February 19, 2007
Lesotho: Ruling Party Edges Ahead in First Election Results
As the counting of votes in Lesotho's elections entered its second day, the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) was in the lead but under strong challenge from the… Read more »
Lesotho: Civil Society Monitors Endorse Election
Civil society monitors from southern Africa have declared that Lesotho's elections allowed the Basotho people to express their will freely, in spite of problems with voters rolls… Read more »
February 18, 2007
Guinea: The Case for U.S. Action
While the United States government plans to send an additional 20,000 troops to shore up a flawed military strategy in Iraq, it has failed to support the people of Guinea, where… Read more »
February 17, 2007
Ghana: Cocoa Farmers Get a Sweeter Deal With U.S. Chocolate Launch
Divine Chocolate, a fair-trade enterprise partially owned by cocoa farmers in Ghana, launched a new company in the United States on a snowy Valentine’s Day. Read more »
Lesotho: Counting of Votes Under Way in Election
Vote counting began soon after the closure of polling stations in Lesotho's elections on Saturday. But in some rural areas, voting hours were extended after ballot papers arrived… Read more »
February 16, 2007
Lesotho: Country Ready for Elections, But Response to Results Crucial
Lesotho is set for peaceful elections on February 17 and a smooth counting process afterwards, but the crucial test will be the electorate's response to the outcome, the head of a… Read more »
February 15, 2007
Africa: AllAfrica Announces News Center and Health Office in Monrovia
AllAfrica today announced plans to open an online international news processing center in Monrovia. The office will also be used by the AllAfrica Foundation as a hub for… Read more »
Liberia: Forum Spotlights Country's Readiness To Do Business
A one-day conference focused on private sector opportunities in Liberia drew an overflow crowd of 400 registrants last month in Washington, DC. The turnout raised hopes that… Read more »
February 14, 2007
South Africa: Army Offers to Train Somali Troops
South Africa's defence minister, Mosiuoa Lekota said today that although the deployment of the country's troops as peacekeepers in Somalia was "improbable," the armed… Read more »
South Africa: Country Condemns Burmese Rights Violations, Defense Minster Says
The South African government, facing a storm of criticism for voting against a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning human rights violations in Burma, today… Read more »
Africa: Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection at the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington, DC
The Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C. officially unveils the Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection this month. The collection features… Read more »
February 13, 2007
Guinea: Conté Declares 'State of Siege'
President Lansana Conte of Guinea has declared a "state of siege" and instituted martial law after bloody nationwide demonstrations in which 23 people are reported to… Read more »
Liberia: Shorten Road Between Commitment and Cash, Sirleaf Says
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Monday called for debt cancellation and increased development assistance for the country. Read more »
February 12, 2007
Liberia: Private Sector Forum Sells Out As Sirleaf Arrives in Washington Seeking Debt Relief
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is making a return visit to Washington this week with an urgent agenda. To deliver the jobs and services she sees as essential to building… Read more »
Guinea: Insurrection As Strike Resumes
On the evening of January 27, when the government and the unions signed an agreement suspending a bloody general strike, Guineans took to the streets of Conakry, the capital city… Read more »
February 09, 2007
South Africa: Mbeki Announces Social Security System
The South African government aims to introduce a new social insurance system, financed by social security taxes, President Thabo Mbeki announced today. Read more »
South Africa: Mbeki Outlines Strategy for Combating Crime
South African President Thabo Mbeki has responded to a national outcry over crime by spelling out a range of steps to combat it, including the expansion of the national police… Read more »
South Africa: From Potable Water to the Internet - Challenges for Mbeki
President Mbeki addressed a wide range of issues in his annual address on the state of South Africa, ranging from the supply of drinking water and sewage systems to the development… Read more »
South Africa: Mbeki Presses for 'Inclusive' Settlement in Somalia
President Thabo Mbeki described the need for national reconciliation in Somalia as "critical." Read more »
February 01, 2007
South Africa: Adelaide Tambo, Icon of Exile Generation, Dies
Adelaide Tambo, an icon of the generation of South African leaders which left South Africa in the early 1960s to fight apartheid from exile, collapsed and died in her home in… Read more »
January 31, 2007
Africa: WTO Head Sees Progress on Trade Issues, But Tough Bargaining Lies Ahead
The next six months will be crucial for the efforts of Africa and the rest of the developing world to secure easier access to markets for their products in the industrialized… Read more »
Sudan: The ICC: A Question of Accountability
The Sudanese regime is, by any measure, one of the most brutal and destabilising in the world today. Its atrocities have not been limited to Darfur. Khartoum has harshly suppressed… Read more »
Africa: Blood Diamonds
Greg Campbell's Blood Diamonds is a detailed and long needed look at blood/conflict diamonds. The book inspired the film Blood Diamond, and research from the book was used in the… Read more »
January 28, 2007
Guinea: Government and Unions Sign Agreement, General Unlimited Strike Suspended
Under clear skies and a radiant full moon on Saturday night, Guineans took to the streets of Conakry, the capital city of this west African country lying on the Atlantic shoreline,… Read more »
January 26, 2007
Guinea: President Appears to Yield, Agrees to New Prime Minister
News reports confirmed by presidential sources indicate that President Lansana Conté of Guinea has signed an executive order establishing the nomination of a "consensus… Read more »
