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South Africa: Country Called to Participate in HIV, Aids Awareness Activities
Government, in partnership with the South African National AIDS Council (SANAC), has called on South Africans to participate in activities aimed at raising awareness about HIV and AIDS.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 12:29

Nigeria: Obama - Black Cinderella, New Dawn And Antichrist (Two)
What propelled Obama's fairytale victory? Firstly, he refused to give the cold shoulder treatment to the Clintons, opting instead to smoke a peace pipe with Hilary. He understood the make-or-mar importance of the combined electoral votes of California (55), New York (31), Pennsylvania (21), Ohio (20), New Jersey (15), Massachusetts (12), and Florida (27). Hilary had given him a good hiding in the primaries in the first six and 'won' the last in an annulled poll. Winning these seven states alone (out of 50) would mean having a whopping 181 electoral votes in the kitty (an awesome 67 percent of the 270 votes needed for outright victory)!
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 11:53

Nigeria: Obama, God-Ordained - Okonkwo
Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), Dr. Mike Okonkwo has said the emergence of Mr. Barack Obama as the United States of America (USA) President-elect was part of fulfillment of God's plans for changes that were currently shaking the world.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 11:49

Rwanda: Rwandans in Boston Vow to Die for Rose Kabuye
Rwandans and friends of Rwanda living in Boston State of the United States of America have expressed their anger at the recent arrest of the Director of State Protocol Rose Kabuye.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 11:07

Africa: World is 40 Percent Prepared for Pandemic, U.N. Official Says
The world is about 40 percent prepared to grapple with the social, economic and political impacts of an influenza pandemic, according to a U.N. official involved in the international effort.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 10:43

Botswana: DR Tlou Receives American Nursing Honour
Former Minister of Health, Dr Sheila Tlou has been honoured with the American Academy of Nursing (AAN) 2008 Presidential Award.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 10:43

Botswana: First 'Made in Botswana' Diamonds Reach America
The Co-ordinator of Botswana Diamond Hub, Dr Akolang Tombale, says the organisation is watching feedback from diamonds consumers with keen interest after the first-ever 'Made in Botswana' diamonds began selling in the US over the weekend.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 10:42

Africa: Gates Foundation's Agriculture Policy Includes Focus On Women
A major American foundation has expanded its efforts in international agricultural development to include a strong focus on women and is encouraging other donors to do the same.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 10:39

Libya: Bush Calls Qadhafi to Praise Settlement Agreement
A telephone call between President Bush and a world leader is a common enough event to not merit much attention, but when the president called Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi November 17, it represented a remarkable turnaround in U.S.-Libyan relations.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 10:39

Africa: Foreign Ironies and Cape Changes
TIME magazine's commemoration of Barack Obama's victory as the first black president of the US is quite excessive. One cannot help but feel a bit queasy about the hagiography that engulfs one as one reads it.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Nov-2008 09:37

Congo-Kinshasa: Feingold, Brownback Call for Ceasefire
Today U.S. Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Sam Brownback (R-KS) introduced a bipartisan resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following escalating violence in the country.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 22:58

Nigeria: U.S. Donates Nuclear Radiation Detection Equipment
In order to locate, protect and identify abandoned radioactive sources in Nigeria, the United States Ambassador to Nigeria, Ms Robin Renee Sanders, yesterday handed over radiation detection equipment to the country.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 19:28

National Assembly Approves U.S. Grant
FOLLOWING weeks of controversy, the National Assembly yesterday approved a N$3 billion development aid grant from the US government, known as the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) compact, with a minor amendment.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 19:06

Nigeria: U.S. Hands Over $120,000 Radioactive Detection Equipment to FG
The United States government has handed over nuclear radiation detection equipment worth of $120,000.000 to the Nigeria government for monitoring and safeguarding radioactive materials.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 18:07

Kenya: The Obama Administration - the Hard Work Begins
The campaigns are over and across the world people are getting used to the idea of a President Obama. So much so that even the Group of 20 meeting in Washington on the global financial crisis decided not to make formally binding decisions till April next year, tacitly deciding to give Obama and his administration time to settle and get to grips with the issues at hand. Obama and his team, to be sure, are busy getting ready for January 20, 2009 when Barack Obama will become President Obama. But it now appears that these are issues he has been grappling with for a while.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 15:52

Angola: Isabel Ferreira to Present Her Latest Book in Brazil
The Angolan writer Isabel Ferreira will travel this week to Brazil, where she will release, on November 20, her latest literary work entitled "O Guardador de Memórias" (The memories keeper).
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 15:44

