June 04, 2002
Africa: More Assistance, 'Public Campaign' Against Subsidies Necessary - Wolfensohn
The challenge of Africa is now "front and center," said World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn Tuesday, calling on leaders of the Group of Eight industrialized nations to give… Read more »
June 03, 2002
Nigeria: Tributes Pour in For Garba
Tributes are pouring in for former Nigerian Foreign Minister and UN Ambassador General Joseph Garba, who died over the weekend. In a statement Sunday, the president of Nigeria's… Read more »
June 01, 2002
Sudan: Oil, Power and Religion Complicate U.S. Peace Thrust for Sudan
The night before the arrival of the head of the United States aid agency in Sudan, a Sudanese government aircraft bombed a village he was to visit in the rebel-controlled southern… Read more »
May 30, 2002
Sudan: U.S. Diplomat Posted To Khartoum
Jeffery Millington, formerly State Department Director for East African Affairs, has been posted to Sudan as United States charge d'affaires. Millington is the first American… Read more »
Algeria: Boycott, Violence Roil Algerian Elections
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's coalition of political parties is favored to emerge victorious in the voting that began Thursday to elect 389 members of Algeria's lower house of… Read more »
Africa: NGO Leaders Seek 'Space' For Development
"We need a little space to build a critical mass of entrepreneurs," says Lawrencia Adams, Coordinator of the Accra-based Organisation Pan Africaine Pour Le Developpement Durable.… Read more »
May 27, 2002
Africa: Mozambique Leads the World - in Clearing Land Mines
Two decades of war left Mozambique littered with land mines. One study by the Canadian De-mining Institute estimates that there are approximately two million land mines, covering… Read more »
May 25, 2002
Africa: Ghana's Kufuor Defends His Government's Record on Transparency, the Economy
In the second and final part of an interview with allAfrica.com, Ghanaian president John Agyekum Kufuor talks about his hopes for Ghana and the performance of his government after… Read more »
May 24, 2002
West Africa: Cycle of Conflict in Mano River Threatens S.Leone Peace - Analyst
In the Mano River region of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, armed insurgency has moved from country to country for years, one country's conflict feeding on another's. Most… Read more »
West Africa: Ghana President Promises Strong Ecowas Stance on Liberia
It has been a busy week for the President of Ghana, John Agyekum Kufuor. On Monday he welcomed the outgoing president of Mali, Alpha Oumar Konare, on a 3-day state visit - one of… Read more »
May 22, 2002
Sudan: US Throws Weight Behind Igad-led Peace Process
The U.S. has apparently decided to throw more of its political and financial weight behind Kenyan-led efforts within the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) aimed at… Read more »
May 21, 2002
Africa: US Treasury Secretary in Africa to See For Himself
U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul H. O'Neill's 10-day visit to Africa is unprecedented. It is being seen as an opportunity for African officials to punch home their view that the… Read more »
Africa: The AGOA Bargain is Unequal - Oxfam
As U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill begins a ten-day tour of African countries to see their economies at close quarters, the spotlight is on trade relations between the rich… Read more »
May 20, 2002
Africa: Expanding African Trade is the Key to the Future - Rosa Whitaker
"Rigged rules and double standards lock poor people out of the benefits of trade, closing the door to an escape route from poverty," Oxfam charged in a recently released report,… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Kabbah Is Declared Victor And Sworn In For New Term
"By the constitution of Sierra Leone, I do hereby declare Dr Ahmad Tejan Kabbah as duly elected president." With those words Sunday from Walter Nicol, chairman of the national… Read more »
May 17, 2002
Angola: UN Children's Envoy Launches Urgent Appeal to Avert 'Tragedy'
As the weeks have passed since Angolas ceasefire was signed between Unita and the MPLA government on April 4, it has become clear that a grim situation lies behind Unita lines. As… Read more »
Sierra Leone: A Nation With a Radio Glued to its Ear - Waiting for Results
It is hard to walk down a street in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, without hearing crackly radios blaring out election results after Tuesday's presidential and… Read more »
May 16, 2002
Africa: Rock Star Bono, US Treasury Secretary Plan Africa Tour
They are an unlikely duo, to say the least: Irish rock star Bono, of U2, and Bush Administration Treasury Secretary, Paul O'Neill. But the two men are pairing up and between May… Read more »
May 15, 2002
Sierra Leone: All Sides Satisfied with Peaceful, Transparent Poll
"Free and fair and free of fear and violence," appears to be the consensus on the general elections in Sierra Leone, after Tuesday's enthusiastic voting for a new president, a new… Read more »
May 14, 2002
Sierra Leone: A Tale of Three Amputees
Lamin is ready to forgive, but not forget. Ishmael will never forget and is not prepared to forgive. Finna appears to have other things on her mind on election day in Sierra… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Voting Enthusiastic in First Post-War Poll
Almost two and a half million Sierra Leoneans were eligible to vote in Tuesday's elections presidential and parliamentary elections, and it appears that the majority have gone to… Read more »
Sierra Leone: UN Commander Confident of Smooth Election
Lieutenant-General Daniel Ishmael Opande, a Kenyan, is the force commander of the United Nations mission in Sierra Leone, Unamsil. Opande, who served as the UNs chief military… Read more »
May 13, 2002
Sierra Leone: Voters Look for Landmark Change at the Ballot Box
On the eve of elections, Sierra Leoneans are hoping to put behind them the bitter memories and atrocities of more than a decade of brutal civil war. They want to close a page that… Read more »
Uganda: Economic Growth Doesn't Equate With Democracy, Says Museveni Opponent
Dr. Kizza Besigye, a retired colonel who ran against President Yoweri Museveni in Uganda's elections last year, and lost, says the whole exercise was fraudulent. Governments that… Read more »
May 12, 2002
Sierra Leone: Peaceful Election Campaign Marred by Clashes
After a remarkably trouble free run-up to Tuesday's election in Sierra Leone, the last day of campaigning was marred by clashes between rival political parties in the capital,… Read more »
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