AFRICA | Partnering for peace and prosperity
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Food Security Now at Center of Global Agenda
The issue of food security is now at the center of the global community’s development agenda in the wake of recent food and fuel crises caused by spiking prices. A one-day forum in Washington, “The New Angola: Forging a Strategic Partnership,” includes a panel on agriculture.
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U.S. PEPFAR Program Helps Millions with AIDS
Millions of AIDS sufferers in sub-Saharan Africa are alive and well, thanks to a commitment to international health and the U.S. PEPFAR program that its administrator, Dr. Eric Goosby, says is supported enthusiastically by President Obama, Secretary of State Clinton and the U.S. Congress.
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U.S. and Angola Enjoy Renewed Relationship
Both the United States and Angola are demonstrating a “renewed commitment to expand and strengthen” their bilateral relationship, a trend the United States hopes and expects will continue in the years to come, says Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson.
Other News from Africa
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Uganda
Young Ugandans from the Girls Kick It! Football team are participating in a Soccer International Visitor Program, under sponsorship of the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., October 14-24.
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Zimbabwe
U.S. sanctions are no constraint to Zimbabwe's economic recovery says James Garry, second secretary for economic affairs at the U.S. embassy in Harare.
Webchat
Celebrating Native American Heritage
Date: November 20
Time: 9:00am EST - 1400 GMT
Join US Department of State Foreign Service Officer Felix ‘Jabu’ Salazar to discuss Native American Heritage Month in the United States. Jabu will take your questions on his experience as a Native American representing the United States as a diplomat.
In the News
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Obama Sudan Strategy Hailed by Africa Policy Specialists
Diplomats and Africa specialists hail the administration’s Sudan policy as a practical approach to stopping violence in the Darfur region while preserving a peace accord that ended the nation’s civil war in 2005.
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Sudan Policy Aims at Ending Genocide, Implementing Peace Accord
The new U.S. policy toward Sudan emphasizes a need to simultaneously end the suffering in the Darfur region and fully implement the peace accord between the government and the southern region.