Subject: Africa news digest Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 16:27:03 -0500 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. Africa Newswire Network (ANN) News Digest -------- 10 October 2000 **PARTNERSSHIP: Become an Africa News Network Partner, get a FREE web site or bring your own, and start a news business for your own country. We will help you. See the details here. **FORUMS: Discuss the news on our forums (economy, politics, society & culture, etc.) and win up to $500. **PUBLISH!! The Africa Newswire Network (ANN) welcomes your analysis and opinions. We will PUBLISH your analyses of the situation in Africa in our various columns. So, do not forget to Submit your analyses, news or opinions to ANN. **ALSO: Our intellectual online journal, The Africanist Scholar, will publish your scholarly articles. So, visit us today to read, discuss or submit your analyses. **Get FREE NEWS for your site; visit our Free News page for details. **SUBMIT YOUR SITE: You have an Africa-related Web site? List it in the mother of African search engine, submit your site address (URL) to AFRICAHOME.COM. ** PRESS RELEASES: You have a Press Release about a conference, an event in your business? Submit Your Press Release Here.... --------------- Current Breaking News ---------- -------------------------------------- Analyses & Opinions --------------------------------------- Read All... Last Updated 14:47:29 OPINION: Nigeria at 40: 4 Decades of wasted years? Lagos, NIGERIA (ANN, October 10, 2000) - A witty and popular aphorism had for ages equated forty years of the existence of a fool with eternal foolishness. For it is not uncommon to hear people say that "a fool at forty is a fool forever." I sometimes wonder where such native wisdom was invented. OPINION: Have Africa's Days of Olympic Glory Finally Come? Yaounde, CAMEROON (ANN, October 4, 2000) - In Olympic soccer history, it was the Ghanaians that blazed the trail for Africa on the path of glory. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, the Ghanaian Under 23 team did extremely well. The team won the bronze medal, the first Olympic soccer medal by any African country. OPINION: Museveni's Regime degenerates into Brutal Totalitarianism Kampala, Uganda (ANN, September 23, 2000) - By Honourable Norbert Mao - For those of us who were looking forward to a successful 5th Anniversary Celebration of the Uganda Young Democrats (UYD), Saturday 16th September was a big discount on our democratic expectations for Uganda. OPINION: Nigeria and its anti corruption crusade Abuja, NIGERIA (ANN, September 22, 2000) - A recent report by Transparency International (TI) puts Nigeria as the most corrupt nation in the world. Damaging or otherwise as the report might seem, it has sent thousands of tongues waging across the oil rich West African nation. Read All... ------------------------------------- Politics & Government ------------------------------------- Read All Last Updated 15:12:42 IVORY COAST: Leaders of ECOWAS urge General Guei to step down Abuja, NIGERIA (ANN, October 10, 2000) - As the Ivorian military ruler General Robert Guei strives to steer the once politically-stable country from the path of self-inflicted anarchy, the leaders of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) on Monday reaffirmed their belief in a sub-regional initiative as a solution to the crisis. NIGERIA: Speaker of Nigerian State House of Assembly resigns Jos, NIGERIA (ANN, October 10, 2000) - Honorable George Daika, the Speaker of the House of Assembly of Plateau State, northern Nigerian, has resigned his appointment with immediate effect. IVORY COAST: Ouattara blasts General Guei over disqualification Abidjan, IVORY COAST (ANN, October 10, 2000) - Alassane Ouattara, the main opposition leader in Ivory Coast, has appealed for calm after the Ivorian Supreme Court disqualified him from contesting the forthcoming presidential election. EGYPT: Egypt intensifies call for Arab summit as Barak steps up pressure for Middle East peace talk Cairo, EGYPT (ANN, October 10, 2000) - Ehud Barak, the Prime Minister of Israel, has repeated his threat to abandon peace talks with the Palestinians, if the wave of violence continues unabated. No fewer than 80 people have died in the violence. Read All ------------------------------------- Society & Culture -------------------------------------- Read All... Last Updated 15:05:23 SOUTH AFRICA: President Mbeki accuses CIA of AIDS plot Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA (ANN, October 10, 2000) - President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa