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 »

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 »