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AUG 4, 2010
Journalists from Maghreb Attend Writers Workshop in Tunisia
U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs
Thirty-three journalists from the Maghreb region of Africa, including Algeria, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia, entered into sometimes impassioned debate during the third annual Magharebia.com Writers Workshop, July 29 - August 1 at the U.S. Embassy in Tunis.
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AUG 3, 2010
Obama hosts dialogue with young African leaders
CNN
President Barack Obama hosted a group of young African business and civil leaders at the White House on Tuesday, part of his administration's outreach to a region of the world often overlooked at the top levels of U.S. diplomacy.
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JUL 21, 2010
AFRICOM Chief Gen. Ward: ‘What We Do Must Continue’
National Defense (blog)
AFRICOM, with headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, was launched with great fanfare in 2007 as the first and only military regional command that would focus primarily on “soft power” and include a heavy mix of civilians in its ranks.
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JUL 7, 2010
US Gov’t uses tech to engage East Africa
IDG
The U.S. government seems to have changed tack by engaging young people to find tech solutions to problems affecting the East Africa region. Previously, the U.S. government primarily used the USAID agency to pursue sustainable solutions...
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JUN 28, 2010
Diana Putman Honored With ‘Dissent’ Award
NPR (Audio)
The State Department promotes itself as a place that likes to hear dissent. Each year, the department's professional union hands out awards to diplomats who do just that. This year's recipient was a woman serving alongside the U.S. military in AFRICOM.
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