Nigeria: Obama's Victory, Not Ours
It is always so amazing how we Africans can claim a good thing once it has become a finished product. We love to eat a very well baked cake but we are never patient enough to go through the chores of baking the cake. Sportsmen for example practically leave these shore frustrated and they get groomed by foreign nations and as soon as a they become stars in Europe, Asia or America you hear Nigerians saying ' Oh he is a Nigerian ." Up until this very day a friend of mine insists on calling the Arsenal Football Club of London star Emmanuel Adebayor, a Nigerian, but I never fail to point out to him that Adebayor is Togolese true and through. (excuse the pun). His father may have been born in Nigeria, even he too was born in Nigeria but the country that gave him succor and made him somebody is Togo. QED.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 15:35

South Africa: SEI Offers Muslims Offshore Options
US-BASED asset manager SEI is targeting Muslim and other investors wanting to increase their offshore exposure with a range of sharia-compliant investment funds.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 14:41

Nigeria: U.S. Buyers Shun Country's Crude
Year-end issues has created stalemate for Nigerian crude Free On Board (FOB) market as more than 20 crude cargoes (about 950,000 barrels) still remained unsold from Nigeria's December loading programme as a result of lack of demand, a trader said.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 13:51

Nigeria: U.S., Govt Searching for Missing Nuclear, Radioactive Sources
The Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA) and the United State Embassy in Abuja are collaborating to search for nuclear and radioactive substances scattered in the country. US Ambassador to Nigeria, Robin Renee Sanders yesterday donated nuclear radiation detection equipment to the Nigerian government worth $100,000 (about N1.1billion) to search for the sources.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 12:41

Nigeria: Nuclear Security - Nigeria Joins League of 23
Nigeria has joined the league of 23 countries benefiting from the Global Threat Reduction Search Project developed by the United States Government to train nuclear regulatory agencies in the world to locate, identify and protect abandoned radioactive sources.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 11:50

Nigeria: 'Complex Regulations Cause Global Financial Meltdown'
The complexity in the financial concepts and failure by the United States regulatory agencies are behind the global financial crisis, a World Bank Consultant, Steven Butel has said.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 11:19

Uganda: UK Charity to Fund Bee Keeping in Kibaale
BEES Abroad, a UK charity organisation has earmarked sh100m, to promote beekeeping among vulnerable households in Kibaale district.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 08:16

Liberia: U.S. Military Official Pays Courtesy Call On President Sirleaf
Brigadier-general Tracey Garrett of the US military has paid a courtesy call on President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf at the Foreign Ministry in Monrovia. General Garrett said she was happy to be in Liberia to see first hand the progress taking place in the country. Speaking of the country's security sector reform process, the US army general spoke positively of the exercise and said lessons could be learned and applied to other countries 'without reinventing the wheels.'
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Nov-2008 07:17

Sierra Leone: Barack Obama is Not the First "Black President"
That every election has its own share of myths is hardly a revelation, and this year's American presidential election is no different. One of the most pernicious of the myths during the campaign was the one that Barack Obama will be the "first Black President" should he win. Around 10:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday, November 4, 2008, every radio and television station repeated ad nauseam the myth that "America has elected Barack Obama as its first Black President in what is its most unprecedented historic election."
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 23:55

Africa: Thinking About the U.S. Transition
"The problem [with projections of President-elect Obama's foreign policy priorities] is that for a new leader promising change, they have tended to reflect the most traditional sorts of Washington priorities, neglecting other parts of the world that are starving for American moral and political leadership; places where Obama, by virtue of his unique background, offers particularly compelling potential for impact. ... The most obvious and important omission ...is Africa, a continent of nearly one billion people today that according to United Nations projections will count an astounding two billion people by mid-century." - Howard W. French
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 21:53

Ghana: Women Urged to Vote for Women Aspirants
Speakers at a forum have appealed to women in the Upper East Region to vote massively for the six women parliamentary candidates contesting the December election to give the region a good representation in the fight for gender mainstreaming.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 19:30

Nigeria: When Will Change Come to this Country?
As America's President-elect, Barack Obama, wife, Michelle and daughters, Malia and Sasha, stood on the stage at Chicago's Grant Park penultimate Tuesday night to thank the good people of America for electing him the 44th President of the United States, the entire country and indeed the whole world stood still.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 18:20

Nigeria: U.S. Pledges to Help Country On Aviation Safety
The United States (U.S.) pledged on Monday to assist Nigeria achieve the required standards in aviation safety and infrastructure.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 17:36

