October 24, 2000
Cote d'Ivoire: Ministry Of Interior Declares Guei Has Won
After 48 long and uncertain hours the Ministry of the Interior in Cote d'Ivoire has announced that the incumbent military ruler, General Robert Guei has won Sunday's presidential… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Uncertainty And Fear Over Failure To Announce Poll Results
Uncertainty, indecision and confusion are the order of the day in Abidjan where the results of Sunday's presidential election are still awaited, 48hrs after the poll. Read more »
October 23, 2000
Cote d'Ivoire: Tension Boils Over As Ivorians Await Results
Impatience with the slow vote count in the Cote d'Ivoire presidential election turned into unrest late afternoon, when supporters of one of the front runners, Laurent Gbagbo,took… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Tensions Rise As Gbagbo Maintains Lead
Post-election tension got the better of the two rival camps in Ivory Coast's presidential candidates on Monday during a slow vote count at the National Electoral Commission (CNE). … Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Gbagbo Takes The Lead
The veteran socialist leader and Ivorian presidential candidate, Laurent Gbagbo, has confidently repeated that he expects to win Sunday's election in the first round. Read more »
October 22, 2000
Cote d'Ivoire: Polls Close, Low Turn-out Across The Country
Dark rain clouds gathered over Ivory Coast's commercial capital Abidjan on Sunday, threatening to drench the vote to end of ten months of military rule under General Robert Guei.… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Signs Of Boycott By Voters In Abidjan
Early indications suggest a comprehensive boycott of the presidential election by two major parties whose candidates were disqualified may have kept voters away from the poll. Read more »
South Africa: Journalists Honored In U.S.
Mpumalanga journalists Justin Arenstein and Sharon Hammond received the prestigious Knight International Press Fellowship Award this week for their contributions to international… Read more »
October 21, 2000
Cote d'Ivoire: Gbagbo A 'Self-Serving Traitor' Say Ouattara's Supporters
"Peace is not a word, it is a way of life". That was a favourite phrase of the founding father of independent Ivory Coast, Felix Houphouet Boigny, who fostered his image as a man… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Guei Ends Campaign As He Began - Quietly
General Robert Guei, the military leader of Cote D'Ivoire ended his presidential election campaign as he started it, quietly carrying out his daily functions of head of state. … Read more »
October 19, 2000
Nigeria: I.K Dairo Another Giant of African Music
Artist: I.K.Dairo CD: Definitive Dairo (1996) Label: Xenophile Read more »
October 17, 2000
Burundi: Accord Won't Bring Peace Says Award-Winning Journalist
For Agnes Nindorera, the Burundi peace accord reached in Arusha, Tanzania this past August, is not likely to bring peace. "The main militias were not there and did not sign it.… Read more »
October 10, 2000
Africa: Still No U.S. Money For UN Peacekeeping In Africa
As Congress nears recess, all money for peackeeping missions in Africa remain zeroed out of a U.S. House of Representatives appropriations bill for fiscal year 2001 that provides… Read more »
October 09, 2000
Cote d'Ivoire: Candidates Appeal To Democracy - After Rivals Excluded
It wasn't exactly the kind of disturbance everyone was expecting, but heads quickly turned to see what was coming down the Rue des Jardins in one of Abidjan's wealthiest suburbs on… Read more »
Somalia: Djibouti Deal Won't Bring Peace, Says Somaliland Foreign Minister
Mohamoud Saleh Nur, Foreign Minister of Somaliland, the tiny self-proclaimed northern republic that broke away from Somalia in 1991, predicts that the Djibouti Peace and… Read more »
October 06, 2000
Cote d'Ivoire: Abidjan Holds Its Breath
Residents of Cote dIvoire on Friday were nervously awaiting the announcement, expected by Saturday night, of the list of candidates eligible to contest the presidential election… Read more »
October 05, 2000
Tanzania: Dense Tapestries of Sound By Hukwe Zawose
Artist: Hukwe Zawose CD: Tanzania Yetu (Triple Earth, 1985) CD: Chibite (Real World/Caroline Carol 2358-2, 1996) Read more »
Mali: Mandingo Blues With Mama Sissoko
Artiste: Mama Sissoko CD: Soleil De Minuit (Buda Music, June 2000) Read more »
October 04, 2000
Mali: Boubacar Traoré Singing Straight From The Heart
Artist: Boubacar Traoré Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Folkloric Music With Soukous Attitude By Swédé Swédé
Artist: Swédé Swédé CD title: Toleki Bango (Miles Ahead) Label:Crammed Records Date: 1991 Read more »
Africa: AIDS In Africa: Handling The Crisis-
A Forum On AIDS In Africa Read more »
October 03, 2000
Sudan: The Recycling of a Nubian Classic by Hamza El-Din
Artist: Hamza El-Din CD title: Escalay Label: Nonesuch Explorer Series Date: 1998 (orig 1971) Read more »
October 01, 2000
Nigeria: Forty Years On - A View From Abroad
No one wants a return to colonial rule, but no one expected Nigeria to be in the straits it finds itself today, 40 years after the British flag was lowered and a new independent… Read more »
Ethiopia/Kenya: Africa Sweeps Marathon
Africans again swept the field in a major Olympic athletic event on Sunday, taking all three medals in the men's marathon. Read more »
September 30, 2000
Africa: Athletes Scoop Up Seven Medals
Africa again had a clean sweep in a long-distance race Saturday, when her runners took all three medals in the men's 5,000m race. Her athletes won two medals in the women's 10,000m… Read more »
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