has accused the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) of working with drugs manufacturers to promote the link between the HIV virus and AIDS. NIGERIA: Six die in auto crash in Nigeria Benin, NIGERIA (ANN, October 10, 2000) - Six persons on Sunday lost their lives, while four others survived a motor accident involving a trailer and a commuter bus on the Benin-Asaba road in Edo State, Midwest Nigeria. NIGERIA: Nigerian Islamic Foundation claims spiritual cure of AIDS Kano, NIGERIA (ANN, October 10, 2000) - The Nigerian northern state of Kano may soon launch an international news center on the claimed spiritual cure of the Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). NAMIBIA: Angolans to be deported Windhoek, Namibia (ANN, October 9, 2000) - A Namibian Home Affairs Ministry official on Monday confirmed that more than 150 illegal immigrants - the majority of them from Angola - have been ordered out of Namibia by an Immigration Tribunal in the northern town of Oshakati, close to the Angolan border. Read All... ------------------------------------------ Business & Economy ------------------------------------------ Read All... Last Updated 14:53:07 NIGERIA: Nigerian health workers may begin strike on Tuesday Osogbo, NIGERIA (ANN, October 10, 2000) - Industrial unions in the nation's health sector may order their members to down tools today (Tuesday) if the Federal Government fails to meet their demands. NAMIBIA: Regional investment summit explores prospects Windhoek, Namibia (ANN, October 10, 2000) - At least 14 regional heads of state have been invited to a three-day regional investment summit which opened in the Namibian capital, Windhoek, on Monday. LIBERIA: IMF team finds good and bad news Monrovia, Liberia (ANN, October 10, 2000) - An IMF team that visited Liberia in September found that following "broadly satisfactory" implementation of a January-June 2000 programme in the first quarter, overall performance "deteriorated significantly" in the second quarter of the year. ZIMBABWE: Finance minister pleads for new loans Harare, Zimbabwe (October 6, 2000) - A day after the World Bank placed Zimbabwe on its list of defaulting nations for failing to honour debt arrears amounting to US $47 million, Finance Minister Simba Makoni on Wednesday appealed for international help saying the country was living from "hand to mouth". Read All... ------------------------ ANN-Sports ------------------------- Read All... Last Updated 09:27:28 OPINION: Have Africa's Days of Olympic Glory Finally Come? Yaounde, CAMEROON (ANN, October 4, 2000) - In Olympic soccer history, it was the Ghanaians that blazed the trail for Africa on the path of glory. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, the Ghanaian Under 23 team did extremely well. The team won the bronze medal, the first Olympic soccer medal by any African country. ETHIOPIA: President Gidada lauds Ethiopia's success at Sydney Games Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA (ANN, October 3, 2000) - Ethiopian President, Negaso Gidada has showered praise on the Ethiopian athletes, who competed at the recently concluded Sydney 2000 Olympics. OLYMPICS -SOCCER: Cameroon wins olympic gold at Syney 2000 Sydney, Australia (ANN, September 30, 2000) - The 'Indomitable Lions' of Cameroon lived up their nickname in a thrilling final against nine-man Spain on Saturday, clawing back a two-goal deficit to win the nation's first ever Olympic gold medal in a penalty shoot-out. NIGERIA: Nigerian Alozie dedicates silver medal to late fiancé Sydney, AUSTRALIA (ANN, September 28, 2000) - Gloria Alozie on Wednesday at the Sydney Olympic Stadium made good her promise to win the silver medal in the final of the 100 meters hurdles. Read All... ------------------------ Press Releases ------------------------ Read All... Last Updated 16:21:24 The RDR Condems Unfree and Unfair Local Elections in Rwanda Monreal, Canada (ANN, October 6, 2000) - Unfair and not free local elections held in Rwanda at cell and sector levels are now being extended to municipalities and being presented as democracy at grassroots level by the dictatorial government led by the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). The Rally for the Return of Refugees and Democracy in Rwanda (RDR) condemns this new kind of dictatorship, labelled =ABno-party system=BB, imported in Rwanda from Uganda by the RPF. OPINION: Museveni's Regime degenerates into Brutal Totalitarianism Kampala, Uganda (ANN, September 23, 2000) - By Honourable Norbert Mao - For those of us who were looking forward to a