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AUG 10, 2009
Clinton Building Ties With Angola
Washingtonpost.com
Hillary Rodham Clinton made the first visit to Angola by a U.S. secretary of state in seven years, trying Sunday to strengthen relations with a growing oil producer that is being aggressively courted by China. Clinton sought to emphasize the positive in her two-day visit, praising Angola's efforts to rebuild after a 27-year civil war that ended in 2002. But during a meeting in parliament, opposition politicians urged her to press for more democratic behavior from President José Eduardo dos Santos, who has been in power for three decades.
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AUG 9, 2009
Hillary Clinton Calls For Stronger Alliance Between Us, South Africa
Jamaica Observer
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called yesterday for a broad alliance with South Africa. Clinton is emphasising public diplomacy during her 11-day, seven-nation tour of Africa, hoping to showcase the commitment of President Barack Obama's administration to the continent.
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AUG 8, 2009
State Assures Muslims of Protection
Daily Nation
The fight against terrorism will not undermine the rights of Muslims, a sessional paper recently presented to the Kenya Cabinet says. The paper introduces a new concept known as cultural diplomacy, which is the linchpin of public diplomacy. It is a style of reaching out to all kinds of people and provide agenda for cooperation in spite of policy differences.
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AUG 6, 2009
Censoring the Voice of America
Foreign Policy
Earlier this year, a community radio station in Minneapolis asked Voice of America for permission to retransmit its news coverage on the increasingly volatile situation in Somalia. Producers hoped to offer an informative, Somali-language alternative to the terrorist propaganda that is streaming into Minneapolis, where the United States' largest Somali community resides.
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AUG 5, 2009
90% - Clinton’s Warm Welcome in Kenya
Pew Research Center
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton begins a seven-nation trip to Africa today in Kenya where she is sure to receive a warm welcome from a country that has a very positive opinion of America. Fully 90% of Kenyans have a favorable opinion of the U.S., the highest favorability rating from any country polled in the 25-nation survey by the Pew Global Attitudes Project.
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AUG 5, 2009
New Dance: Choreographers Connect
ArtslinkNews
Part of the New Dance Festival is a ten-day residency programme which will bring young choreographers from South Africa and Mozambique together. The New Dance Festival, a platform for contemporary dance, presents a selection of contemporary dance works by invitation at The Wits Theatre and The Dance Factory.
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 AFRICOM: The American Military and Public Diplomacy in Africa
As part of its investigation into hard power and public diplomacy the USC Center on Public Diplomacy co-hosted a conference on AFRICOM. The proceedings of this conference were published as was the policy brief presented in Washington D.C. in March 2008. The Center continues to maintain an active Media Monitor that follows international media coverage of the U.S. military command.
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 AFRICOM: The American Military and Public Diplomacy in Africa
Officials of the Defense and State departments cite a commitment to public diplomacy as an essential element of AFRICOM, the U.S. military command for Africa created in 2007. Questions remain, however, about whether a military command can and should engage in public diplomacy. This was the central issue at the conference about AFRICOM held at the University of Southern California in February 2008.
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![]() U.S. Public Diplomacy Toward Africa Advanced by Obama’s Gesture
AUG 15, 2010
Philip Seib
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![]() AFRICOM’s Impressive Public Diplomacy Product
AUG 7, 2010
Philip Seib
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Media Monitor: AFRICOM
America's Public Diplomacy and Military Strategy in Africa
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 How to Promote Economic Development: Your Sister City as a Tool
Sister Cities International
February 27, 2010
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 Virginia Haufler: Governing Corporations in Zones of Conflict -Issues, Actors & Institutions
CPD Conversations in Public Diplomacy
12:00 PM, Thursday, November 19, 2009
Venue: USC; SOS B40
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 Daniel Volman: AFRICOM, the Obama Administration and U.S. Military Activities in Africa
CPD Conversations in Public Diplomacy
12:00 PM, Thursday, October 22, 2009
Venue: USC; SOS B40
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