June 07, 2006
Sudan: Divide and Destroy in Darfur
Negotiating the end of a war is tricky enough. But in the case of Darfur, mediators were also faced with the implicit task of ending what the Bush administration calls… Read more »
June 02, 2006
Rwanda: President Kagame Seeks U.S. Support for Rebuilding Country
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and U.S. President George W. Bush agreed on Wednesday that their two governments will work together to end the conflict in the Darfur region of… Read more »
May 26, 2006
Africa: Promising Economic Outlook and Democratic Strides Seen for 30 African Countries
In a promising assessment of Africa's economic health, a new report says economic activity rose five percent during 2005 and is projected to reach 6 percent in 2006 and 2007. The… Read more »
May 25, 2006
Africa: The Scramble for African Oil
After decades of Cold War, when Africa was simply viewed as a convenient pawn on the global chessboard, and a further decade of benign neglect in the 1990s, the African continent… Read more »
May 24, 2006
Africa: Diplomats Stage 'Africa Week' in Washington to Showcase What Africa Has to Offer
The African Union, whose members include 53 African nations, is this week marking the anniversary of the founding on May 25, 1963 of its predecessor, the Organization of African… Read more »
May 16, 2006
Liberia: Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Oprah's Wednesday Broadcast, Continues Push for Investment and Rebuilding Assistance
During a two-day private visit to Chicago last week, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf taped an appearance on the Oprah Winfrey show that will air on Wednesday. Read more »
April 28, 2006
South Africa: Hugh Masekela Serenades Sister's Party Guests at Freedom Day Celebrations
Trumpeter Hugh Masekela surprised several hundred guests in Washington DC at a 12th anniversary celebration of South Africa's first post-apartheid government. The virtuoso musician… Read more »
April 25, 2006
Africa: New Hope for Tackling an Old Scourge on Africa Malaria Day
African children are dying of malaria at the rate of one every 30 seconds. Take a minute to try to comprehend that number – and two more die. Read more »
Uganda: Displaced People in the North Struggle for Basic Needs
Caroline Akoko has lived for almost two years at a camp for people fleeing their homes in northern Uganda, where 18 years of war between government forces and a rebel group has… Read more »
Liberia: U.S. Senate To Consider Vote on Liberia Aid
The United States Senate may vote as early as Tuesday on a budget amendment proposed by Republican Senator Lincoln Chafee that would provide $80 million in immediate assistance to… Read more »
April 21, 2006
Nigeria: Govt Free of Most Foreign Debt, Pledges Social Investments
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the finance minister of Nigeria, says that a significant portion of the nation's revenues can be re-targeted to improve the lives of Nigerians, now that… Read more »
April 17, 2006
Liberia: Sirleaf Administration Issues 'First 150 Days' Report
When Ellen Johnson Sirleaf took office as Liberia's post-war president on January 16, she outlined a number of initiatives aimed at producing tangible "deliverables" for the… Read more »
Liberia: We Want to Restore Our Dignity and See Liberia Prosper Again - Sirleaf
During her visit to the United States last month, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf addressed a gathering of development experts at a luncheon on March 20 hosted by… Read more »
April 12, 2006
Africa: U.S. Efforts on Human Rights, Democracy Detailed in New Report
Earlier this April, the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor of the United States Department of State released its annual report on U.S. support for human rights and… Read more »
April 08, 2006
Guinea: Is There a Captain Onboard?
The stakes are high in the current political crisis in the Republic of Guinea, whose people are among the world's poorest. In this part of west Africa, where Liberia and Sierra… Read more »
April 07, 2006
Benin: Music Lets Me See Beyond Color, Beyond Language - Angélique Kidjo
Angélique Kidjo, one of Africa's most prolific and best known artistes, is from Benin in West Africa. She started singing at age six, producing songs that span music genres and… Read more »
March 30, 2006
Liberia: Sirleaf Addresses Nation on Taylor Capture and Policy Priorities
Nation-wide Address By Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of the Republic of Liberia Read more »
Nigeria: Obasanjo Says Nigeria 'Vindicated' by Capture of Taylor, Speaks of Health and Agriculture Policies
During a press conference prior to his meeting Wednesday with U.S. President George Bush, Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo read a prepared statement about Charles Taylor, the… Read more »
March 28, 2006
Liberia: Allen Brown Puts His Faith and His Money in His Country's Need for Lodging [AllAfrica Profile]
Crunching across shell-encrusted gravel toward a ruined, beachfront mansion not far from downtown Monrovia, the capitol of Liberia, Allen Brown II looks like a happy man. Never… Read more »
March 24, 2006
Zambia: Food Program Helps More Get Benefits of HIV Treatment
Scattered wheelbarrows litter the ground outside Kanyama Health Center's anti-retroviral clinic in Lusaka, Zambia. Just beyond them, a long line of patients has formed, each… Read more »
Liberia: It's the Little Things - A Reflection on Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's Journey to the Presidency
It's the night after Liberia's historic inauguration of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, the first woman to be elected president of an African nation. About a dozen close friends and… Read more »
March 22, 2006
Guinea: No Coups Are Good Coups
Last Saturday, the Republic of Guinea's second president, Lansana Conté, was evacuated from Conakry to Geneva, gravely ill. Twenty-two years ago, in March 1984, the first… Read more »
March 20, 2006
Sudan: Democratic Leader Calls for a Stop to 'Human Carnage' in Darfur
House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California) delivered an emotional account of the crisis in Darfur, Sudan, which she called "a challenge to the conscience… Read more »
March 17, 2006
Sudan: Matching Rhetoric with Action in Darfur
Last month, in the town of Mershing, South Darfur, there was chaos and carnage. On a scorching day in February, four hundred Janjaweed militiamen attacked, firing… Read more »
March 16, 2006
Liberia: 'Tremendous Potential', Says Investment Commission Chairman
Since Liberian President William R. Tolbert was assassinated in 1980 by junior military officers, the country has been in turmoil, with rival armed factions competing for power.… Read more »
