November 22, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Ivory Coast New Peace Plan, UN Launches Multimillion Dollar Aid Appeal
West African mediators, trying to broker a peace deal between the Cote d'Ivoire government and rebels, handed both delegations in nearby Togo a fresh draft peace plan Thursday to… Read more »
November 21, 2002
Sierra Leone: Sierra Leone's Special Court: Will it Hinder or Help?
Post-war Sierra Leone is being used as a kind of guinea-pig. Following in South Africa's footsteps it will have a Truth and Reconciliation Commission which is intended to allow the… Read more »
November 20, 2002
Africa: 'New-Variant' Famine: How Aids Has Changed the Hunger Equation
Just as HIV destroys the body's immune system, the epidemic of HIV and Aids has disabled the body politic. As a result of HIV, the worst-hit African countries have undergone a… Read more »
November 19, 2002
Nigeria: Nigerian Publisher Says Attack on Paper Spotlights Governance Issues
Since Friday's bombing of the National Pilot weekly newspaper in Ilorin, capital of Nigeria's northern Kwara state, the governor and the paper's publisher have traded allegations… Read more »
Sierra Leone: The Killing House of Kailahun
Earlier this year in Sierra Leone, photojournalist Ben Phillips came across a building which had all too obviously been the site of gross violence and cruelty during the years of… Read more »
November 18, 2002
Sudan: Khartoum, Rebels Extend Ceasefire Until March
The Khartoum government and the rebel Sudan People's Liberation Movement and Army (SPLM/A) agreed Monday in Nairobi, Kenya, to extend a Memorandum of Understanding on the delivery… Read more »
Angola: Peace in Angola Spurs US Interest in Economy and Governance
With peace finally a reality for Angola, there is a "mutual attraction" between the United States and that southern African nation, according to investment banker Rodney Goodwin,… Read more »
November 15, 2002
South Africa: Technology Skills Can Expand Horizons
"The employment that I was doing before never really touched my heart the way this computer stuff touched my heart. For me, coming here is really manna from heaven." Read more »
Africa: U.S. Trade Rep for Africa Leaving Post
Rosa M. Whitaker, Assistant United States Trade Representative for Africa, will be quitting her post next month. Read more »
November 12, 2002
Africa: Fight For Global Justice is TransAfrica's Immense Task, Says Danny Glover
While the Free South Africa Movement, and the fight to change U.S. policy toward Haiti gave TransAfrica Forum much of its visibility in the 1990s, the African-American organization… Read more »
November 11, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Ivory Coast Peace Talks on Hold as Rebels Consult
Ivorian rebel representatives left the Togolese capital, Lome, to return to their stronghold in Cote dIvoire's central city of Bouake , to consult their colleagues and supporters… Read more »
November 08, 2002
Kenya: Third Time Lucky for Kenya's Opposition? Raila Odinga Talks About December's Poll
One of Kenya's consummate political operators, Raila Odinga, is on an international tour to spread the word about his latest political project, the National Rainbow Coalition… Read more »
November 07, 2002
West Africa: West African Army Chiefs Agree Buffer Force for Ivory Coast
West African defence chiefs meeting in Abuja, Nigeria, have agreed the deployment of a regional peace-keeping force in Cote d'Ivoire. Read more »
Zimbabwe: US Threat of 'Intrusive, Interventionist Measures' to Deliver Food Aid Angers Harare
The government-owned Herald newspaper of Zimbabwe and the country's Defense Forces Commander, General Vitalis Zvinavashe, say the U.S. government is plotting to usethe southern… Read more »
November 05, 2002
Liberia: Embargo on Taylor Must Continue, Says UN Panel
A UN panel of experts established to probe the supply of weapons that fuels the Liberian conflict has just submitted its latest report to the UN Security Council in New York. Read more »
November 01, 2002
Djibouti: More U.S. Troops En Route To Horn
The number of United States troops in Djibouti may soon number more than 2,000 with the announcement, Tuesday, by General Tommy Franks, commander of the U.S. Central Command, that… Read more »
October 30, 2002
West Africa: 'Here to Listen, to See and to Learn': Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah Takes Up New Post
Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah is an international diplomat whose career to date has involved a diversity of assignments. Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Two Sides Wide Apart as Ivory Coast Peace Talks Begin
The Cote dIvoire rebel delegation arrived first in the Togolese capital Lome, Sunday, and settled into one of the upper floors of the citys once classiest hotel. President… Read more »
October 29, 2002
Africa: 'Blood Diamonds' Talks Underway
As the World Diamond Council (WDC) began meeting in London, Monday, to finalize their plans for stamping out the flow of 'conflict' or 'blood' diamonds mined in African war zones,… Read more »
October 27, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: Ecowas Agrees to Send 2000 Peacekeepers to Ivory Coast
The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) agreed Saturday night to send a 2,000-strong military force, headed by Senegal, to monitor the ceasefire in Cote dIvoire. Read more »
October 25, 2002
Nigeria: A Tribute to Major General Joseph Garba
A Memorial Tribute to Major General Joseph Nanven Garba takes place on Monday, October 28, 2002, 12-1pm in the Dag Hammerskjold Library, United Nations, at which the principal… Read more »
October 24, 2002
Africa: Africa At 'Crossroads', Says New Africare Head
For 32 years, Africare, founded and led by former Peace Corps official C. Payne Lucas, has sought to assist Africans and African nations in the arenas of development, governance,… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Mbeki says Ivory Coast Must Deal With Underlying Tensions
South African President Thabo Mbeki, the current chairman of the African Union (AU), was among the leaders who gathered in Cote dIvoires economic capital, Abidjan, Wednesday, for… Read more »
West Africa: Ecowas Chief Calls for 'Sacrifice and Compromise' in Ivory Coast
The president of Togo, Gnassingbe Eyadema, has been designated the coordinator for the contact group of regional leaders, created by the Economic Community of West African States… Read more »
October 23, 2002
Cote d'Ivoire: West African and AU leaders scheduled for Ivory Coast talks
West African heads of state, and the leader of the African Union (AU), have begun preliminary talks, Wednesday, aimed at ending a five week rebellion, which has left hundreds of… Read more »
