no ethnicity," says Uganda's Ambassador to Washington, DC, Edith Ssempala. "In Africa, many innocent people have been killed 'in the name of God'." She… Read more »
October 16, 2001
Nigeria: Washington Unruffled by anti-US Protest in Nigeria
According to the Bush Administration, the anti-American protests in Kano last Friday and the violent riots that followed them cannot be linked. "They are not connected," said one… Read more »
October 10, 2001
Africa: Majority on 'Most Wanted Terrorists' List from Africa
Twelve of the 22 individuals on the FBI's 'Most Wanted Terrorist" list released by the White House on Wednesday are from African nations. Read more »
October 03, 2001
Africa: AGOA Forum Rescheduled to October 29
A top-level encounter between African government ministers and the US Government, postponed from October 4-5 because of the attacks on New York and Washington, DC, will now be held… Read more »
October 01, 2001
Africa: World Bank Warns of Worsening Poverty in Africa After US Attacks
The poverty in developing nations next year will deepen as a result of the attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, especially in Africa, the World Bank has warned:… Read more »
September 25, 2001
Africa: PBS Africa Series Resumes, ABC's Congo Programmes Still On Hold
A landmark television series on Africa which was pushed off the schedules by coverage of the attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon is back on air. Read more »
September 19, 2001
Africa: Sub-Saharan Africa Rallies to US Support
Bush administration officials are pleased at the unanimous condemnation by African nations of the attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon and pledges of support for… Read more »
September 18, 2001
Africa: All sub-Saharan Africa Said Supporting Anti-Terror Coalition
African nations represented in Washington have agreed to copperate with the anti-terrorism coalition being fashioned by the administration in the aftermath of the World Trade… Read more »
September 14, 2001
North Africa: Bracing For Backlash
On Wednesday, two West African students approached Fanta Aw, director of International Student Services at American University, and also a Malian. They asked her: "Are we going to… Read more »
September 12, 2001
North Africa: North African Press on US Attacks
Tuesday's terrorist attacks on New York and Washington DC were widely reported throughout North Africa. In an article called "Terrorist Attack on the United States, Disbelief… Read more »
Africa: Africa-America Summit Postponed
The U.S. Africa Business Summit scheduled to start next week in Philadelphia has been posponed until October 30, according to Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) President Stephen… Read more »
September 09, 2001
Central Africa: "Heart Of Darkness" - Interview With Nightline's Executive Producer
[Tuesday through Friday the ABC television news program "Nightline", hosted by Ted Koppel, will continue with the final four parts of a 5-part series on Congo that began airing… Read more »
September 07, 2001
Africa: Durban Conference May End Without Agreement or Consensus
South African negotiators and mediators have been working around the clock in a bid to avoid the failure of the UN World Conference against Racism (WCAR) in Durban. Read more »
September 06, 2001
Sudan: Special Envoy To Probe 'Will' For Peace
President Bush has appointed former Missouri Senator John C. Danforth as special envoy to Sudan. In a Rose Garden ceremony Thursday at the White House, Bush declared, "I am under… Read more »