Zimbabwe: Help Us Get Mugabe Out, Delegation Asks U.S. Officials

Zimbabwe's economic slide will accelerate and political tensions heighten over the next two months, warned a delegation of the Movement for Democratic Change, in Washington to meet… Read more »

Ghana: The Cudgels Are Out

The gloves are off and the political knives out in the campaign which should lead to presidential and parliamentary elections in Ghana next month. Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Liberian Leader Arrives To Support Gbagbo

President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Ivoire received his first official visit from a head of state Friday -- a week after he was sworn into office. The fleeting stopover was by… Read more »

Africa: Change of Attitude Needed Say Conference Participants

"How can Africa be a priority and at the same time there are no funds for investment?" a participant stood up and asked panelists discussing "Attracting financing for African… Read more »

Africa: Top Cop for AGOA Lays Down the Law at Conference

Janet L. Labuda, Director, Strategic Trade Operations Division of the U.S. Customs Service is known as "The Enforcer." On a panel discussing the recently passed African Growth and… Read more »

Africa: African Leaders Must Break The "Wall Of Silence" On AIDS - Kaunda

In Africa there is a "deafening wall of silence on AIDS" that must be "broken," former Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda told a session of the Africa Forum 2000 at World Bank… Read more »

Africa: Africa Offers Opportunity, Officials At World Bank/IMF Meeting Say

Former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda appeared at a reception welcoming participants to the Africa Forum 2000 that got underway in Washington Monday. Read more »

Africa: "We Should Not Think Africa Is Lost" - IMF Chief

Addressing head-on the common perception that Africa is hopelessly mired in poverty and strife, the top official of the International Monetary Fund says that Africa has the… Read more »

Africa: Stock Exchanges Take Steps Towards Pan African Exchange

Securities quoted on African stock markets now have a smoother path to cross-border listing on other stock exchanges on the continent, as stock exchange executives this weekend… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Ivorian Politicians Navigate Dangerous Waters

An historic page has been turned in the history of Cote d'Ivoire. It was a short, bloody and devastating chapter for a nation that, until 24 December 1999, had been the most stable… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: From Firebrand To President

Laurent Gbagbo has been described by most commentators as the 'opposant historique' of Ivory Coast - the historic political opponent. Why? Because he was about the only one who… Read more »

Africa: Tell Your Story And Attract Investors, African Countries Told

African countries should adopt an aggressive marketing strategy to sell the investment opportunities that abound in continent, a speaker at the conference on capital markets said… Read more »

Africa: Imperatives For African Success In Capital Markets Outlined At Conference

Achievement of stable macro-economic environments, provision of incentives for participants, and liberalisation of trade, investment and exchange controls are some of the… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Gbagbo and Ouattara Meet

Ivory Coast’s main opposition leader, Alassane Dramane Ouattara, has held talks with the new president Laurent Gbagbo. Read more »

Africa: Kwanzaa Party!

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Nigeria: Juju Monarch King Sunny Ade's Latest and Best

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Cote d'Ivoire: Gbagbo Sworn In as Ivorian President

The veteran Ivorian opposition leader, Laurent Gbagbo, has been sworn in as president of Cote d'Ivoire the day after a popular uprising swept the military leader, General Robert… Read more »

Africa: Need for Stability Re-echoes at Capital Markets Conference

The need for economic and political stability in the whole of Africa as a pre-requisite for continent-wide development re-echoed here Thursday as the Sixth Annual Conference of the… Read more »

Africa: Nigeria Calls for Action On Infrastructural Impediments Facing African Capital Markets

Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo Thursday called on African countries to take action to address the deficiencies in infrastructure that now impede the growth of the capital… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Gbagbo Proclaimed Cote d'Ivoire Winner

The National Electoral Commission in Cote d'Ivoire has announced that Laurent Gbagbo, the leader of the Ivorian Popular Front, has won Sunday's controversial presidential election… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Mob Attacks Quattara's Home

Security forces and rival opposition supporters attacked the home of Alassane Ouattara, the opposition politician in Cote d'Ivoire, on Wednesday morning. Ouattara, who was excluded… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Guei Flees, Gbagbo Steps In

The military leader of Cote d'Ivoire General Robert Guei has fled the country less than 24 hours after he proclaimed himself president and dismissed the National Electoral… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Guei Protest Violence Intensifies In Abidjan

Residents woke this morning to reports that there had been intense gunfire in an overnight attack on Akouedo military camp on the outskirts of the city. The strategic barracks are… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Gbagbo Speaks

The new de facto president of Cote d'Ivoire Laurent Gbagbo has announced his immediate plans after a spontaneous popular uprising, which appears to have toppled the military… Read more »

Africa: That African Markets May be One

One strong and virile African stock market, united by technology, is the ultimate dream. That dream for an integrated African capital market will take the centre-stage this week in… Read more »