August 02
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Chelsea Clinton Visits African Wildlife Foundation Conservation Projects in Zambia [press release]
AWF
On Friday, August 2, 2013, the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) will host Chelsea Clinton on a visit to two of its conservation projects in Zambia. Clinton is currently touring... Read more »
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African Ambassadors call for 113th Congress to Reauthorize AGOA for 15 Years [press release]
Leadership Africa USA
In a historic display of cooperation, the African Ambassadors AGOA Working Group released their report of recommendations for the reauthorization of the African Growth and... Read more »
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AGOA Seeks Long-Term Extension - Watching Corruption
The Star
Kenya continues to benefit from the African Growth and Opportunity Act, but as the bill seeks long-term extensions widespread corruption will be scrutinized. Read more »
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African Diplomats Present AGOA Recommendations to Foreign Affairs Committee [document]
U.S. Congress
The African diplomatic corps officially presented recommendations for the reauthorization of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) to members of the U.S. House Subcommittee... Read more »
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Results Vindicate Freedom House Survey
Zimbabwe Independent
EMERGING results from Wednesday's general elections seem to vindicate the Freedom House survey findings last year that Zanu PF was recovering electoral ground while the MDC-T... Read more »
August 01
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IMF Urges Concerted Policy Action to Reduce Risks to Global Growth [press release]
IMF
If the world's largest economies could make improvements in their policies in mutually reinforcing ways, they would lift global GDP over the longer run by as much as 3 percent,... Read more »
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President Obama Hails Morocco's Role As a Valuable Strategic Ally of USA
MAP
US President Barack Obama praised Morocco's role "as a valuable strategic ally of the USA" in a congratulations message to HM King Mohammed VI on the throne day (July 30). Read more »
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Henry Ford - the Man Who Gave Wheels to America [analysis]
Daily Maverick
Henry Ford was born 150 years ago this week (30 July 1863). He didn't invent the automobile; he didn't invent mass production or the assembly line; but by harnessing these together... Read more »
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U.S. State Department Daily Press Briefing: Zimbabwe, Egypt [document]
State Department
Excerpt from the U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing Read more »
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Webster University to Establish Campus in Ghana
Ghanaian Chronicle
The Ministry of Education has accredited Webster University's long-awaited new campus in Accra, Ghana, following a rigorous review. Read more »
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Trade, Investment Fastest Way to Boost African Economies [press release]
State Department
African nations and the United States agree open trade and investment are the fastest ways for African economies to boost economic growth, spur development and reduce poverty, a... Read more »
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Partnership Picks Innovators With Ways to Save Mothers, Newborns [press release]
State Department
The international partnership Saving Lives at Birth has announced 22 grant award nominees for new ideas to save the lives of mothers and newborns in developing countries. Read more »
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Michelle Godette Sworn in As Mission Director to Guinea and Sierra Leone [press release]
USAID
Michelle Godette was sworn in today as the U.S. Agency for International Development Mission Director to Guinea and Sierra Leone. The mission is based in Conakry, Guinea, but... Read more »
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USAID Global Education Summit [press release]
USAID
On August 6-8, 2013, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will host a Global Education Summit in Washington, D.C. Read more »
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USAID Announces Assistance for Communities Displaced By Conflict in Jonglei State [press release]
USAID
The United States, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has pledged an additional $5 million to transport urgent, life-saving assistance to... Read more »
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Namibian
THE trial of two men accused of carrying out a violent attack on an elderly couple at Uis in the Erongo Region in October 2010 was postponed for almost eight months in the Windhoek... Read more »
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Security Hampers Opening of U.S. Consulate in Kano
Daily Trust
The United States Embassy in Nigeria says the security situation in some parts of the country has prevented it from opening a consulate in Kano as part of efforts to provide an... Read more »
July 31
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Aswat Masriya
The United States Senate rejected by a 83 to 13 vote a draft law Republican Senator Rand Paul proposed to cut off the aid to Egypt and turn it into funding for domestic... Read more »
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Sudan Tribune
Joseph Kony, leader of the notorious Lords Resistance Army(LRA) rebels is losing control over his group that for decades he has controlled with a tight fist, says a new report by... Read more »
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U.S. Won't Define Morsi's Ouster As Coup
Egypt Online
President Barack Obama has decided not to honor legislation that would end US aid to Egypt. Read more »
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U.S. Envoy Says Employee Did Not 'Run' From Charges
The Star
THE US embassy has denied helping one of its officers who is implicated in a fatal road accident in which a 35-year old man was killed to leave the country. Read more »
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Minnesota - Liberia's 166th Independence Celebrated Amid Protests
FrontPageAfrica
One side jeered while the other equally responded with boos. One carried placards with anti-corruption slogans; the other, none. As a group of anti-corruption campaigners gleefully... Read more »
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U.S. State Department Daily Press Briefing: Egypt, Zimbabwe, Nigeria [document]
State Department
Excerpt from the U.S. Department of State Daily Press Briefing Read more »
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U.S. Envoy Impressed With ACC Work
Concord
The United States Ambassador to Sierra Leone has spoken of his admiration for the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) for the effort and strides made in the fight against corruption... Read more »
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El-Sisi, Hagel Discuss Security Situation
Egypt Online
Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel spoke Tuesday 30/7/2013 over phone with Egyptian Defense Minister Colonel General Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi... Read more »
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