Liberia: Liberia's Story Needs Telling, Says Film Producer

Part of what her television film "Liberia -- America's Stepchild" portrays, says producer Nancee Oku Bright, is that Liberia's "usefulness" to the United States ended, in the eyes… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Ivory Coast President Tells Rebels 'Surrender Your Weapons and Talk'

"Lay down your arms and everything is possible," Cote d'Ivoire president, Laurent Gbagbo, told rebels Tuesday night in a nationwide television broadcast since the start of a… Read more »

Africa: Bono Recognized for Work Against Poverty, Aids

The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in the United States, which presents the annual Grammy Awards for music, will present its 2003 MusiCares Person of the Year… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Ivory Coast Announces Imminent Recapture of Rebel-Held Bouake

"Bouake is liberated," was a triumphant announcement on Cote d'Ivoire state radio on Monday evening, prompting some Ivorians to break into a victory dance featured on national… Read more »

Malawi: Seeking Long Term Solutions for Food Crisis

The sudden appearance of lush bright green spots surrounding the small mountain village of Thundu in the Dedza district of central Malawi is startling after two hours of driving… Read more »

West Africa: Regional Mediation Fails in Ivory Coast; Government Launches Attack

"Ceasefire! Gbagbo says no!" reads Monday morning's banner headline of the state-run Fraternite Matin newspaper, announcing Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo's decision Sunday not… Read more »

West Africa: With No Ceasefire in Ivory Coast, War Threat Looms

Diplomatic restraint would be the description most fitting the faces of frustrated West African mediators who, after a second delay, failed to get the Cote d'Ivoire government to… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: War Talk in Ivory Coast, Despite Regional Peace Initiative

On Wednesday in Abidjan, tens of thousands of people turned out in the streets of the economic capital of Cote d'Ivoire -- and the country's main metropolis -- in support of the… Read more »

West Africa: Rebels Agree to Ceasefire After Two-Week Uprising

It took an hour and a half, and a long wait under a tree in a French schoolyard, for West African mediators to get agreement from Cote d'Ivoire's rebels to an immediate ceasefire… Read more »

Southern Africa: International Push Can Prevent Full-Scale Famine, Says CARE Head

"When I see the kind of spirit and energy with which people are working in so many of the villages we visited and how much they are able to make of so little, it gives me hope."… Read more »

Senegal: Ministers Resign Over Ferry Disaster

Two Senegalese ministers have resigned after last week's ferry catastrophe, which cost the lives of an estimated 1000 passengers. Official figures put the number of survivors at… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Rebels Launch 'Patriotic Movement' And Vow To Oust Gbagbo

Almost two weeks after launching a dramatic army mutiny, and reported takeover bid, Ivorian rebels gave themselves a new name Tuesday, announcing creation of the Patriotic Movement… Read more »

Southern Africa: Food Crisis - Slow Suffering In the Village

Skeletal children dying of starvation and the carcasses of livestock aren't yet found in the bone dry villages of Malawi's interior, but the dots connecting weather, disease and… Read more »

West Africa: Ecowas Peace Effort Underway in Ivory Coast

The day after an emergency regional summit on the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa dispatched a high-level ministerial delegation to Abidjan to begin efforts to restore peace… Read more »

West Africa: Ivorian Rebels Warned to Negotiate or Face Regional Intervention

An emergency one-day summit on Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) ended with a pledge by West African leaders to mediate between the government and the rebels. If negotiations fail to end… Read more »

Africa: Africa Needs New Debt Approach Say Finance Ministers

Saturday's decision by a key policy-making panel of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), directing the institution to come up with a new approach for tackling the debt crisis… Read more »

Africa: African Voices in the Streets of Washington

A South African unionist protesting the privatization of electricity, a Cameroonian development expert protesting an oil pipeline and a Tanzanian activist protesting plans to allow… Read more »

Senegal: Growing Anger and Despair As Hundreds Lost In Senegal Ferry Disaster

Three days after a Senegalese ferry capsized in a storm off the coast of Gambia, there is growing public anger and fading hopes that more of the almost 800 passengers listed on… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Rebels Advance South, France Offers Logistical Help

As West African leaders prepare to meet in Ghana on Sunday to discuss the crisis in Cote d'Ivoire, the former colonial power, France offered logistical help to the embattled… Read more »

Africa: IMF Urges 'Bankruptcy' Plan For Debtor Nations

The International Monetary Fund's policy-making panel has directed the institution to develop a "concrete proposal" that will allow heavily indebted countries to, in effect,… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Cocoa Price Hits 16-Year High Amid Ivorian Unrest

The price of cocoa, Cote d'Ivoire's primary export, jumped to its highest level in 16 years this week in a clear indication that the current crisis in the world's leading producer… Read more »

West Africa: Ecowas Chief Hopeful Region Can Resolve Crisis

Since the outbreak of fighting in Cote d'Ivoire last week, between mutinous soldiers and forces loyal to President Laurent Gbagbo, the regional economic community, Ecowas, has been… Read more »

Africa: "Implementation" is Key, But Uncertain

The official face being worn by African ministers, World Bank and IMF officials is optimistic as they once again say things are going to be different in Africa. Read more »

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 »

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 »