November 14, 2001
Senegal: Nation Honoured with AAI Award in New York
The foreign minister of Senegal, Cheikh Tidiane Gadio, accepted one of the Africa-America Institute's two Awards for National Achievement on Tuesday night, 13 November in New York… Read more »
Sudan: Bush Envoy Begins Peace Efforts, Targets Nuba Mountains
The United States' new peace envoy to Sudan, former Senator John Danforth, has presented a four-point plan to the Sudanese government, in a fresh effort to broker a peace deal… Read more »
November 13, 2001
Burundi: Armed Rebels Will Come To The Table, Insists Mandela
Despite the fact that two Hutu rebel groups continue to wage war against the government, the peace in Burundi will hold and firm up, former South African President Nelson Mandela… Read more »
November 12, 2001
Africa: Education for Africans, About Africa, Heads NGO's Agenda
Education has always been the key concern of the Africa-America Institute (AAI) and it remains the key concern, says AAI President Mora McLean, on the eve of the organizations's… Read more »
November 09, 2001
Africa: Tempelsman: 'Deals and Dialogue' Make Philadelphia Summit a Success
At the third US-Africa Business Summit in Philadelphia last week -- the largest gathering of African leaders on American soil (outside the United Nations), hundreds of business… Read more »
November 08, 2001
Africa: African Media Veterans Awarded Lifetime Achievement Honors
AllAfrica Global Media founders, Reed Kramer and Tamela Hultman, have been selected by the Africa America Institute (AAI) to receive the prestigious AAI Award of Special… Read more »
November 07, 2001
Africa: Powell Celebrates African-American Aid to Africa
"We are just at the beginning of what we can do," US Secretary of State Colin Powell told a packed ballroom at the Washington Hilton, where one of the oldest aid and development… Read more »
November 06, 2001
Africa: 'Extraordinary Leadership' Needed on Africa, Says Africare Chief
Africare, the oldest and largest African-American private organization grappling with health and development issues in Africa honors Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, President of Morehouse… Read more »
November 05, 2001
Algeria: Algerian President Says Terrorism Must be Fought Equally Worldwide
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria says terrorism around the world must be tackled with equal determination and resolve. The Algerian leader, on a week-long visit to the… Read more »
November 04, 2001
South Africa: Tutu Says Poverty, Aids Could Destabilise Nation
Last month, Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu turned 70, triggering a flood of congratulations from around the globe. Read more »
November 02, 2001
West Africa: Probe Links Bin Laden and S.Leone Diamonds as Obasanjo, Bush Meet
The Washington Post newspaper reported Friday that over the past three years, Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network has collected millions of dollars from the illicit sale of diamonds… Read more »
November 01, 2001
Africa: Africa Secretary Kansteiner Stresses Role of Business in Development
"Ladies and Gentlemen, The road ahead is long and its gonna be tough. But Africa is on its way." That remark came from the United States Assistant Secretary of State for African… Read more »
South Africa: Tutu Warns US, 'Retaliation Cannot Bring Security'
In a high-profile speech, South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu has delivered a powerful call for reconciliation and against revenge and retaliation, heard by many in the audience… Read more »
Africa: Terrorism's Invisible Fallout Across Africa
When terrorists killed 12 Americans and over 200 Africans in attacks on U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, in August 1998, official America displayed little empathy for the… Read more »
Central Africa: Kabila tells the West, Promise me Peace, not Money, Hypocrisy and Lip Service"
Joseph Kabila was installed as president of the Democratic Republic of Congo earlier this year, to replace his father, Laurent Desire Kabila, who was assassinated in January 2001. … Read more »
Africa: Investment Needed, Not Welfare, Africans Tell Business Summit
"Assistance doesn't mean charity" say participants from Africa attending the Corporate Council for Africa's U.S.- Africa Business Summit. "It means investment." Read more »
October 31, 2001
Liberia: Shipping Payments Used to Evade Sanctions, Buy Arms
United Nations experts have accused Liberia of using money earned from its shipping register to avoid UN sanctions and to purchase arms. Read more »
Central Africa: Kabila Repeats Election Pledge but Wants Foreign Troops Out
The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Joseph Kabila, has again pledged to hold elections in his country, which has been at war since 1998. But the Congolese… Read more »
October 30, 2001
Africa: 'Improve the environment for business' - President Mogae
What Africa needs to grow economically is access to markets around the world. That is the view Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni emphasized during two days of discussions at last… Read more »
Africa: The Failure of the Inter-Congolese Dialogue Through the Eyes of Ketumile Masire
After three years of war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Inter-Congolese Dialogue (ICD), between the government, the political opposition and the armed groups,… Read more »
October 29, 2001
Africa: Bush Unveils New US Initiative to Boost Investment
President Bush has announced the creation of a US$200m "support facility" that will give U.S. firms access to loans, guarantees, and political risk insurance for investment… Read more »
October 28, 2001
Africa: Partnerships Are Key, Says US-Africa Business Summit Organiser
The U.S.-Africa Business Summit hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa (CCA) begins Tuesday in Philadelphia. With some 1,500 participants expected, including two Presidents,… Read more »
October 26, 2001
Africa: African Ministers in U.S. for AGOA Trade Forum
The "Sub-Saharan African Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum" gets underway Monday to review progress on the US' expanding trade relationship with Africa. Read more »
October 25, 2001
Africa: Strike Deepens Air Afrique Woes
Workers with the multinational airline, Air Afrique, began an indefinite strike this week to demand payment of salary arrears. A few months ago, West African leaders and the French… Read more »
Africa: Bush Adminstration Reduces Africa Aid Bid
U.S. Development Assistance to sub-Saharan Africa will shrink in FY2002. Read more »
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