August 14, 2001
Angola: Unita Defends Deadly Train Ambush
Unita rebels in Angola have claimed responsibility for Friday's attack in which at least 152 people were killed and more than 150 injured, by Unita's own account. In a statement… Read more »
August 13, 2001
Africa: African Gold Medals at Edmunton
African athletes collected twenty-four medals, ten of them gold, at the World Athletics Championship in Canada. That's two more than in Seville 1999. Most of the medals in Edmonton… Read more »
August 09, 2001
Comoros: Anjouan Rocked By Yet Another Coup
There was a tense security situation, Thursday, following a military coup on the the Comoro island of Anjouan, part of a three-island confederate archipelago off the coast of… Read more »
August 08, 2001
Africa: GSM Operators Set to Capture Africas Largest Market
With the launch Wednesday by MTN Nigeria Limited of its GSM operations, the scene appears set for the race to capture Africas largest telecommunications market. Two days ago,… Read more »
Nigeria: Chevron Offers US$18 million Drilling Jobs to Local Contractors
Six indigenous oil service companies won drilling jobs worth two billion naira (about US$18 million, at 111 naira to a dollar) from Chevron Nigeria Limited, the company announced… Read more »
August 07, 2001
Nigeria: Finally, GSM Takes Off Amid Complaints Over Tariff
After several months of speculation, the General System of Mobile telephones (GSM) service has finally taken off in Nigeria, with one of the three licensed providers, Econet… Read more »
Nigeria: Dispute Over Oil Block Allocation Delays Next Licensing Round
More than seven months after the Nigerian government awarded eight oil blocks to 16 firms, the parties are yet to reach agreement on several keys issues, thus delaying licensing of… Read more »
August 03, 2001
Africa: Whatever Happened to the National Summit on Africa?
Wondering what became of the National Summit on Africa after its successful conference in Washington, D.C. last year, and the drafting of a "national plan of action" for Africa?… Read more »
Nigeria: No Easy Way for Increased Local Content, Indigenous Participation in Oil Industry
Participants at a two-day workshop on local content and indigenous participation in the oil industry rose here Friday stressing that a lot of work needed to be done to make… Read more »
August 02, 2001
Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF Electoral Machine Oiled by Libyan Cash
New Cherokee jeeps donated by Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Al-Gaddafi for ZANU-PF to use in the presidential election set for next year, may have helped the party win the crucial,… Read more »
Nigeria: Workshop Opens with Calls for More Indigenous Participation in Oil Industry
A two-day workshop on ways of improving local content and indigenous participation in the Nigerian oil sector began here Thursday with calls for empowerment of the local people. Read more »
August 01, 2001
Gambia: Opposition Cautious After Lifting of Political Ban
Gambia's president, Colonel Yahya Jammeh (rtd) bowed to both national and international pressure on July 22, and announced the lifting of the ban on former president Sir Dawda… Read more »
Nigeria: Call for Bigger Stake in Oil Industry for Local Companies
Efforts to increase the local content and participation by indigenous firms in Nigerias oil industry will form the focus of a two-day workshop that starts here Thursday. Read more »
July 30, 2001
Africa: US Participation in Racism Conference Doubtful
As the Third Preparatory Committee meeting of the World Conference against Racism got underway in Geneva, Monday, to work on a draft Declaration and Program of Action, United… Read more »
July 27, 2001
Africa: Nigeria v.Ghana: All Eyes on the World Cup Prize
Soccer games between Ghana and Nigeria are traditionally intense and Sunday's World Cup qualifier in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, is more intense than most. Read more »
July 25, 2001
Sierra Leone: 'Annan Will Meet Cash Target for War Crimes Court'
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan will get the money he wants for the Sierra Leone war crimes tribunal, predict sources within a congressional bipartisan coalition that has been… Read more »
South Africa: Mandela Cancer 'Won't Shorten His Life'
The news that former South African president, Nelson Mandela, has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, has drawn widespread messages of support. Read more »
Senegal: The Lions that Roared and Revived a Nation's Soccer Dreams
Saturday July 21st, 3:00 in the afternoon and the streets of Dakar are unusually empty. Anyone just arriving in town would think there was a security alert and the place was under… Read more »
July 18, 2001
Africa: "Digital Divide" Widest In Africa But Focus On "Digital Development," Conference Urged
The African continent - home to one in eight of the world's people - has just one in 50 of the world's fixed line subscribers, one in 60 of the world's mobile cellular subscribers,… Read more »
July 17, 2001
Africa: Finding An African Shape For Technology
Ministers of Communications from across Africa as well as directors of telecommunications companies from around the world are meeting in AFCOM 2001, the 10th telecommunications and… Read more »
July 13, 2001
Africa: More Peacekeepers, Capacity For Lethal Action Needed Africa Committee Told
The number of international troops needed for effective peacekeeping in Africa is much larger than anything being considered now, the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on… Read more »
Algeria: "American Businessmen, Go To Algeria"- Bouteflika
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika discussed his talks with US President George Bush at a press conference Friday. Foremost among the issues raised, he said, is bilateral… Read more »
Africa: From OAU to AU - Whither Africa?
"This historic effort will require leadership, courage and willingness to depart from the ways of the past, if it is to do for Africa what the European Union has done for Europe". Read more »
July 12, 2001
Sudan: Assistance Chief To Sudan Stressing Assistance Now "Neutral"
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Andrew S. Natsios leaves Saturday on a 7-day mission to assess humanitarian needs in northern and southern Sudan. … Read more »
July 11, 2001
Sierra Leone: U.S. Money To UN For War Crimes Tribunal
The United States will give US$5 million to a special United Nations fund toward the first year of operation of a projected war crimes tribunal in Sierra Leone. The administration… Read more »