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 »

Africa: U.S. Corporate Group Launches HIV Initiative

The Washington, DC-based Corporate Council on Africa, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, has recently developed an HIV/AIDS Initiative to encourage private… Read more »

Liberia: Rising to the Challenge of Good Governance in Liberia

The peace agreement signed last August that created Liberia's transitional government also established several autonomous agencies and commissions designed to promote… Read more »

Africa: Corporate Council’s Steve Hayes - 'We’re Making a Difference for Africa’

Since Stephen Hayes became president of the Corporate Council on Africa in 1999, the Washington, DC-based organization has grown from 86 members to more than 200. A graduate of… Read more »

Africa: Activist Commissioner Wants to Engage Leaders at All Levels in Aids Strategy

Milly Katana is one of 20 members of Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa (CHGA), which was established last year by United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan. She is… Read more »

Africa: AIDS in Africa: Planning for a Long War

The Commission for HIV/Aids and Governance in Africa holds its second commissioners' meeting Tuesday in the Mozambican capital, Maputo. Commission Chairman, K.Y. Amoako, argues… Read more »

Africa: African Union Puts Women First Once Again

Africa's first pan-continental parliament was inaugurated in Addis Ababa today, and immediately took a bold step, amid stirring and emotional scenes that may give a clue to the… Read more »

Sudan: Western Sudan Conflict Threatens Peace Prospect

The conflict in Darfur is an "ominous cloud over the peace process," said Rep. Ed Royce (R-California), chair of the House Subcommittee on Africa, opening a hearing on the Sudan… Read more »

South Africa: Haiti President Aristide's Central African Republic Arrival Still a Puzzle

As Peter DeShazo, Deputy U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs puts it, the government of the Central African Republic simply called up the aircraft… Read more »

Africa: Trained African Armies Key to Terror Fight in Africa, Says US European Command Deputy

The United States is stepping up its efforts to partner with Africa in the war on terror, says the deputy commander of the US European Command (USEUCOM) General Charles F. Wald.… Read more »

South Africa: South Africa - Africa's Brazil?

Picture this. Night clubs thronged with multi-racial yuppies, dead ringers for that elusive tribe who tout beer and life insurance on Johannesburg billboards. Military convoys… Read more »

Zimbabwe: Daily News Future Uncertain, People in Zimbabwe 'Deserve Better', Editor Says

After a tumultuous five year history, the future of the feisty independent Zimbabwean newspaper, the Daily News, remains unresolved, following the postponement last week by the… Read more »

Africa: Peer Review Moving Forward, Says Nepad Secretariat Chief

African leaders have made "a very important commitment in terms of a new direction" to achieve recovery and development, according to Professor Wiseman Nkuhlu, who chairs the… Read more »

Ghana: Ghana's Ex President Jerry Rawlings Appears Before National Reconciliation Commission

Ghana's former president, Jerry Rawlings, appeared on Thursday before the country's National Reconciliation Commission, which was set up in 2002 to investigate human rights' abuses… Read more »

Liberia: President Bush Meets Liberia's Transition Leader; Debt Issue Unresolved

President George W. Bush held a brief low-key meeting Tuesday in the Oval Office with Liberia's transition government chairman, Gyude Bryant, and assured him of firm U.S. support… Read more »

South Africa: General Elections Set For April 14

"After consultation with the Electoral Commission and discussion with the (provincial) premiers, I would like to inform the national legislature and the country that the 2004… Read more »

South Africa: Mbeki Hails State of the Nation, Says Democracy on Track

South African President Thabo Mbeki delivered his last annual state-of-the-nation address Friday, ahead of scheduled general elections marking a decade of democracy in South Africa… Read more »

South Africa: Democracy is Mature, the Private and NGO Sector is Strong, and Government is Weak in South Africa, says Moeletsi Mbeki

South African President Thabo Mbeki is scheduled to outline his plans for his country in a state-of-the nation address in Cape Town on Friday. It will be his last such speech… Read more »

Liberia: Rebel Disarmament 'Irreverisble' Says Liberia Foreign Minister

Although the rebel movements Lurd and Model will "will remain in force" until the end of Liberia's transition period, disarmament is ending their role as a military force, said… Read more »

Liberia: Reporters Notebook - Avoiding a Repeat of the 1990s

On his 100th day in power, the chairman of Liberia's transitional government, Gyude C. Bryant, held a tête-à-tête with editors of Liberian newspapers on the… Read more »