JAN 30, 2012
China puts space-age seal on African role
Financial Times
It would be hard to conjure up a grander gesture to mark the state of relations between China and Africa than the new $200m Chinese-built headquarters of the African Union. However, it was with a mixture of bemusement and awe that delegates explored their shiny new gift, completed like so many Chinese projects on the continent in less than three years.
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JAN 24, 2012
U.S. efforts in the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa
U.S. Department of State
On July 20th, 2011, famine was declared in parts of the Horn of Africa. As humanitarian aid becomes a familiar and even expected element in public diplomacy, senior members from the State Department provided an update on continued U.S. efforts to respond to the humanitarian crisis in the region as well as some of the ongoing security challenges that exist.
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JAN 21, 2012
Going Out - Is China’s skillful use of Soft Power in Sub-Saharan Africa a threat to US Interests?
Joint Force Quarterly
...China is on the move in Africa, employing a wide range of soft power initiatives to secure influence, trade, and—most critically—the energy and mineral resources the Communist Party needs to continue
the astonishing economic growth that undergirds its legitimacy.
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JAN 18, 2012
India steps up knowledge diplomacy with Africa
Prokerala News
Navdeep Suri, joint secretary (public diplomacy) in the ministry, also unveiled ambitious plans to connect the youth and accelerate people-to-people contacts between India and Africa.
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JAN 18, 2012
Mind the U.N.-A.U. Gap
Latitude (Blog) - International Herald Tribune
By May, A.U. diplomats had succeeded in convincing Qaddafi to sit out any new regime in liberated Libya — a fact little known in the West — but they failed to implement the roadmap fully. Their very decent proposal was lost to South Africa’s communication failures and poor public diplomacy.
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