Africa Action

28.03.2008 Zambia has been forced to reallocate resources intended for poverty alleviation to pay a "vulture fund," a company that scammed the impoverished nation to make millions off its cancellation of a 1999 debt, writes an organization promoting African development.

25.03.2008 As the March 29 Zimbabwean presidential elections near, an embedded African rights advocates are keeping a blog about the latest developments in the country, which is experiencing "the most severe social, economic and political crisis" of its history.

29.02.2008 African rights advocates challenge President Bush's establishment of U.S. military forces in Africa by citing the opposition of various African heads of states and representatives of the Southern African Development Community, who maintain such a force "would have a negative effect."