successful 5th Anniversary Celebration of the Uganda Young Democrats (UYD), Saturday 16th September was a big discount on our democratic expectations for Uganda. OPINION: Africa At A Crossroads: Zimbabwe Brooklyn, NY (ANN, Spetember 14, 2000) - As Zimbabwe struggles to complete independence struggle, control of land is key. SENEGAL: Communities Fight to Roll Back Malaria Dakar, Senegal (ANN, September 13, 2000) - A Chief Physician in Bignona district, Senegal, decided to take advantage of highly organised local communities in efforts to Roll Back Malaria. Read All... Submit Your Press Release Here... -------------------------------------- The Africa Newswire Network African News, All the Time http://www.africanewswire.com AFRICAHOME.COM The Home of Africa on the Net http://www.africahome.com
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Current Breaking
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OPINION: Nigeria at 40: 4
Decades of wasted years? OPINION: Have Africa’s Days of
Olympic Glory Finally Come? OPINION: Museveni's Regime
degenerates into Brutal Totalitarianism OPINION: Nigeria and its anti
corruption crusade -------------------------------------
IVORY COAST: Leaders of ECOWAS
urge General Guei to step down NIGERIA: Speaker of Nigerian
State House of Assembly resigns IVORY COAST: Ouattara blasts
General Guei over disqualification EGYPT: Egypt intensifies call
for Arab summit as Barak steps up pressure for Middle East peace talk
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SOUTH AFRICA: President Mbeki
accuses CIA of AIDS plot NIGERIA: Six die in auto crash
in Nigeria NIGERIA: Nigerian Islamic
Foundation claims spiritual cure of AIDS NAMIBIA: Angolans to be
deported ------------------------------------------
NIGERIA: Nigerian health
workers may begin strike on Tuesday NAMIBIA: Regional investment
summit explores prospects LIBERIA: IMF team finds good
and bad news ZIMBABWE: Finance minister
pleads for new loans ------------------------
OPINION: Have Africa’s Days of
Olympic Glory Finally Come? ETHIOPIA: President Gidada
lauds Ethiopia's success at Sydney Games OLYMPICS -SOCCER: Cameroon
wins olympic gold at Syney 2000 NIGERIA: Nigerian Alozie
dedicates silver medal to late fiancé
The RDR Condems Unfree and
Unfair Local Elections in Rwanda OPINION: Museveni's Regime
degenerates into Brutal Totalitarianism OPINION: Africa At A
Crossroads: Zimbabwe SENEGAL: Communities Fight to
Roll Back Malaria
Analyses & Opinions
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All...
Last Updated
14:47:29
Lagos, NIGERIA (ANN, October 10, 2000) –
A witty and popular aphorism had for ages equated forty years of the existence
of a fool with eternal foolishness. For it is not uncommon to hear people say
that “a fool at forty is a fool forever.” I sometimes wonder where such native
wisdom was invented.
Yaounde, CAMEROON (ANN, October 4, 2000)
– In Olympic soccer history, it was the Ghanaians that blazed the trail for
Africa on the path of glory. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, the
Ghanaian Under 23 team did extremely well. The team won the bronze medal, the
first Olympic soccer medal by any African country.
Kampala, Uganda (ANN, September 23,
2000) - By Honourable Norbert Mao - For those of us who were looking forward to
a successful 5th Anniversary Celebration of the Uganda Young Democrats (UYD),
Saturday 16th September was a big discount on our democratic expectations for
Uganda.
Abuja, NIGERIA (ANN, September 22, 2000) – A recent report by
Transparency International (TI) puts Nigeria as the most corrupt nation in the
world. Damaging or otherwise as the report might seem, it has sent thousands of
tongues waging across the oil rich West African nation.
Politics &
Government
-------------------------------------
Read
All
Last Updated 15:12:42
Abuja, NIGERIA (ANN, October 10, 2000) –
As the Ivorian military ruler General Robert Guei strives to steer the once
politically-stable country from the path of self-inflicted anarchy, the leaders
of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) on Monday reaffirmed
their belief in a sub-regional initiative as a solution to the crisis.
Jos, NIGERIA (ANN, October 10, 2000) –
Honorable George Daika, the Speaker of the House of Assembly of Plateau State,
northern Nigerian, has resigned his appointment with immediate effect.
Abidjan, IVORY COAST (ANN, October 10,
2000) – Alassane Ouattara, the main opposition leader in Ivory Coast, has
appealed for calm after the Ivorian Supreme Court disqualified him from
contesting the forthcoming presidential election.