Nigeria: Country Experts Caution Obama On Fight Against Terrorism
Foreign affairs experts in Nigeria have called on the U.S. president-elect Barack Obama to be cautious in his approach to the fight against terrorism and to ensure that his strategies do not undermine the credibility of the U.S.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 17:33

Nigeria: USA Organises Workshop On Aviation
The United States embassy will organise a two-day workshop on aviation security and safety in Nigeria in collaboration with the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), The Boeing Corporation, and other stakeholders on "Aviation Security and Safety in Nigeria."
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 17:33

Nigeria: FCT Residents Express Joy Over Obama, Oshiomhole
Joy and happiness pervaded the streets of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) following the victory of ex-NLC president, Adams Oshiomhole, in Edo State and United State of America president-elect, Barack Obama. Many residents of the FCT who spoke with leadership yesterday, expressed their happiness over the victory of Governor Adams Oshiomhole, and President-elect Barack Obama as the first Blackman to be elected president of the United States of America.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 16:51

Africa: Continent Should Not Celebrate Obama Victory
Former President, Nigerian Bar Association Mr. Wole Olanipekun (SAN), has advised Africans not to rejoice over the victory of Barack Obama in the just concluded American Presidential election because Africa may not benefit anything from his government.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 15:49

South Africa: U.S. Look to Confed Cup Improvement
The United States will using next year's Confederations Cup in South Africa to test their progress on the international stage along the way to the 2010 World Cup.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 15:47

Somalia: Pirates' Daring Attack 'Stuns' U.S. Navy
Somali pirates have "stunned" the United States' top military leader by seizing a supertanker three times as big as an aircraft carrier hundreds of nautical miles off the Kenya coast.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 14:11

Nigeria: U.S. to Enhance Agriculture
U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria, Robin Renee Sanders has led a delegation of the U.S. Government and the U.S. World Cocoa Foundation officials to Jalingo, Taraba State for a practical capacity building program to enhance agriculture in Nigeria.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 12:52

Nigeria: Obama's Election And the Needed Change
Let me begin this article by congratulating President-Elect Senator Barack Obama for his well-deserved victory in the just concluded US Presidential Election of 2008. Senator Obama's victory brought with it a new, refreshing and exciting taste in our mouths. Apart from doing himself and his family proud, he has also done his nation proud by crossing a Rubicon that was considered impassable almost inconceivable at least in the then immediate future. Senator Obama has not only made history, he is on course to change history.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 12:52

Angola: U.S. Agency Official Praises Health Fair Initiative
The United States Agency for International Development (Usaid) acting director, Victor Duarte, over the weekend considered as positive the promotion of Health Fair that serves to strengthen the population's disease prevention methods.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 12:01

U.S. Interested in Countries Maritime Security
The United States of America is much interested in Angola's maritime security, particularly in its economic and oil producing zone.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 12:01

Obama 'To Rebuild Moral Stature'
US President-elect Barack Obama has promised to rebuild his country's "moral stature in the world".
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 12:01

Nigeria: Beyond Electoral Victories
Listening to the inaugural speech of Comrade-Governor Adams Aliu Oshiomhole last Wednesday, I had a strange inexplicable feeling that the new Edo State governor needs our prayers rather than the wild jubilation that greeted his well-deserved mandate recovery.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 11:33

Nigeria: U.S. to Assist Nigeria on Aviation Safety Target
United States of America yesterday restated its resolve to assist Nigeria to achieve the required standards in aviation safety and infrastructure.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 11:33

Nigeria: Meaning of Obama's Triumph
A lot has been said and written about the historic election of Senator Barack Hussein Obama, an African American of Kenyan descent as the 44th President of the most powerful country on earth, the United States of America.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 11:11

Africa: Obama's Victory - Lessons for Africa
The election of Senator Barack Obama, as the next American President is one global event that has elicited world-wide applause and commendation.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 11:11

Nigeria: N12 Billion Power Contract - Lagos Drags PHCN to Tribunal
Lagos State Government has dragged the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) Tribunal headed by Dr. Ransome Owan, over a breach of Barge Power Purchase Agreement (BPPA), now estimated at N12billion.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 10:41

Nigeria: Bob Woodward - Current Affairs Historian of American Regime Wars in Iraq
Perhaps recognizing that the meeting had been both directly critical of Khalilzad and Casey, Cheney offered praise for the hard work that both the men were doing: "I support you guys 100 percent" Bush, chimed in, taking the cue.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Nov-2008 09:33