Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: A verdict in Mozambique’s graft trial, allegations of a forced abortion program in Nigeria, and Ghana’s deal with the IMF. If you would like to receive Africa Brief in your inbox every Wednesday, please sign up here. The United States Is Back in Africa Washington welcomed nearly 50 African heads of state and officials yesterday to the second U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. The White House revealed ahead of the meetings that U.S. President Joe Biden would announce support for the African Union to become a permanent member of the G-20, a move that African…
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Shayla Lawrence, MPH, is a Project Coordinator, Culturally Sensitive Global Oncology Program for the department of Global Pediatric Medicine. Shayla joins St. Jude Global Pediatric Medicine with years of experience in public health, as a communications strategist in psychological and behavioral health and a public health coordinator with a focus on infant mortality reduction, maternal tobacco use cessation, and home visitation services for English- and Spanish-speaking families experiencing high-risk pregnancies in Memphis and Shelby County. Her undergraduate areas of study were anthropology and foreign language. She received a Master of Public Health from the University of Memphis, with a master’s…
Five Counties Children’s Centre Offers Holiday Preparation Tips — PtboCanada PtboCanada December 13, 2022 December 13, 2022/ Felicia Massey Photo courtesy of Five counties Children’s centre. “Whether celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or Winter Solstice, the holiday season comes with high expectations, changes in routine and extra stimulation that can be overwhelming for some kids,” says Ashley Parsons, FCCC occupational therapist. “As parents and families, it’s important to reduce the stress and anxiety created by the holidays to make it a more enjoyable time for everyone.”According to FCCC staff, it is not just children on the autism spectrum or with sensory…
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Heads of state and/or government from 49 African countries are currently breaking bread at the US-Africa Leaders Summit at the White House. It’s only the second such summit in history, the last one hosted by President Obama in 2014.It’s no secret that many African nations have long felt jilted by Uncle Sam. But the Biden administration is trying to cast the conference as a reset in US relations with the world’s fastest-growing continent, announcing a $55 billion investment in Africa over the next three years and a presidential visit next year.Still, some African experts are skeptical that Washington’s approach to…
CNN — After the first round of games at the World Cup, an all too familiar script looked to be playing out for African football fans. Five games played, three losses, two draws and only Ghana putting the ball in the back of the net in a defeat by Portugal. Another disappointing tournament appeared to be looming for the continent that Brazil soccer great and three-time winner Pelé once declared would “win the World Cup before the year 2000.” That quote came off the back of Zaire’s humiliating World Cup group stage performance which included a 9-0 defeat by Yugoslavia…
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the President of Angola, João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, during the 2022 U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit. The leaders discussed the growing partnership between the United States and Angola, and Angola’s peace and security leadership efforts in Africa. Secretary Austin expressed the Department’s appreciation for Angola’s increasing security cooperation with the United States. Source link
The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University is combining two of its award-winning programs to form a new integrated strategic communications agency that will allow students to develop communication strategies and implement comprehensive campaigns for local, regional and national clients. The school will launch the Cronkite Agency, merging its Public Relations Lab and Digital Audiences Lab to allow students to gain real-world experience serving corporate and not-for-profit clients while leveraging the expertise of the Agency’s faculty leaders. The agency will also integrate the RWJF Southwest Health Reporting and Communications Initiative, part of a multi-year,…
AKRON − A Canton family has turned personal tragedy into brighter holidays for young patients in Akron Children’s Hospital.For 30 years, the nonprofit Children’s Toy Fund has gifted Christmas toys to hundreds of hospitalized children.On Tuesday, a crew of volunteers led by Ashley Natale delivered 3,715 toys to Akron Children’s, quickly filling up the hospital’s volunteer office. The gifts will be wrapped in time for Santa to deliver them on Dec. 23.The Children’s Toy Fund was started in the 1990s by the late Cathi Bogavich and her stepsister, Kimberly Samuels of Canton, following the tragic death of a young family…