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By: Alyssa Wilson Authorities in Haiti have arrested more people in connection to the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. Taiwan's Embassy was raided after several suspects were believed to have sought refuge there. Two Haitian-Americans and several former Colombian soldiers were also arrested in connection, the Associated Press reported. PREVIOUS: Two Haitian Americans Detained In Connection to Assassination of Haitian President The new arrests bring the total number of suspects to 17, according to National Police Chief Léon Charles. 'We are going to bring them to justice,' he said Thursday. Colombia's government has offered full cooperation and revealed that some of the suspects detained […]
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South Africa is one of the hardest-hit countries in Africa with over 740,000 infections.
The country recorded 60 more virus-related deaths on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 20,011.
Lastassija White and Quincy Drone’s daughter, Tagan Drone, a kindergarten student at the Amarillo Independent School District in Amarillo, Texas,... View Article
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Frankie Annette Reed is a career Foreign Service officer who has held a variety of diplomatic postings in Europe, Africa, and Pacific Island nations. Between 2011 and 2013, she served as concurrent Ambassador to the Republic of the Fiji Islands, the Republic of Nauru, the Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu, and the Republic of Kiribati. Reed was also promoted in 2011 to her current standing as a Minister-Counselor within the Senior Foreign Service.
A Baltimore, Maryland native, Reed earned a Bachelor of Arts in journalism at Howard University in Washington, D.C. in 1975 and a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley three years later. She credited her experiences as Editor-in-Chief of Howard University’s student newspaper and a 1978 summer program in international law through the International Institute of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France as shaping her interest in the diplomatic service. Reed worked briefly as a journalist and as a lawyer after passing the California bar exam in 1979 before entering the Peace Corps in 1981. This proved a foundation for her career in diplomacy and when Reed returned from Peace Corps stations in Senegal and Samoa in 1983, she joined the U.S. Foreign Service.
Reed began her diplomatic career as a desk officer in the U.S. State Department’s Bureaus of African Americans and Western Hemispheric Affairs before becoming a political officer serving in U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Yaoundé, Cameroon. In 1996-1997, Reed earned a Pearson Fellowship, a prestigious career opportunity intended to build the political experience and skills of career Foreign Service workers. Reed served her fellowship with U.S. Representative Howard Berman (D, CA), a member of the House’s Judiciary and International Relations Committees. By 1998, Reed returned overseas, working as a Political Section Chief in Dakar, Senegal before being reassigned as Deputy Chief of Mission in Apia, Samoa from 1999 to 2002 and in Conakry, Guinea from 2003 to 2005. In 2005, she was appointed to be the
if you head to Loser.com, you may find a familiar face. The website has been rerouted to President Donald Trump’s... View Article
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The 2020 presidential election took a toll on us emotionally and mentally, but life coach Anita Kanti provided some healthy coping mechanisms.
Both Republicans and Democrats say no voter fraud or other issue could change the outcome of the 2020 election. Outgoing President Donald Trump’s claims of voter fraud have been debunked by election officials in every state in the union. Coup in Peru Both Republicans and Democrats alike […]
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Facebook intends to extend its ban on political ads in the U.S. for another month. The move is expected to... View Article
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At least 11 000 Ethiopians fleeing conflict in the Tigray region have crossed into neighbouring Sudan, a Sudanese official said Wednesday.
Ambassador Charles A. James was born in 1922 in Washington, D.C. and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he attended public schools. After high school, James enrolled at Westchester State Teachers College in Pennsylvania (now Westchester University) where he studied for one year before enlisting in the U.S. Navy during World War II where he served for three years. James received his B.A. from Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont in 1949 and an LL.B. from Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut in 1952. In 1977, Middlebury College conferred an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree on Ambassador James for his lifetime of public service.
