Africa: Girls Dating Older Men At Heightened Risk for HIV

Young women in cross-generational relationships have a higher risk of HIV infection than their peers, panelists said during a session titled "Program Reponses to Cross-Generational… Read more »

Africa: Spotlight on Secondary Education in Africa

"Secondary Education in Africa: Lifeline to the Future" is the theme of the second conference with a sharp focus on secondary education in Africa (SEIA) currently being held in… Read more »

Africa: Health Panel Explores Impact of Media on Youth Behavior

Challenges and potential for mass media and social marketing strategies to reach youth with HIV/Aids prevention messages were explored during a panel at the Global Health Council's… Read more »

Africa: Film Industry Spokesman and Software Entrepreneur Join Forces to Fight HIV/Aids

"Aids is the greatest disaster in human history, says Richard Feacham, head of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria. But the Geneva-based organization, founded… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Rwandan Involvement and Rebel Advance Makes Stepped Up UN Action Essential, Says Congo Ambassador

"Very credible eyewitnesses who have seen boats crossing the lake from Rwanda" going towards Kalehe and Biraa and Bukavu say they contained Rwandan soldiers, according to the… Read more »

Africa: Newman Confirmed For Senior State Department Africa Policy Post

The U.S. Senate has approved the nomination of Constance Berry Newman to become the next assistant secretary for African Affairs in the State Department, a senior administration… Read more »

Africa: Inaction by Senate Democrats Said to Threaten Extension of Key Africa Legislative Initiative

Amid concern that key provisions of the African Growth and Opportunity Act will expire later this year unless Congress votes an extension, supporters have issued a plea for public… Read more »

Liberia: An Uneven Examination of U.S. Policy Toward Liberia

Lester S. Hyman, United States Policy Toward Liberia 1822 To 2003: Unintended Consequences?. Cherry Hill, Africana Homestead Legacy Publishers, 2003, 281 pp + Bibliography, Index,… Read more »

Africa: Rome Concert Launches a Movement, Says Quincy Jones

If the days of concerts for a cause having an impact are over, producer Quincy Jones hasn't noticed. "You know, it's not really a concert," he told a reporter for Metro… Read more »

Africa: Broader Approach Needed to Achieve Bush HIV/Aids Plan Goals, Says New Report

The US$15bn President's Emergency Plan for Aids Relief announced by President George W. Bush in his January 2003 State of the Union address "is too near-term in orientation and too… Read more »

Botswana: Merck Official Says Partnership in Botswana is Learning from Experience and Passing It On

The African Aids pandemic has thrust pharmaceutical firms into the news, as companies and their supporters and critics have debated the appropriate role of intellectual property… Read more »

Africa: Agoa Delay Risking Jobs and Investment, House Hearing Told

Praising the "undeniable success" of the African Growth and Opportunities Act (Agoa), Assistant U.S. Trade Representative Florizelle B. Liser told the House Subcommittee on Africa… Read more »

Sudan: Government 'Scorched Earth' Campaign In Darfur Reflecting Fear And Sudan Power Struggle, Says US Official

Rebellion and "effective" military operations in Sudan's western Darfur area by the Sudanese Liberation Movement (SLM) and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) "poses in many… Read more »

Eswatini: Unpaid Caregivers Ease Swaziland's Grim Struggle Against HIV/Aids

The village of Gamula is about as far from the center of power as it is possible to be in this Kuwait-sized country of a million people. Hunger is everywhere, in the bloated… Read more »

Africa: Eight African Nations Eligible For Millennium Challenge Account Assistance

The Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) voted Thursday to make 16 countries "eligible" for Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) assistance this year. The… Read more »

Africa: Africa Command Not European Command, Says Official

The United States European Command (Eucom) will change its name to reflect a new strategic concern with Africa, according a senior Eucom official involved in the planning. Eucom… Read more »

Africa: The Nile River: Building or Stumbling Block?

The Nile River, long a trans-border artery linking 10 African countries, has become a major challenge for the nations that share its waters. The distribution of Nile waters has… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Lost Decades - A Reporter's Lament

1 A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa Howard W. French April 23, 2004 Alfred A. Knopf Read more »

Nigeria: Buhari - Freely Elected Government Can Transform Nigeria

Nigeria's problems with economic disparity, underdevelopment and corruption can only be addressed when the country has a fairly elected government, says Major General Muhammadu… Read more »

Ghana: 'We Expect to Qualify for MCA’, Ghana Finance Minister Says

A few weeks before the Bush administration is scheduled to announce the list of countries eligible for assistance under an expanded foreign aid program, known as the Millennium… Read more »

Africa: Nigeria and Ghana Name Ambassadors to Washington; Key U.S. Appointments Await Senate Action

Long vacancies in several key ambassadorial posts are about to be filled in both Washington and several African capitals. Read more »

Africa: Africa Needs 'Greater Sense Of Urgency' to Manage HIV/Aids Epidemic

K.Y. Amoako, the executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), which is based in Addis Ababa, is a prominent African voice for reform and… Read more »

Africa: Noted Development Official C. Payne Lucas Joins AllAfrica

C. Payne Lucas, who for three decades spearheaded the growth of the aid and development organization Africare, has become senior advisor to AllAfrica Global Media and the AllAfrica… Read more »

Africa: Noted Development Official C. Payne Lucas Joins AllAfrica

C. Payne Lucas, who for three decades spearheaded the growth of the aid and development organization Africare, has become senior advisor to AllAfrica Global Media and the AllAfrica… Read more »

Africa: General Sees Expanding Strategic Role for U.S. European Command In Africa

Three weeks ago, "the first meeting ever" between the chiefs of defense of North African states and Sahel states took place at the Stuttgart, Germany headquarters of the United… Read more »