April 12, 2001
Nigeria: Battle For The Soul Of The Naira Shifts To Government House
Like a general determined to hold his ground against the fire power of the eneny, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo Thursday summoned bank chiefs to the government house in… Read more »
April 11, 2001
South Africa: Government Orders Full Enquiry Into Soccer Tragedy
The South African government and soccer chiefs have ordered a full judicial enquiry to investigate and establish how and why 43 people were killed in a stampede at a football match… Read more »
South Africa: Dozens Crushed, Killed in Johannesburg Soccer Stadium
Up to fifty people were crushed to death in a stampede Wednesday night, at a major national league soccer match at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. Dozens, including women… Read more »
Africa: AllAfrica Global Media and COMTEX News Network, Inc. Extend Partnership
AllAfrica Global Media, a multi-media content service provider and the largest electronic distributor of African news and information worldwide, has signed a strategic agreement… Read more »
April 10, 2001
Nigeria: It's Time for a Rethink on Policy Reform
Nigerian government's determination to return the country to the path of market-driven economy cannot be faulted. But implementation of the process is currently faced with several… Read more »
April 09, 2001
Nigeria: Oil Industry Operators Urged to End Unethical Practices
The Nigerian oil industry is in danger of suffering a severe damage to its image, unless urgent steps are taken to check an unethical practice that has crept into the industry, a… Read more »
April 04, 2001
Africa: Two Congressional delegations To Africa This Week
House of Representatives Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) and House Republican Conference Chair J.C. Watts (R-OK) will lead separate, bi-partisan delegations to Africa during the… Read more »
April 03, 2001
Nigeria: Maritime Industry Told to Toughen Up
Nigeria's maritime industry is in need of reform to help it survive globalization, Minister of Transport, Ojo Maduekwe, said here Monday. Read more »
March 30, 2001
Congo-Kinshasa: The Struggle to Become a Nation
United Nations troops have begun deploying in the Democratic Republic of Congo, offering what appears to be a glimmer of hope for peace in the war-torn east of the country. Read more »
Nigeria: Hawkers - a Bridge Between Buyers and Sellers in a Troubled Economy
They will sell virtually any item that can be moved. Their heads, shoulders and hands serve as showrooms and shelves, displaying their wares. They are found anywhere there is a… Read more »
March 29, 2001
Madagascar: Madagascar's Incumbent President, Didier Ratsiraka, Speaks
The political standoff continues in Madagascar, following disputed elections in December 2001. Marc Ravalomanana, who claims to have won an outright majority, is still trying to… Read more »
March 27, 2001
Africa: World Bank Abandoning Structural Adjustment Approach
In a new report called "Aid and Reform in Africa: Lessons from Ten Case Studies," the World Bank says imposing conditions to "coerce" African nations to reform in exchange for aid… Read more »
March 23, 2001
Sudan: Bipartisan Effort to End War and Slavery Promised
Bipartisan Congressional voices denounced Sudan's government at a press conference in Washington D.C., Thursday, and called for sanctions against the north-east African nation… Read more »
South Africa: White Anxiety About Zimbabwe Reveals Race Prejudice, Says Mbeki
In a toughly-worded letter published Friday in the African National Congress online journal, ANC Today, South African President Thabo Mbeki blasted whites agitated by the land… Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopian Images, March 2000
As a photographer, I was asked to go to Ethiopia in March 2000 by Food for the Hungry, an established non-profit NGO that has been involved in relief and development projects… Read more »
March 21, 2001
Africa: 'In 25 Years, Half the World Will Be Short of Water'
The World Resources Institute in Washington DC has warned that the world's freshwater systems are in peril. It predicts that "by 2025, at least 3.5 billion people or nearly 50… Read more »
Africa: Africa News From The U.S. Congress
The key legislation among the almost one dozen bills concerning Africa introduced in Congress since the beginning of the year target the conflict over intellectual and property… Read more »
March 20, 2001
Nigeria: NNPC Boss Calls for Indigenous Firms' Involvement in Marginal Fields
Indigenous oil firms should be allowed to participate actively in the development of marginal oil fields, Jackson Gaius-Obaseki, Group Managing Director of Nigerian National… Read more »
March 19, 2001
Equatorial Guinea: President in Washington DC to Win US Embassy
On a week long "personal" visit to the United States, Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo is telling everyone who will listen that his nation needs a US… Read more »
West Africa: Ambassadors Expelled from Liberia, Gbagbo and Ouattara Meet
The ambassadors of Guinea and Sierra Leone have been ordered out of Liberia by Charles Taylor as border hostilities continue. Read more »
Nigeria: Deepwater Oil Production in Sight as Companies Intensify Activities
The announcement Thursday by Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company that it had signed contracts for the development of its Bonga oil field signifies the intensity of… Read more »
March 15, 2001
South Africa: Drug Company Makes Key Concession in Generic Drug Dispute
As part of what it calls an "accelerated program to fight HIV/Aids in Africa," the international pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb has decided not to fight the manufacture… Read more »
March 14, 2001
West Africa: 'Charles Taylor is a Regional Danger' Say Legislators
Testifying before a crowded Congressional hearing, Senator Russ Feingold (D - WI) placed the Liberian regime of Charles Taylor "at the heart" of a "deeply disturbing trend"… Read more »
March 13, 2001
Nigeria: First Phase of Privatisation to be Completed Next Week
Processes involved in the first phase of Nigerias privatisation will be completed next week, with the allotment of shares in the companies involved, the Director General of the… Read more »
March 09, 2001
Nigeria: Views Differ On Planned Deregulation Policy
Different viewpoints met head on Friday as Nigeria's Senate began public hearings on the planned deregulation of petroleum products pricing. Read more »
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