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Washington wants Ghana trip to be a catalyst * U.S. hopes others in Africa will adopt democratic norms By David Clarke NAIROBI, July 4 (Reuters) - The United States hopes President Barack Obama's decision to visit Ghana this month will spur other African governments to try and emulate the West African country's democratic record. Ghana won independence from colonial rule in 1957. A bloody chapter of military coups followed, but since Jerry Rawlings introduced multi-party democracy in the 1990s, opposition parties have twice won power through successful elections. "(Obama) believes strongly in the rule of law, democratic constitutional rule and the principles that underpin it," U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson told reporters during a visit to Kenya. "We hope that his support for democracy in... [read full story]
HARARE, Zimbabwe, Nov. 25 (UPI) -- Mines Minister Obert Mpofu says security troops are being withdrawn from diamond fields they have occupied after the beleaguered government was threatened with expulsion from the global...
More than 300 former combatants in Darfur, including women and disabled persons, have participated in a three-day discharge programme organized by the Government of Sudan with support from the joint African Union-United Nations...
Ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1, we asked people on Facebook one question: What do you want to ask the U.S. global AIDS coordinator? What follows are your questions and Ambassador Eric Goosby's responses.
By Kornchanok Raksaseri The Nation, Daily Xpress Published on November 26, 2009 Thaksin stopped the red shirts from marching earlier this month - but he didn't say anything about fancy dress Viewers of the red shirts' People...
