Liberian pres.: Democracy key to Africa
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The president of Liberia said Thursday democracy and political stability are the keys to lifting her war-torn country and other African nations from economic collapse and poverty.
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An international organization and other humanitarian agencies are beginning to help Liberia recover from the ashes of war. Most of the organizations are endeavoring to shoulder the responsibilities of the
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War-ravaged Sierra Leone's peaceful transfer of power through the ballot box bodes well for a continent that has struggled against repression and conflict for half a century.
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US President George W. Bush congratulated the African Union's new leaders Tuesday but warned they faced "difficult challenges" on ending violence in DUarfur and Kenya and promoting democracy in Zimbabwe.
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The Pentagon is close to approving a command for Africa, where poverty and corruption make it a vulnerable area for extremists and terrorists
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Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said on Wednesday his plan for a United States of Africa should include creating a two million strong army to staunch recurrent conflicts which have ravaged many of the continent's nations.
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Political reform in the developing world, including the Middle East, is a "necessity," Qatar's ruler told world leaders at the United Nations, addressing an issue that has come to the fore with the U.S. push to turn Iraq into a democracy.
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LUSAKA: Africa must move away from conflicts and begin to pool its resources to develop the impoverished continent and reduce poverty, South African President Thabo Mbeki said on Sunday.
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Liberians called for "more trade, less  aid" on Wednesday as they prepared to welcome President George  W. Bush, who winds up his African tour with a visit to  Washington's staunchest ally on the continent.
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Elections in 2005 are still on track Liberian interim leader Gyude Bryant tells the BBC as he marks a year in office.
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Description: Commentator Meri Danquah lives in Ghana. The recent unrest in neighboring Ivory Coast has her thinking more than ever about the stability of West Africa.
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BOUAKE, Ivory Coast -- President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa traveled yesterday to the rebel-held north of Ivory Coast, telling cheering crowds that his peacemaking efforts were designed to improve the life of all people in the former French colony and economic hub of West Africa.
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Ministers meeting ahead of an African Union summit this weekend are working on a charter on democracy and good governance that would seek to limit the scourge of coups and power-grabs.
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Leaders of the African Union began a three-day summit here Sunday focused on plans to forge a confederation of states with an acknowledgement the continent&#39;s current system of governance had to improve.
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When Sen. Barack Obama heads to Africa for a five-nation tour this week, he will take with him a credential no other U.S. senator can claim &#151; and one that may make Africans listen to what he has to say.
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Visiting South African President Thabo Mbeki Saturday called on Ivorian lawmakers to pass a constitutional change so that the country could regain its stability and prosperity.
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Violence in Kenya, one of its most stable nations, shows that the continent's old ills--poverty, corruption, tribalism--are far from cured