Cairo, EGYPT
(ANN, October 10, 2000) – Ehud Barak, the Prime Minister of Israel, has repeated
his threat to abandon peace talks with the Palestinians, if the wave of violence
continues unabated. No fewer than 80 people have died in the violence.
Society &
Culture
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Read
All...
Last Updated
15:05:23
Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA (ANN, October 10,
2000) – President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa has accused the US Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) of working with drugs manufacturers to promote the
link between the HIV virus and AIDS.
Benin, NIGERIA (ANN, October 10, 2000) – Six persons on Sunday lost
their lives, while four others survived a motor accident involving a trailer and
a commuter bus on the Benin-Asaba road in Edo State, Midwest Nigeria.
Kano, NIGERIA (ANN, October 10, 2000) –
The Nigerian northern state of Kano may soon launch an international news center
on the claimed spiritual cure of the Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
Windhoek, Namibia (ANN, October 9, 2000) - A Namibian Home Affairs
Ministry official on Monday confirmed that more than 150 illegal immigrants -
the majority of them from Angola - have been ordered out of Namibia by an
Immigration Tribunal in the northern town of Oshakati, close to the Angolan
border.
Business & Economy
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Read
All...
Last Updated
14:53:07
Osogbo, NIGERIA (ANN, October 10, 2000)
– Industrial unions in the nation’s health sector may order their members to
down tools today (Tuesday) if the Federal Government fails to meet their
demands.
Windhoek, Namibia (ANN, October 10,
2000) - At least 14 regional heads of state have been invited to a three-day
regional investment summit which opened in the Namibian capital, Windhoek, on
Monday.
Monrovia, Liberia (ANN, October 10, 2000) - An IMF team that visited
Liberia in September found that following "broadly satisfactory" implementation
of a January-June 2000 programme in the first quarter, overall performance
"deteriorated significantly" in the second quarter of the year.
Harare, Zimbabwe (October 6, 2000) - A
day after the World Bank placed Zimbabwe on its list of defaulting nations for
failing to honour debt arrears amounting to US $47 million, Finance Minister
Simba Makoni on Wednesday appealed for international help saying the country was
living from "hand to mouth".
ANN-Sports
-------------------------
Read
All...
Last Updated
09:27:28
Yaounde, CAMEROON (ANN, October 4, 2000)
– In Olympic soccer history, it was the Ghanaians that blazed the trail for
Africa on the path of glory. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, the
Ghanaian Under 23 team did extremely well. The team won the bronze medal, the
first Olympic soccer medal by any African country.
Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA (ANN, October 3,
2000) - Ethiopian President, Negaso Gidada has showered praise on the Ethiopian
athletes, who competed at the recently concluded Sydney 2000 Olympics.
Sydney, Australia (ANN, September 30,
2000) - The 'Indomitable Lions' of Cameroon lived up their nickname in a
thrilling final against nine-man Spain on Saturday, clawing back a two-goal
deficit to win the nation's first ever Olympic gold medal in a penalty
shoot-out.
Sydney, AUSTRALIA (ANN, September 28,
2000) – Gloria Alozie on Wednesday at the Sydney Olympic Stadium made good her
promise to win the silver medal in the final of the 100 meters hurdles.
Monreal, Canada (ANN, October 6, 2000) -
Unfair and not free local elections held in Rwanda at cell and sector levels are
now being extended to municipalities and being presented as democracy at
grassroots level by the dictatorial government led by the Rwandan Patriotic
Front (RPF). The Rally for the Return of Refugees and Democracy in Rwanda (RDR)
condemns this new kind of dictatorship, labelled =ABno-party system=BB, imported in
Rwanda from Uganda by the RPF.
Kampala, Uganda (ANN, September 23,
2000) - By Honourable Norbert Mao - For those of us who were looking forward to
a successful 5th Anniversary Celebration of the Uganda Young Democrats (UYD),
Saturday 16th September was a big discount on our democratic expectations for
Uganda.
Brooklyn, NY (ANN, Spetember 14, 2000) -
As Zimbabwe struggles to complete independence struggle, control of land is key.
Dakar, Senegal (ANN, September 13, 2000) - A Chief Physician in
Bignona district, Senegal, decided to take advantage of highly organised local
communities in efforts to Roll Back Malaria.
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