Sudan: Act Now to Stop Dying on a Massive Scale in Darfur, U.S. Lawmakers Urge

A growing chorus of voices in the U.S. Congress is appealing for urgent action to halt the ongoing killings in the Darfur region of Sudan. Two Republican U.S. lawmakers who visited… Read more »

Nigeria: General Babangida Should Be Nigeria's Next President, Ex-Minister Says

Nigerians take politics seriously. The fact that the country has been ruled by military regimes for 29 of its 41 years of independence has not dampened political fervor. Since… Read more »

Africa: UN Official Implicates HIV in Southern Africa Food Crisis

James Morris, Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme, who recently returned from a two-week trip through southern Africa, says there is a humanitarian crisis in the… Read more »

Africa: Agoa Key To An Expanding Relationship with Africa, Says Top U.S. Trade Aide

Florizelle Liser has spent twenty years developing and implementing policy at the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). She currently serves as assistant U.S.… Read more »

Sudan: 'Call the Atrocities In Darfur By Their Rightful Name'

President George Bush and Secretary of State Colin Powell were urged Wednesday by a coalition of members of the U.S. Congress and civil society to declare the humanitarian crisis… Read more »

Sudan: U.S. Holocaust Museum Suspends Normal Operations To Call Attention to Darfur

The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum suspended regular activities for the first time in its history Thursday for a half hour program on the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, Sudan that… Read more »

Sudan: Unicef Takes Out Loans to Bring Aid to Darfur: Less Than 'One Piece of Plastic Per Family'

Julianna Lindsey is a program officer for the United Nations Children's Fund's Humanitarian Response Unit. She traveled through Sudan for five weeks coordinating Unicef support for… Read more »

Sudan: `Genocide Unfolding': Physicians Group Faults Sudan Government, Lack of World Response

As part of a team from Physicians for Human Rights, John Heffernan spent two weeks on the Sudan-Chad border, visiting refugees from western Sudan's Darfur region. About half of the… Read more »

Liberia: Response to Review of "U.S. Policy Toward Liberia, 1822 to 2003"

As the author of "U.S. Policy Toward Liberia, 1822 to 2003" (Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers), I am saddened and disappointed that Dr. D. Elwood Dunn, in his review of my book… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya Presses Economic Reforms, Seeks Agoa Extension

Since the election at the end of 2002 of Mwai Kibaki as president of Kenya, replacing Daniel Arap Moi, the new government has embarked on an ambitious program of reform that has… Read more »

Africa: Condoleezza Rice and Hillary Clinton Stress Africa's Importance at Sullivan Dinner

African countries need peace and security to prosper, Condoleezza Rice, President Bush's National Security Advisor said speaking to the Leon H. Sullivan Summit Awards Dinner on… Read more »

Africa: Africans View Globalization As Positive But Unfair, According to Eight-Nation Survey

Two out of three Africans surveyed in a poll released last week by GlobeScan and the World Bank believe that globalization has a positive effect on their lives. However, most… Read more »

Sudan: The World Is Obligated to Prevent Genocide in Darfur

Jerry Fowler is Staff Director of the Committee on Conscience, a division of the U.S. Holocaust Museum created to ensure that genocide never happens again. He visited refugee… Read more »

Africa: Panelists Critique U.S. Role in Africa

Hollywood actors, academics and world leaders discussed issues facing Africa - both on the continent and globally - during a conference sponsored by TransAfrica Forum titled… Read more »

Africa: State Dept Releases Human Trafficking Report

"We can't fully embrace our dignity unless we champion the dignity of others," U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said during the release of the U.S. State Department's annual… Read more »

Sudan: U.S. Struggles to Address Situation in Sudan

With an estimated 30,000 killed, and two million displaced by Arab militias in Darfur, western Sudan, the U.S. has vowed to increase pressure on the Khartoum government to stop… Read more »

Africa: Media Messages on Health and HIV/Aids Target At-Risk African Youth

Messages created by and for young people have become a centerpiece of efforts to educate teens about health risks. Organizers of those campaigns say they are potent tools for… Read more »

Uganda: Museveni at CSIS - Not Pessimism But Concern for Africa's Future

The following is the text of an address, followed by questions and answers, by President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Read more »

Africa: Uganda's President Calls Extending African Import Law Urgent

High tariffs and trade barriers on African-manufactured products block the continent's development, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni told a Washington audience at the Center for… Read more »

Africa: Global Health Conference on Youth A Large Draw Despite Loss of U.S. Govt Funding

More than 1500 people from nearly 85 countries attended the Global Health Council's 33rd Annual Conference last week to discuss the status of global youth health. This was an… Read more »

Africa: HIV Prevention Group Recommends Integrated Approach

The Global HIV Prevention Working Group released its third report today, recommending the integration of HIV/Aids treatment and prevention programs to reduce the rate of HIV… Read more »

Africa: African Leaders Seek G8 Follow-Through

Nigeria, South Africa, Ghana, Senegal, Uganda and Algeria Presidents Meet G8 Today Read more »

Africa: U.S. Must Increase Funding for Global Fund

Edward W. Scott, Jr. founded BEA Systems, a software company, in 1995 following a career in the technology industry with Sun Microsystems and Pyramid Technology. Before entering… Read more »

Africa: Obstetric Fistulas Signal Poor Health Care for Women

An obscure health problem that affects only women was the topic of a panel at the Global Health Council's annual conference in Washington, DC this month. Obstetric fistula,… Read more »

South Africa: Youth Report on Aids Interventions

As part of the Global Health Council's Annual Conference, held June 1-4 in Washington, DC, public health experts and practitioners exchanged findings on youth perspectives on AIDS… Read more »