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Rwanda: When we said “never again,” we were kidding

By Alyson Chadwick “One death is a tragedy, one million is a statistic,” Joseph Stalin Today is the anniversary of the start of the Rwandan genocide.  In the span of 100 days, 800,000 people were murdered with machetes.   That is … read more »

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Hacker Begins Distributing Confidential Memos Sent To Hillary Clinton On Libya, Benghazi Attack

Armed with confidential memos to Hillary Clinton that were stolen from the e-mail account of a former White House aide, a hacker has distributed some of the documents to a wide array of congressional aides, political figures, and journalists worldwide. … read more »

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Clinton’s Africa kicks off competition between US and China

By Cheng Guangjin US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has concluded an 11-day tour of Africa in which she promoted a new US strategy for the continent. The visit also stoked international debate about whether the US and China, the … read more »

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Opportunity knocks in Africa

With Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s 11-day tour, the United States is in the midst of sending a strong signal that it sees the economic potential of Africa. It’s a message that our own federal government would do well to … read more »

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Clinton Offers Aid to Nigerian Security Forces Against Boko Haram

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stopped in Nigeria Thursday as part of her 11-day, nine-country Africa tour. The secretary of state reaffirmed what she called the “vital” strategic partnership between the two countries and offered U.S. assistance in marshaling Nigeria’s … read more »

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Clinton in Nigeria to talk to leaders about fighting terrorism, corruption

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton urged Nigerian authorities Thursday to boost their intelligence capabilities to better combat growing extremist violence. Clinton is proposing that Nigeria create an “intelligence fusion cell” that would combine information from the military, spy … read more »

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South Africa should promote democratic values, Says Clinton

South Africa’s next generation of leaders should honour the legacy of anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela by fighting for democratic values and human rights around the world, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday. Clinton, speaking two days after … read more »

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Clinton Holds Dialogue with South African Leaders

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in the administrative capital of South Africa to attend a meeting with senior government officials and business leaders. Clinton meets Tuesday with Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane during the second annual U.S.-South Africa Strategic … read more »

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Clinton arrives in South Africa for meeting with Mandela

JOHANNESBURG: US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is to meet with South Africa’s anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela on Monday, the State Department said, hours after her arrival on the latest leg of her Africa tour. The luncheon with the 94-year-old … read more »

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Clinton visits South Sudan on Africa tour

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has arrived in South Sudan, where she is expected to press for action to end to the country’s differences with Sudan. Mrs Clinton is the highest-ranking US official to visit South Sudan since it … read more »

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Clinton heads across Africa to Uganda, S. Sudan

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton took off Thursday for the next stops in her seven-nation tour of Africa, flying across the continent from Senegal to Uganda and South Sudan for security talks with those countries’ leaders. Clinton left … read more »

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Clinton to Discuss Regional Security in Uganda

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is traveling to Uganda for talks with President Yoweri Museveni, as she continues a multi-nation tour of Africa. Clinton will use the talks on Friday to discuss Uganda’s role as a key U.S. partner … read more »

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US Clinton kicks off tour of Africa in Senegal

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton landed in Senegal late on Tuesday where she began an 11-day tour of the continent that will largely focus on development and economic growth, as well as the US security ties with different countries. … read more »

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Uganda: The state, private sector and market failures

A response to Prof Joseph Stiglitz Mahmood Mamdani Your Excellency, Mr. President; the Chair, the Honorable Minister of Finance; the Honorable Governor of the Bank of Uganda and the Honorable Deputy Governor, Bank of Uganda, I assume that the Bank … read more »

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An open letter to Obama

Hakima Abbas Dear President Barack Obama, I hope you don’t mind me addressing you directly. I would like to call you brother, as I am known to do. Many would have me not – friends because they feel that you … read more »

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Hillary Clinton Blesses the Brotherhood

As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Egypt’s new Muslim Brotherhood president, Mohamed Morsi, demonstrators gatheredoutside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo to protest the United States’ uncritical support for the new regime, which has promised to impose Sharia upon … read more »

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Clinton hails Ivory Coast justice effort

Abidjan – US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is praising the administration of Ivory Coast’s president for seeking justice and accountability for crimes committed in the months after the disputed 2010 election. But human rights groups say Alassane Ouattara’s … read more »

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Clinton cuts embassy ribbon in Liberia

Top U.S. diplomat Hillary Clinton began her African trip with inaugurations — one for the Liberian president and the other for a new U.S. Embassy in Monrovia. “This new compound is a testament to the work you do, and it … read more »

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Corruption hampering Liberia: Clinton

Monrovia – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned on Monday that corruption in Liberia was hampering the war-torn nation’s growth prospects, after attending President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s inauguration. “Corruption is one of the roadblocks to greater prosperity here in … read more »

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Clinton Travels to Africa to Pursue Support for Agenda at UN

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton plans to travel to Togo, Liberia, Cote d’Ivoire and Cape Verde on Jan. 16 to Jan. 17. Clinton will be the first U.S. secretary of state to visit Togo, where she will congratulate President Faure … read more »

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US alarmed by violence in Egypt

Washington – The Obama administration pressed its concerns on Wednesday with Egyptian officials over the continuing violence and abuse of female demonstrators in Egypt. The State Department said Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had spoken by phone a day … read more »

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US will use foreign aid to impose gay rights on Africa

The Obama administration bluntly warned the world against gay and lesbian discrimination Tuesday, declaring the U.S. will use foreign assistance as well as diplomacy to back its insistence that gay rights are fully equal to other basic human rights. U.S. … read more »

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Africa: The Battle field for Gay Right

Gay rights appear to have become a new frontier in diplomatic relations between Western powers and African governments, with the US and UK warning they would use foreign aid to push for homosexuality to be decriminalised on the socially conservative … read more »

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