March 16, 2002
Zimbabwe: Pressure on Mugabe Mounts Ahead of Commonwealth Verdict
Zimbabwe's state-owned Herald newspaper reported Saturday that the Nigerian leader, President Olusegun Obasanjo, is to visit President Robert Mugabe on Monday, the day after his… Read more »
March 14, 2002
Zimbabwe: Key African States Endorse Mugabe Victory, the West Condemns It
International reaction to the controversial re-election of Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe to another six year term varied widely. African observers generally approved of his… Read more »
March 08, 2002
West Africa: Ecowas Totally Opposed to Armed Insurrection, Says New Chief
Mohamed Ibn Chambas is the newly-appointed executive secretary of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, which has 15 member countries and is headquartered in… Read more »
March 07, 2002
Zimbabwe: Lower the Political Temperature, Nigerian Leader Urged Mugabe
"Turn down the temperature," Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was advised by President Olusegun Obasanjo during a visit to Harare in late January. "It was not a directive,"… Read more »
February 27, 2002
West Africa: Morocco Brokers Talks Between Liberia, S.Leone and Guinea
Presidents Charles Taylor of Liberia, Lansana Conté of Guinea and Tejan Kabbah of Sierra Leone are holding talks in the Moroccan capital, Rabat, to discuss the intertwined… Read more »
January 07, 2002
Africa: African Cup of Nations Final Group Rounds
The African Cup of Nations (ACONS), Mali 2002, runs from January 19 to February 10. Below is the schedule for the final group rounds. Read more »
December 22, 2001
Cote d'Ivoire: Celebrating Eid Al-Fitr in Côte d'Ivoire
Together with Muslims all over the world, followers of Islam in Côte d'Ivoire celebrated Eid Al-Fitr, on Sunday 16 December, to mark the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Read more »
December 20, 2001
Africa: Leopold Senghor Dies at 95
The former Senegalese President, Léopold Sédar Senghor, died, Thursday, at his home in the northern French town of Verson, after a battle against cancer. He was 95. Read more »
December 19, 2001
Cote d'Ivoire: After the Reconciliation Forum, What Next?
The National Reconciliation Forum in Cote d'Ivoire has spoken and set out its recommendations. For two long months, Ivorians from all walks of life and from all regions of the… Read more »
December 12, 2001
Burkina Faso: President Says All with HIV/Aids Should Have Drugs
President Blaise Compaore of Burkina Faso opened the 12th International Conference on AIDS and STDS (Sexually Transmitted Diseases) in Africa (ICASA) on Sunday 9 December in the… Read more »
December 04, 2001
Ghana: Up to 50 Believed Killed in Ethnic Clashes
Three days of violent tribal clashes in northeastern Ghana, which erupted on Sunday, have left an unconfirmed number of people dead and dozens injured. A night-time curfew is in… Read more »
November 26, 2001
Liberia: Newspaper's Chairman Released, Paper Remains Shut
After being held in detention for five days by state security officers, the chairman of The NEWS newspaper, Wilson Tarpeh, was released over the weekend. The offices of the paper,… Read more »
November 22, 2001
Liberia: Govt Closes 'The NEWS', Holds Chairman for Questioning
The Liberian government has closed down 'The NEWS' newspaper in Monrovia, while the papers chairman is being investigated by officers at security headquarters, although they deny… Read more »
November 21, 2001
Africa: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: Clinton's Africa Secretary on the Continent's Prospects
Susan Rice, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during the Clinton Administration, was a key figure during a time of challenging transformation and turmoil in Africa… Read more »
November 14, 2001
Senegal: Nation Honoured with AAI Award in New York
The foreign minister of Senegal, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, accepted one of the Africa-America Institute's two Awards for National Achievement on Tuesday night, 13 November in New York… Read more »
November 02, 2001
West Africa: Probe Links Bin Laden and S.Leone Diamonds as Obasanjo, Bush Meet
The Washington Post newspaper reported Friday that over the past three years, Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network has collected millions of dollars from the illicit sale of diamonds… Read more »
October 31, 2001
Liberia: Shipping Payments Used to Evade Sanctions, Buy Arms
United Nations experts have accused Liberia of using money earned from its shipping register to avoid UN sanctions and to purchase arms. Read more »
October 24, 2001
Gambia: Several Jammeh Opponents Arrested Following Elections
Less than a week after last Thursday's presidential elections, in which President Yahya Jammeh emerged victorious, there has been a spate of arrests of members of the opposition… Read more »
October 19, 2001
Gambia: President Jammeh Wins with Comfortable Majority
Preliminary results in Gambia's presidential elections indicate that incumbent President Yahya Jammeh has won with a comfortable majority. Read more »
October 18, 2001
Gambia: Presidential Poll Ends Without Incident
Contrary to widespread fears of violence and chaos, Gambia's crucial presidential poll proceeded and ended peacefully on Thursday. Reliable sources on the ground told allAfrica.com… Read more »
October 17, 2001
Gambia: Election is Too Close to Call as Violence Mars Campaign
On the eve of a crucial presidential poll in Gambia Thursday, most analysts say that, assuming the election is free and fair, the outcome is too close to call. Read more »
October 16, 2001
Gambia: Unprecedented Violence Marks Run-up to Presidential Poll
Two days before presidential polls in the tiny West African state of Gambia, things are looking pretty bad. The run-up to the elections, the second since the July 22, 1994 coup… Read more »
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
Cameroon: "Change the Government to Avert Crisis"
A change at the top and "institutions that decentralize the functions of government" are the keys to preventing Cameroon's crisis from worsening, says Dr. Christopher Fomunyoh of… Read more »
October 04, 2001
Liberia: 'Still Waiting' To See Taylor's Vision, Says Opposition Leader
In July, Liberian President Charles Taylor offered an amnesty to opposition leaders he had accused of treason. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, one of those opposition leaders, took him up… Read more »
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