May 27, 2001
Kenya: Powell Hears Demand for More US Action on AIDS
The US Secretary of State, Colin Powell, spent Sunday morning on the edge of one of Africas largest slums - Kibera, in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi - and witnessed the devastation… Read more »
May 26, 2001
Kenya: US Secretary of State Delivers Tough Message to President Moi
The American Secretary of State, Colin Powell, arrived in Kenya on Saturday on the third leg of his four-nation tour around Africa. He immediately went into a working session with… Read more »
May 25, 2001
Africa: Africa Union Announced As U.S. Official Denounces Its Foremost Promoter
As Organization of African Unity Secretary General Salim Ahmed Salim announced Friday that the OAU will be replaced by a new "African Union" in a year, a senior U.S. official… Read more »
May 24, 2001
Africa: Powell's Peacekeeping Promise
In the White House earlier this month, U.S. President George Bush told Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo that the United States would continue to help train Nigerian troops as… Read more »
May 22, 2001
Africa: U.S. Gains From AGOA, Says U.S. Trade Rep
As their export trade develops under the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) that was enacted into law a year ago, African nations will need spare parts, machinery, and a… Read more »
May 21, 2001
Africa: Powell Undertakes Four-Nation Africa Assessment Tour
Secretary of State Colin Powell leaves Tuesday night for a four-nation visit to Africa, where he will have an "opportunity to assess some of the changes that are occurring in… Read more »
May 17, 2001
Africa: Focusing Foreign Policy on Health Issues
Two prestigious U.S. policy groups are calling for health issues to have a higher priority in foreign policy and national security planning. Read more »
May 16, 2001
Africa: Washington Announces Africa Initiative
A U.S. sub-Saharan African Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum is being established, and foreign, finance, and trade ministers from 35 African nations will meet in Washington in… Read more »
May 11, 2001
Nigeria: In Sync On Global AIDS Fight And More, Say Bush, Obasanjo, Annan
On the second day of his "working" visit to the United States, Nigerian President Olusegun Obansanjo met with President George Bush, African-American leaders, World Bank and IMF… Read more »
May 09, 2001
Nigeria: Bush, Obasanjo To Discuss Shape Of Africa Policy
Debt, democracy, HIV/AIDS, regional stability and defense, as well as oil, economic reform and bi-lateral cooperation are all on an extensive agenda during two days of talks… Read more »
April 27, 2001
Africa: Cold Comfort for Africa in World Economic Outlook - IMF
The International Monetary Fund's World Economic Outlook report has predicted a sharp slowdown in the global economy, but says it will not have a major impact on Africa where the… Read more »
April 24, 2001
South Africa: Mandela And Clinton Hail Civic Engagement
Two former presidents, the elder from South Africa, the younger from the United States, stood together on the same platform in Johannesburg on Tuesday, to launch a two-day… Read more »
April 18, 2001
South Africa: Foreign Minister Meets With Colin Powell
Foreign Affairs Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma and U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell began "a comprehensive review" of U.S.- South African relations Wednesday. The bilateral… Read more »
South Africa: Drug Giants May be Ready to Drop Case and Settle
It was meant to be a landmark court case about expensive patented drugs versus cheaper generic alternatives. But the case in the High Court in Pretoria, brought by 39 of the… Read more »
South Africa: Talks Underway To Reevaluate U.S - South Africa Link
Foreign Minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has been at the U.S. State Department this morning for a "comprehensive review" of U.S.- South African relations with U.S. Secretary of… Read more »
April 04, 2001
Africa: Two Congressional delegations To Africa This Week
House of Representatives Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) and House Republican Conference Chair J.C. Watts (R-OK) will lead separate, bi-partisan delegations to Africa during the… Read more »
March 23, 2001
Sudan: Bipartisan Effort to End War and Slavery Promised
Bipartisan Congressional voices denounced Sudan's government at a press conference in Washington D.C., Thursday, and called for sanctions against the north-east African nation… Read more »
March 21, 2001
Africa: Africa News From The U.S. Congress
The key legislation among the almost one dozen bills concerning Africa introduced in Congress since the beginning of the year target the conflict over intellectual and property… Read more »
March 19, 2001
Equatorial Guinea: President in Washington DC to Win US Embassy
On a week long "personal" visit to the United States, Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is telling everyone who will listen that his nation needs a US… Read more »
March 15, 2001
South Africa: Drug Company Makes Key Concession in Generic Drug Dispute
As part of what it calls an "accelerated program to fight HIV/Aids in Africa," the international pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb has decided not to fight the manufacture… Read more »
March 09, 2001
Africa: Powell Selects Kansteiner for Africa Post
Secretary of State Colin Powell has tapped Walter H. Kansteiner III, who served on the former Bush foreign policy team, for the department's senior Africa post. Read more »
March 02, 2001
Nigeria: "Significant" Progress Against Drug Traffickers, Says State Department Official
Although Nigeria remains a "worldwide hub" of narcotics trafficking and money-laundering, last year "it made a significant step forward," in the international war against… Read more »
February 28, 2001
Sudan: Report Recommends Policy To End Fighting
An international task force put together by the Washington-based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has released policy recommendations that it says will end the… Read more »
February 21, 2001
Africa: US AIDS Drug Policy Likely To Remain Unchanged
Despite opposition from congressional Republicans, the Bush administration indicated Tuesday that it will not reverse a Clinton executive order that makes it easier for poor… Read more »
February 16, 2001
Nigeria: Government Teams Up With U.S. Firms For Another LNG Plant
Four American oil companies Friday teamed up with the Nigerian government to conduct a feasibility study for the establishment of an LNG plant, which would be Nigeria's second. Read more »