2003: African Affairs Press Releases

2002 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
--03/31/03  Preface
--03/31/03  Overview and Acknowledgments
--03/31/03  Introduction

2003 Report on International Religious Freedom

--12/08/03  Third Annual U.S.-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum
--11/06/03  Burundi Government and Rebels Complete Political Military Integration Agreement
--10/28/03  An Opportunity for Peace in Sudan; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Op-Ed; Los Angeles Times
--10/24/03  Assistant Secretary Kansteiner to Discuss Tenure at Department of State - October 28
--10/22/03  Remarks Following Multilateral Press Availability; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Simba Lodge; Naivasha, Kenya
--10/22/03  Remarks With Kenyan Foreign Minister Kalonzo Musyoka and IGAD Special Envoy General Lazero Sumbeiywo After Multilateral Meeting With Sudanese Peace Process Coordinators; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Simba Lodge; Naivasha, Kenya
--10/22/03  Sudan Peace Act Presidential Determination
--10/21/03  Remarks With Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki; Secretary Colin L. Powell; State House; Nairobi, Kenya
--10/21/03  Press Briefing En Route to Kenya; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Nairobi, Kenya
--10/09/03  Appointment of John E. Lange as a Deputy Coordinator in the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator
--10/08/03  Burundi Peace Accord Signed
--10/06/03  President Bush Welcomes President Kibaki of Kenya to White House
--10/06/03  President Bush, Kenyan President Kibaki Discuss State Visit
--10/05/03  President Bush and President Kibaki review the troops.
--10/01/03  UN Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia Begins Operations
--09/26/03  Cote d'Ivoire: All Parties Should Move Forward With the the Peace Process to Heal the Nation
--09/25/03  Sudan: Agreement on Security Arrangements
--09/22/03  Somalia Peace Process
--09/15/03  Zimbabwe: Raid and Closure of Independent Newspapers
--09/02/03  Zimbabwe: Mugabe and the Council on Foreign Relations (Taken Question)
--08/26/03  Excerpts from the Press Briefing August 26, 2003
--08/20/03  Urge the Government of Rwanda to Hold Free and Fair Elections
--08/14/03  Appointment of Dr. Joseph O'Neill to be Deputy Coordinator of the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator
--08/07/03  Press Briefing at the Washington Foreign Press Center; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Washington, DC [DSL/Cable; dial-up modem; audio]
--08/06/03  Remarks With President Bush; Secretary Colin L. Powell; The Coffee Station; Crawford, Texas
--08/05/03  Liberia: ECOWAS Troops Arrive
--08/04/03  Excerpts from the Press Briefing August 4, 2003
--07/31/03
--07/31/03  Excerpts from the Press Briefing July 30, 2003
--07/31/03  Federal Register Notice on Partial Lifting of the Embargo Against Rwanda
--07/31/03  Liberia: Contractor Involvement With Logistics Support for Vanguard Deployment (Taken Question)
--07/29/03  Excerpts from the Press Briefing July 29, 2003
--07/29/03  Excerpts from the Press Briefing July 28, 2003
--07/22/03  Liberia
--07/22/03  Disposition of Bodies Laid Outside U.S. Embassy Monrovia, Liberia (Taken Question)
--07/20/03  Liberia: Escalating Violence
--07/18/03  Liberia: Renewed Violence
--07/11/03  President Bush Discusses Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief in Uganda; White House; Entebbe, Uganda
--06/27/03  Secretary of State Colin L. Powell Observes Nacala Signing Ceremony
--06/26/03  Secretary Powell to Speak at the U.S.-Africa Business Summit ; Richard Boucher, Spokesman; Remarks to the Press; Washington, DC
--06/23/03  Threat Level and Closure of the U.S. Embassy in Kenya; Philip Reeker, Deputy Press Secretary; Excerpt from Daily Press Briefing ; Washington, DC
--06/16/03  U.S. Urges Sudan's Leaders to Focus on Peace
--05/26/03  Bill-Signing Ceremony for the U.S. Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Act of 2003
--05/22/03  Fighting in Liberia
--05/22/03  Sanctions Against Sudan (Taken Question)
--04/30/03  Burundi: The Transition of The Presidency in Burundi
--04/29/03  President Urges Congress to Act Quickly on Global HIV/AIDS Initiative ; Washington, DC
--04/24/03  Elections in Nigeria
--04/22/03  Statement by the President: Peace Process in Sudan
--04/18/03  Burundi: Condemnation of Rebel Attacks on Burundian Cities
--04/03/03  United States Supports Conclusion of Inter-Congolese Dialogue
--03/24/03  Zimbabwe: Massive Crackdown on Opposition
--03/18/03  Central African Republic: Call For Restoration Of Order And Reconciliation
--03/14/03  Iraq - Uranium Procurement Attempts from Niger (Taken Question)
--03/13/03  U.S. Provides an Additional $10 Million to Feed Refugees in Africa
--03/12/03  The Humanitarian Crisis in Zimbabwe
--03/07/03  U.S. Targeted Sanctions on Zimbabwean Government Officials
--03/06/03  Cote d'Ivoire: Meeting in Accra to Form a Government of National Reconciliation
--03/04/03  Kenya and Tanzania: New Embassy Office Buildings
--03/04/03  Zimbabwe
--02/24/03  Killings and Death Squads in Cote d'Ivoire
--02/20/03  Arrest of Rwanda Tribunal Indictee Idelphonse Hategekimana
--02/14/03  Zimbabwe: Detention of U.S. Diplomat
--02/11/03  Sudan: United States Condemns the Government of Sudan's Military Offensives and Deliberate Attacks Against Civilians
--02/05/03  Sudan: United States Welcomes Effort to Bolster Cease-fire
--01/27/03  Sudan: Statement on Hostilities
--01/24/03  Kenya: Death of Minister of Labor Ahmed Khalif
--01/24/03  U.S. Contributes an Additional $8.4 Million for Urgent Refugee Needs in West Africa and Angola
--01/23/03  Sudan: As Peace Talks Resume, Parties Must Abide by the Cease Fire Agreement
--01/22/03  Congo Basin Forest Partnership Meeting
--01/14/03  Webcasting Proceedings of the Second U.S.-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum
--01/13/03  U.S. and Southern African Nations Plan for Upcoming FTA Negotiations
--01/10/03  USTR Zoellick to Discuss Regional Free Trade Agreement on Visit to South Africa
--01/08/03  U.S. Position on Rwandan Prisoner Release Announcement (Taken Question)