by DAVID CRARY | AP National Writer
Stranded in Nigeria for months, a Colorado couple had a rare chance to catch an evacuation flight to the U.S. recently during the coronavirus outbreak. But they refused because they would have had to leave behind their adopted daughter, who has yet to get a U.S. visa.
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During Humanities Professor Cristina Ruotolo’s Fulbright scholarship at University of Ghana in 2018 – 19, she was invited to direct its string ensemble, which put her in contact with the city of Accra’s burgeoning classical music scene. As a result, the classically trained violinist expanded her Fulbright project, teaching and performing violin alongside her primary work of teaching courses on American literature and culture.
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A New Glasgow, N.S., nursing home believes part of the solution to a staff shortage is found at a Kenyan refugee camp.
Lisa M. Smith, the CEO of Glen Haven Manor, and several other representatives from Pictou County travelled to Kenya in November on the recruiting mission.
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The United States no longer has an adversarial relationship with the Sudanese government and is working with its counterparts on the possibility of removing it from a list of state sponsors of terrorism, a senior State Department official have said.
But Tibor Nagy, assistant secretary for African affairs, cautioned that doing so was a process with conditions.
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Nigeria and the United States recorded $5.21 billion bilateral trade between January and August this year.
The Consul General, US Consulate in Lagos, Ms Claire Pierangelo, disclosed this during the 2019 International Investment Conference yesterday in Lagos.
Continue reading “U.S. trade hits $5.21bn in eight months”By HADLEY BARNDOLLAR, PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) — Following an eye-opening summer experience grasping how girls live and learn on the other side of the world, a group of Portsmouth High School students have started a Tanzania Club. The group is intended to maintain their bonds with students at SEGA Girls’ School and pursue fundraising opportunities for education in the East African country. This July, for … Continue reading Portsmouth High Schoolers make Tanzanian connection
By Segun James
The United States Consul General, Claire Pierangelo, Thursday hosted young 56 Nigerians who participated in the 2019 Mandela Washington Fellowship to a reunion conference.
The 56 Nigerians were among the 700 young leaders from sub-Saharan Africa who recently completed a six-week intensive academic and leadership programme at some of the most prestigious US colleges and universities.
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By Lorine Towett
American computer programmer, Internet entrepreneur, and Twitter CEO Jack Patrick Dorsey will be spending his November in Africa.
Dorsey through his Twitter account announced his visit where he revealed he would be visiting various countries including South Africa, Ghana, Ethiopia, and Nigeria.
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A golden sarcophagus is back on display in Egypt after it was stolen from the country and illegally sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (MET). The piece was unveiled in Cairo on Tuesday, one week after it was returned by the MET and flown thousands of miles from New York.
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President Edgar Lungu has praised the United States of America for providing over US$ 3 billion towards development assistance to Zambia since its Independence in 1964.
This came to light when President Lungu held a bilateral meeting with US Deputy Assistant Secretary for Africa under the State Department Matthew Harrington in New York last evening.
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