Mali: Mali Stumble As Africa Recovers In Meridian Cup

Mali have suffered another heavy defeat at the Under-17 Meridian Cup in Bari, as African teams revive from their nightmarish start against their European counterparts. Read more »

Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Clubs Ordered To Play Behind Closed Doors

The Zimbabwe Football Association has ordered three top clubs to play their first matches of the 2001 season in empty stadiums, following violent clashes that marred their games… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Despite Frustration, Some Hope Among Congo Exiles

The expected visit of Congo president Joseph Kabila to the United States for a prayer breakfast and consultations with White House, State department and United Nations officials,… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Kabila To Visit U.S.

Joseph Kabila, the new president of the Democratic Republic of Congo will make a two-day visit to the United States the Department of State said Monday. Read more »

Sierra Leone: Refugees From Guinea Being Returned By Boat

Some 850 Sierra Leonean refugees are being assisted in their return home this weekend by two vessels belonging to the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The first… Read more »

Guinea: "We Want To Go Home" Refugees Beg UNHCR

"We wan go, we wan go" is the chorus of fear and desperation, in adult and children's voices, that rings around Nyaedou Refugee Camp in southwestern Guinea. The refugees want to… Read more »

Guinea: Border Security Worsens, Refugees Trapped In War Zone

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Senegal: M'bow Of Senegal Among Schomburg Honorees

Professor Amadou Mahtar M'bow, former director of UNESCO, will be one of six persons honored during the 75th anniversary celebration of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black… Read more »

Africa: Kabila Is Dead, Kinshasa Confirms: What Next?

The authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have finally announced that President Laurent Désiré Kabila is dead. The long-awaited official declaration was broadcast on… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Kabila's Fate Uncertain As Son Takes Charge

A day after he was apparently shot in his presidential palace there are still conflicting reports on the fate of Congo's President Laurent Kabila. Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Kabila Shooting Causes Confusion - Leadership Up For Grabs

The Democratic Republic of Congo - and several other African countries - have been thrown into a tailspin by news that the Congolese leader, Laurent Désiré Kabila, was shot on… Read more »

Ghana: Kufuor's First Foreign Visit A Faux Pas?

Has Ghana’s new president put his foot in it, less than a week after he was sworn into office? Judging from reaction back home, his first foreign sortie - a visit across the… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Shooting In Kinshasa, Fate Of Kabila Uncertain

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo today, President Laurent Kabila was reportedly shot during a 30-minute gun battle at the presidential palace. Wire services later reported a… Read more »

Ghana: Kufuor's First Week

The people of Ghana are busy assessing the first week in power of President John Agyekum Kufuor who was sworn in on Sunday 7 January and immediately set to work. Read more »

Ghana: Key Members Of Incoming Government Named

Ghana's new president, John Agyekum Kufuor, has named key members of his incoming government, including the ministers of defence, finance, foreign affairs, interior and justice. Read more »

Nigeria: Slow Pace Of Privatisation Worries Stock Exchange

The Nigerian Stock Exchange on Monday expressed dismay over the slow pace of the government's privatisation programme during the year 2000, and warned that a long and drawn out… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Gbagbo Government Looks For Culprits Behind Coup Attempt

What exactly is going on in Cote d'Ivoire? Another mutiny over pay? Disgruntled elements in a divided army? Disaffected northerners? The spectre of the ousted head of state,… Read more »

Africa: Regional Leaders Hail Democratic Transition

African leaders present for the swearing-in of Ghana’s new president, John Agyekum Kufuor, have praised Ghana for its transition, for the first time, from one elected president,… Read more »

Ghana: Ghanaians Have Come Home Says Kufuor

John Agyekum Kufuor has been sworn in as the fourth president of Ghana in a colourful ceremony attended by four west African heads of state and the deputy president of South… Read more »

Ghana: Inaugural Speech By Ghana President

Today, President John Agyekum Kufuor, the fourth president of the Republic of Ghana, spoke at Independence Square, Accra, after he and the vice president, Alhaji Aliu Mahma were… Read more »

Ghana: Kufuor Salutes The Nation's Women

The new president of Ghana, John Agyekum Kufuor, has praised the women of Ghana and promised to create a new ministry of women’s affairs, which will also be a cabinet position. Read more »

Nigeria: Supply Of Petroleum Products Threatened, Says Report

Supply of petroleum products in Nigeria is "threatened to atrophy," and only a comprehensive programme leading to deregulation of the industry can save it, says a Special Committee… Read more »

Ghana: Busy Week Of Settling In For President-Elect

This has been a short, but busy, working week for the newly elected president of Ghana, John Kufuor, who is to be sworn in as head of state on Sunday after his presidential… Read more »

Nigeria: Power Authority To Approve Importation Of Electricity Generating Sets

In a show of confidence in its plans to rescue the power sector, the Nigerian government Thursday announced that importation of electricity generating sets now has to be approved… Read more »

Ghana: We're A Regional Pace-Setter, Says Kufuor

In the third and final part of his interview with allAfrica.com correspondent Ofeibea Quist-Arcton, Ghana's president-elect John Agyekum Kufuor discusses tackling corruption in… Read more »