Sub-Saharan Africa

African Development Bank May Leave Cote d'Ivoire
February 18, 2003 1553 GMT
The $33 billion multinational African Development Bank is considering temporarily moving its... [more]
Protests Against French Increase In Cote d'Ivoire
February 18, 2003 1542 GMT
Anti-French sentiment intensified in Cote d'Ivoire this week as both rebel groups and government... [more]
Chad, CAR Leaders Move To Ease Tensions
February 17, 2003 1740 GMT
Chadian President Idriss Deby and Central African Republic President Ange-Felix Patasse have... [more]
New Ebola Outbreak Kills 38
February 12, 2003 1654 GMT
A new outbreak of Ebola in northern Congo-Brazzaville, near the border with Gabon, has claimed 38... [more]
Ethiopia Denies Massing Troops Along Eritrean Border
February 11, 2003 1950 GMT
Ethiopia has denied claims that it is massing troops along its border with Eritrea, as charged by... [more]
South Africa: Warrant Issued For Nigerian Politician
February 11, 2003 1815 GMT
South African authorities issued a warrant Feb. 11 for a Nigerian businessman and possible... [more]
Khartoum, SPLM/A Sign Cease-Fire Agreement
February 4, 2003 1728 GMT
The SPLM/A and the Sudanese government signed a formal cease-fire agreement on Feb. 4. The... [more]
EU Foreign Ministers To Discuss Zimbabwe Sanctions
January 27, 2003 1618 GMT
EU foreign ministers are due to meet Jan. 27 in Brussels to decide whether to renew sanctions,... [more]
Cote d'Ivoire: Protesters Set Burkina Faso Embassy Ablaze
January 26, 2003 1506 GMT
Protesters -- mainly students -- in Abidjan have set fire to the Burkina Faso embassy in anger... [more]
Ivory Coast Officials, Rebels Sign Peace Pact
January 24, 2003 2253 GMT
Ivory Coast's government and rebel leaders signed an accord Jan. 24 in an effort to end four... [more]
Nigeria: Court Denies Attempt to Block Obasanjo Candidacy
January 24, 2003 1822 GMT
A High Court in Nigeria's capital of Abuja dismissed Jan. 23 an application brought by former... [more]
Cote d'Ivoire: Clashes Continue Despite Peace Talks
January 22, 2003 1620 GMT
Clashes between rebels and French peacekeeping forces in Cote d'Ivoire continued Jan. 22 near the... [more]
Cote d'Ivoire President To Seal Peace Deal
January 21, 2003 2005 GMT
Cote d'Ivoire President Laurent Gbagbo is due in Paris by the end of this week to seal peace... [more]
Zimbabwe: Opposition Leader Claims Mugabe Might Resign
January 13, 2003 1543 GMT
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)... [more]
Nigerian Presidential Hopeful Defects From PDP
January 2, 2003 1823 GMT
Former Nigerian Foreign Minister Ike Nwachukwu, who hopes to run for president in April, has left... [more]
Obasanjo Apologizes for Offensive
January 2, 2003 1810 GMT
Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo has publicly apologized for a military offensive in October... [more]
Nigeria: Former Rebel Leader To Run for President
December 27, 2002 1912 GMT
Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the former rebel leader who led the Biafra secession from Nigeria in 1967,... [more]
Peace Deal In Uganda
December 24, 2002 1543 GMT
After five years of negotiations, the Ugandan government and rebels of the Uganda National Rescue... [more]
Bush Delays Africa Trip
December 23, 2002 1746 GMT
U.S. President George W. Bush will delay a trip to Africa that was planned for Jan. 10-17 until... [more]
Nigerian Election Date Set
December 20, 2002 1530 GMT
Nigeria's electoral commission has set presidential elections for April 19, 2003. Nigeria has... [more]
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