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Women: First Annual U.S.-African Union High Level Bilateral Meetings At the Department of State
U.S. Department of State
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October 27, 2011
April 21, 2010 DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW: Thank you very much, Ambassador Carson. It really is a pleasure to be here today and I want to thank Jean Ping, the Chair of the African Union Commission, for dodging the ash clouds and the difficulties to...
Arms Control and International Security: First Annual U.S.-African Union High Level Bilateral Meetings At the Department of State
U.S. Department of State
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October 27, 2011
April 21, 2010 DEPUTY SECRETARY LEW: Thank you very much, Ambassador Carson. It really is a pleasure to be here today and I want to thank Jean Ping, the Chair of the African Union Commission, for dodging the ash clouds and the difficulties to...
Statement of the 13th IHR Emergency Committee regarding the international spread of poliovirus
World Health Organization
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April 24, 2017
The thirteenth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the international spread of poliovirus was convened via teleconference by the Director General on 24 April 2017. The Emergency...
Statement of the 11th IHR Emergency Committee regarding the international spread of poliovirus
World Health Organization
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November 11, 2016
The eleventh meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the international spread of poliovirus was convened via teleconference by the Director General on 11 November 2016. The Emergency...
Twelfth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2015) regarding the international spread of poliovirus
World Health Organization
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February 13, 2017
The twelfth meeting of the Emergency Committee (EC) under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the international spread of poliovirus was convened via teleconference by the Director General on 7 February 2017. The Emergency...
‘Chain of Command’ TV Series Connects Strategy With Troops on the Ground
U.S. Department of Defense
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January 10, 2018
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2018 — Strategic decisions made in the Pentagon have immediate and far-reaching effects on service members around the world. National Geographic’s documentary “Chain of Command” shows both sides of that process. The eight-part...
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Sarah Sanders, 10/24/2017, #26
RSS Feed
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October 24, 2017
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 3:51 P.M. EDT MS. SANDERS: Good afternoon. Q Good afternoon! MS. SANDERS: All right, yeah. President Trump had a productive meeting at today’s Republican Senate Caucus. The President discussed the urgent need for...
UN Migration Agency Assists Survivors as Migrants Perish in Libya Truck Accident
African Press Organization
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February 15, 2018
At nearly 3:00am on 14 February, a truck accident occurred, leaving 19 people dead and 49 people injured near Bani Waleed in Libya. The migrants on board reported that 180 people were crammed into the truck's cargo containers. They also said that...
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Labor Programs to Combat Slavery in West Africa
U.S. Department of State
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October 31, 2017
This is the announcement of funding opportunity number DRLA-DRLAQM-18-015 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345 Application Deadline: January 12, 2018 For new application submission instructions, see Section D below. A. Project...
Africa: Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO): DRL Labor Programs to Combat Slavery in West Africa
U.S. Department of State
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October 31, 2017
This is the announcement of funding opportunity number DRLA-DRLAQM-18-015 Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345 Application Deadline: January 12, 2018 For new application submission instructions, see Section D below. A. Project...
Africa working tirelessly to create conducive environment for foreign investments
African Press Organization
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January 31, 2018
Africa is working tirelessly to get policy and legislative conditions right to ease the business environment and attract more foreign direct investment, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn, said Tuesday. Speaking at the Africa Business...
African migrants reportedly being sold in ‘slave markets’ in Libya, UN agency warns
African Press Organization
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April 12, 2017
Hundreds of migrants along North African migrant routes are being bought and sold openly in modern day ‘slave markets’ in Libya, survivors have told the United Nations migration agency, which warned that these reports “can be added to a long list...
One year of EU partnership with IOM: migrants protection and reintegration in Africa
African Press Organization
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December 21, 2017
The objective was clear: to respond to the urgent protection needs and unacceptable loss of life of migrants along the Central Mediterranean migration route while addressing the challenges faced by returning migrants and their communities in...
Women: First Lady Melania Trump and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas A. Shannon Honor 13 Women of Courage
U.S. Department of State
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March 28, 2017
First Lady Melania Trump and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Thomas A. Shannon will present the 2017 Secretary of State’s International Women of Courage Award to a group of extraordinary women from around the world tomorrow at the...
Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien - Statement to the Security Council on the Humanitarian Situation in the Lake Chad Basin
African Press Organization
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July 27, 2016
Checked against delivery Mr. President, Thank you for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on the humanitarian situation in the Lake Chad Basin. And may I thank my colleague, Under-Secretary-General Jeffrey Feltman, and endorse his...
Remarks by President Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in Joint Press Conference
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October 16, 2017
Rose Garden 1:47 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much. I just want to say that we just spent quite a bit of time inside with the Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, who has been a friend of mine for a long time, long before my world of...
Nigeria: Famine averted but millions still at risk, stresses top UN relief official
African Press Organization
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September 13, 2017
Noting important progress in delivering life-saving aid to millions in north-east Nigeria, the top United Nations humanitarian official underscored that international assistance to people suffering amid the crisis must not dwindle. “We have...
UN Aid Chief: Humanitarian Response Saves Lives in Nigeria’s North-East, Civilian Safety Must be Prioritized
African Press Organization
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September 13, 2017
At the end of a two-day mission to Nigeria, the United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Mark Lowcock, said that the Government and humanitarians had made important progress in delivering...
Why We are Hopeful About Improving Health in Africa, by Aliko Dangote and Bill Gates
African Press Organization
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April 25, 2017
This week, more than 138,000 vaccinators will fan out across five African countries in the Lake Chad area in a push to eliminate polio in Africa and rid the world of this terrible disease forever. They will take boats across fast-flowing rivers,...
25 million children out of school in conflict zones - UNICEF
African Press Organization
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April 24, 2017
More than 25 million children between 6 and 15 years old, or 22 per cent of children in that age group, are missing out on school in conflict zones across 22 countries, UNICEF said today. “At no time is education more important than in times of...