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Aug 2, 2010  USA/Congo (Kinshasa): Conflict Minerals Law
    There is little doubt that exports of "conflict minerals" -- including cassiterite, columbite-tantalite, wolframite and gold -- controlled by rebel groups and by units of the Congolese army itself contribute to ongoing conflict in eastern Congo. It is more difficult to say how much difference the new legislation requiring transparency from U.S. companies about the supply chain of these minerals will make.

Jul 9, 2010  USA/Africa: Detroit to Dakar
    "We insist that the right to education, the right to health care, food, the right to work, the right to housing, the right to clean water are inherent and inalienable and that it is the obligation of the State to guarantee access to these rights for all. The legitimacy of the State itself must be derived from its ability to uphold and deliver these rights." - Detroit to Dakar U.S. Social Forum statement

Jun   5, 2010  USA/Nigeria: By Way of Comparison
Mar   30 2010  USA/Somalia: Engage or Disengage?
Feb   8, 2010  USA/Africa: Two to Tango
Dec   6, 2009  USA/Africa: AIDS - Yes, We Can?
Dec   6, 2009  USA/Africa: AIDS - No We Can't?
Nov   6, 2009  USA/Africa: Supporting Global Health
Sep 15, 2009  USA/Somalia: Slippery Slope
Aug   4, 2009  USA/Kenya: What Kind of Partnership?
Jul 21, 2009  USA/Africa: Trade Profile
Jul 21, 2009  USA/Africa: After the Speech
Jul 10, 2009  USA/Africa: Obama in Ghana, What Kind of Change?
Jun 24, 2009  USA/Uganda: Recovery from Conflict?
May 10, 2009  USA/Africa: Underfunding Global Health
Apr 14, 2009  USA/Nigeria: Halliburton Fallout
Mar 18, 2009  USA/Africa: Making Peace or Fueling War
Mar   1, 2009  USA/Africa: Waiting for Change
Feb 25, 2009  USA/Africa: Global Health Policy
Dec 18, 2008  USA/Africa: Global Health Commitment
Dec 14, 2008  USA/Somalia: Obama's First Africa Test
Nov 18, 2008  USA/Africa: Reflections on the Transition
Oct 31, 2008  USA/Nigeria: Chevron on Trial
Sep 13, 2008  USA/Africa: New Policy Prospects?
Aug   2, 2008  USA: AIDS & Black America
Mar 14, 2008  USA/Africa: Africom vs. Peacekeeping
Mar   3, 2008  USA/Africa: Health Policy Updates
Feb 21, 2008  USA/Africa: Images and Issues
Feb   5, 2008  USA/Africa: Health Budget Falls Short
Aug   1, 2007  USA/Africa: Questioning AFRICOM, 2
Aug   1, 2007  USA/Africa: Questioning AFRICOM, 1
May   7, 2007  USA/Africa: More than Just a Mvule Tree
Jan 16, 2007  USA/Africa: Constructing a Terror Front
Nov 28, 2005  USA/Africa: Global Gag Rule Expands
Sep   6, 2005  USA/Africa: Call for Food Aid Reform
Mar   23 2005  USA/Africa: Cotton Dumping
Feb   1, 2005  USA/Africa: Textile Meltdown?
Oct 26, 2004  USA/Africa: Fair Elections?
Jul 28, 2004  USA/Africa: Oil and Transparency
Jun 10, 2004  USA/Africa: Peacekeeping Repackaged
Apr   5, 2004  USA/Africa: Policy Prospects
Mar 31, 2004  Rwanda/USA: "The System Worked"
Jan   6, 2004  USA/Africa: Health Unilateralism

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