Month: June 2019
On June 4, 2019, Acting Assistant Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, Admiral Tim Ziemer appeared before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International…
A day before World Refugee Day, which is celebrated on June 20th, the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has announced that there are about 71,000,000 displaced people around the world.…
The country of Kenya so far has remained free of the Ebola virus that has plagued the Democratic Republic of Congo and recently three cares were confirmed in Uganda. The…
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is facing a rapidly evolving Ebola outbreak in the eastern part of the country. Recently, the disease has spread quickly, and, as of now,…
My name is Philip Brooks. I am a junior at University of Maryland Baltimore County. I study international relations with a minor in political science. I am in the Sondheim…
I am Jeannette Kayitesi. I’m currently a senior at the University At Albany where I am double majoring in Political Science and Globalization Studies. This past spring I was Interning…
Magdalena has just completed her freshman year at Fairfield University, where she is majoring in International Studies and Spanish and minoring in Humanitarian Action. She was born in Poland, but…
Every year the United Nations Security Council renews the mandate of its peacekeeping mission in the DRC. In 1999, exactly 20 years ago, the UN Security Council established the United…
Mr. Akinwumi AdesinaPresident, African Development BankAvenue Joseph Anoma01 BP 1387 Abidjan 01Côte d’IvoireVia email: CC:Ousmane Dore, Director of Central Africa RegionDonatien Akoupo Kouassi, DRC Officer-in-ChargeJennifer Blanke, Vice President Agriculture, Human and…
Jerry Canto is from Guilford, Connecticut. He went to American University for undergrad, where he studied political science and economics. After graduating, he went into the Peace Corps for two…
