September 27, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Rebels Capture Third City - Regional Summit Shifts To Ghana
As French troops ended their 48 hour evacuation of mainly Western foreigners from Bouake, the rebels who control Cote d'Ivoire's second city prevented Ivorians from fleeing on foot… Read more »
September 26, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: West African Leaders to Meet In Abidjan, Nigeria Deploys Fighter Jets
Nigeria confirmed Thursday that it has sent three fighter jets to Cote d'Ivoire and is standing by with troops that a minister said could eventually become part of a West African… Read more »
September 25, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Foreign Schoolchildren Evacuated, Regional Peace Efforts Falter
French troops have rescued 160 mainly American children and staff trapped at an international school in Bouake, the central Ivorian city which has been under control of mutinous… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: French Troops Reach Trapped Schoolchildren, Burkina Denies Coup Involvement
Seven straight days after the start of a military revolt in Cote dIvoire, French troops have moved to rescue 200 foreign schoolchildren and staff trapped at the International… Read more »
September 24, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: U.S.Troops Ordered to West Africa
Just under 200 U.S. troops may imminently be deployed in Cote dIvoire. Pentagon spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Don Sewell told allAfrica.com that "at the request of the U.S. ambassador to… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Fresh Fighting In Bouake
Reports Tuesday from Bouake, the second largest city in Cote d'Ivoire, said there were gun battles between loyalist government troops and mutinous soldiers, who seized the town… Read more »
September 23, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Overnight Skirmishes in Bouake, French Troops Head North
Residents of rebel-controlled Bouake, in central Cote dIvoire, heard a brief but intense barrage of gunfire on Sunday night. But what many might have expected to be the "ferocious… Read more »
September 22, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Mutineers Offered Talks, French Send in Troops
The government in Cote dIvoire announced on state television Saturday night that 270 people had been killed since an attempted coup on Thursday, with another 300 wounded in the… Read more »
September 21, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Immigrants Targeted as Government Vows All-out War Against Dissidents
Anti-immigrant feeling ran high in Cote dIvoire on Saturday, in the aftermath of a bloody military uprising and coup attempt on Thursday. The government blamed the mutiny on a… Read more »
September 20, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Mutineers Ignore Ultimatum as Deadline Passes
The 15h00 GMT deadline, issued by the government of Cote dIvoire for rebel soldiers to lay down their arms, passed on Friday afternoon, with no immediate evidence that the… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Curfew Imposed, Fresh Gunfire in Abidjan
The authorities in Cote dIvoire imposed a curfew on Thursday night, after a day of heavy fighting during an army mutiny and reported coup attempt in which the Interior Minister… Read more »
September 19, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Coup or Mutiny? Former Military Ruler Guei Killed
Confusion reigned in Abidjan and other key cities in Cote dIvoire on Thursday, after residents were woken in the early morning by sustained, heavy gunfire and mortar blasts in… Read more »
September 18, 2002
Chad: Chad Activist Wants Pipeline Put on Hold
The World Bank argues that the $4 billion Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project provides an opportunity for one of the poorest regions in Africa to diversify its economy and increase… Read more »
September 17, 2002
Ghana: Building from the Ground Up - With Local Earth
In Ghana, as in many African countries, concrete - with its dependence on imported inputs - is considered indispensable for building. Yet an excellent, cheap and local alternative… Read more »
September 14, 2002
Central Africa: World Bank Greenlights Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Despite Warnings
The World Bank has rejected campaigners' demands and concerns expressed by its own internal advisory panel and approved the continuation of the $4bn Chad-Cameroon Pipeline project. Read more »
August 29, 2002
Africa: Nigerian Teens Wow Audience and Warn African Leaders
<i><b>Temidayo Israel Abdulai</b>, who is known as Dayo, is just 16, but he has already set up his own non-governmental organisation.</i> Read more »
August 27, 2002
Africa: Keeping An Eye On War Crimes And Criminals -- Ambassador Prosper
From Rwanda and Sudan in the east to Sierra Leone and Liberia in the west, alleged perpetrators of heinous acts of violence are under scrutiny, both within Africa and from world… Read more »
August 26, 2002
Senegal: Farming with Windmills
Ahead of the World Summit for Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg, allAfrica.com's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton travelled to the farming village of Mboro, in Senegal, 150… Read more »
August 25, 2002
Liberia: Key Opposition Figures Stay Away From Monrovia Reconciliation Meeting
As the Liberian government opened its National Reconciliation Conference in Monrovia, Saturday, with most key members of the opposition absent, the organizers were insistent that… Read more »
August 13, 2002
Ghana: Ex-President Rawlings Questioned Over Call for 'Defiance'
Ghanas former president, Jerry Rawlings, was questioned Tuesday by the country's national security agency over comments he made urging Ghanaians to "defy" the government of his… Read more »
August 11, 2002
Senegal: Brief Rain Fails to Dent Drought and Famine Threat
'Alhamdoulillah ('Thank God') is the prayer of most Senegalese after the first rains in almost a month fell on Saturday night in the capital, Dakar and other parts of the country. Read more »
July 30, 2002
Nigeria: U.S. Not Pressuring Nigeria On OPEC, Says Kansteiner
The United States is not pressuring Nigeria to pull out of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, the U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Walter Kansteiner… Read more »
July 17, 2002
West Africa: Ecowas Head Predicts Liberian Gov't-Rebel Talks, Praises AU
Dr Mohamed ibn Chambas is the executive secretary of the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas). He attended the recent inaugural summit of the African Union (AU) in… Read more »
July 15, 2002
West Africa: Attempts to Bring Peace to Liberia - Can They Succeed?
Following Sierra Leone's successful - and peaceful - elections in May, there's increased optimism that life really will return to normal. Yet Sierra Leone is not an island. Even if… Read more »
July 11, 2002
Senegal: Traditional Medicine Treatment for Aids Passes Clinical Tests
In what are called "significant clinical and laboratory results," by The Association for the Promotion of Traditional Medicine (Prometra), a three year study of 62 Aids infected… Read more »
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