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AFRICOM - International Coverage
AUG 11, 2010
Partnering to Strengthen Labs in Liberia
U.S. Africa Command
Captain Gabrielle Caldara, of USARAF's command surgeon's office and Major Mike Walter of USAMRU-K joined for a weeklong partnership in Monrovia, Liberia. Their goal was to assess the AFL's laboratory needs to look for ways that U.S. Army medical personnel can help their Liberian counterparts, Caldara said.
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AUG 7, 2010
AFRICOM’s Impressive Public Diplomacy Product
CPD Blog
One of the most impressive online U.S. public diplomacy venues is Magharebia, a website and news service for North Africans that is published by the United States African Command (AFRICOM).
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AUG 6, 2010
An opportunity to de-militarize public diplomacy
MountainRunner
Last week, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) convened the third annual Magharebia.com Writers Workshop. According to AFRICOM public affairs, the event "introduced new media tools and technologies while stressing the importance of sound journalistic principles for writing, blogging and podcasting."
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AUG 5, 2010
This is not ‘reputation laundering’. We’re helping nations improve
The Guardian
If we want to see democracy in developing nations, we need to help them to reposition themselves – by promoting trade, boosting tourism, and winning allies diplomatically. That can only be done by skilled communications, promoting the best aspects of these nations to the stakeholders that matter.
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AUG 5, 2010
White House Party for Africa Leaves Out Leaders
The New York Times
Many of Africa’s leaders have spent part of their summer shuttling between capitals, congratulating one another on 50 years of independence. One capital they will not be visiting together is Washington.
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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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