James practiced law in Sacramento and Stockton, California for ten years. In Stockton, he served as area President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) covering northern California and Nevada. In 1961, James was appointed Assistant Attorney General for the State of California by Attorney General Stanley Mosk. James played a significant role in the enactment of truth in lending legislation in California and negotiated changes in the packaging practices of 21 major cosmetic firms. He also served as chairman of the staff to the Committee for Youth and Children in the California State Assembly.
In 1964, James became the Deputy Director and later, Director of the Peace Corps, first in Ghana and then Uganda. He later served in an administrative position for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Thailand and Vietnam. In 1974 he joined the U.S. Foreign Service and from 1974 to 1976, he worked as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs in the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C. During his tenure as Deputy Assistant Secretary, James headed the U.S. delegation to the African Economic Commission.
On September 16, 1976, President Gerald Ford nominated James as U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Niger. After confirmation by the U.S. Senate, Ambassador Nelson traveled to Niamey, the capital, to
Retired Major Johanna Lewin believes that occasions like Remembrance Day to honour war veterans are still momentous even when all the battle warriors have passed away. “They gave their lives for us. They made a lot of sacrifices, and many of them...
The Erie, Pennsylvania, USPS worker who reportedly signed an affidavit recanting his claims of ballot tampering at a local post office in the state is […]
The United States announced on Monday visa restrictions against \"leaders\" and \"accomplices\" of violence in western Cameroon, the scene of a four-year bloody conflict between armed Anglophone groups and the army.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will answer questions in the National Assembly on the steps government has taken in the fight against state capture.
Ambassador William Beverly Carter is the first Ambassador-at-Large, and the second African American, to be appointed an ambassador by three Presidents. In 1972, President Richard M. Nixon appointed him ambassador to Tanzania. Four years later, President Gerald R. Ford named him ambassador to Liberia. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter appointed him U.S. Ambassador-at-Large.
Carter, born in 1921 in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, was raised in nearby Philadelphia after the age of four. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in biology from Lincoln University in 1944, and his Law degree from Temple University in 1947. One of his Lincoln classmates was future Ghanaian head of state Kwame Nkrumah.
While at Lincoln University, Clark worked parttime for The Philadelphia Tribune (1943-1945). He later became city editor for The Philadelphia Afro-American (1945-1948). He briefly attended the New School for Social Research (1950-1951) in New York City, New York before serving as publisher for the Pittsburgh Courier (1955-1964), and president of the National Newspaper Publishers’ Association (1958).
From 1952 to 1958, Carter worked with 40 soon-to-be independent African nations to help them develop their own news and information services. Between visits to Africa, Carter became involved in civil rights activism in the United States as a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the National Urban League. In 1954, he also tried his hand at electoral politics, running for Pennsylvanias Fourth Congressional District as a Republican, losing in the general election to the incumbent Earl Chudoff, a Democrat.
In 1965, Carter joined the U.S. State Department as Public Affairs Officer in the United States Information Agency (USIA) in Nairobi, Kenya. The following year, he was promoted to diplomat as Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Lagos, Nigeria. While there he reported on the first two years of the Nigerian Civil War.
In 1969 Carter became Deputy Assistant Secretary
In summary The measure would have brought billions to California’s cash-strapped schools and community colleges, though not in time to help deal with immediate financial crises. Voters narrowly defeated Proposition 15, the tax measure that aimed to eliminate decades-long protections for commercial properties – dashing hopes of billions of dollars flowing into California’s cash-strapped public […]
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Did you know that the women of Delta Sigma Theta have a long history of being trailblazers in foriegn affairs? It's true! The first Black female ambassador of the US to a foriegn country was actually a member of Delta Sigma Theta. To celebrate their success in the field, we at Watch The Yard have […]
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ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - After a 15-year effort by his family and members of Congress, the U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed a bill authorizing a posthumous Medal of Honor for U.S. Army Sgt. First Class [...]
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The U.S. State Department on Thursday released a list of 53 “Corrupt and Undemocratic Actors” for Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.
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A controversial and conservative Republican, Alan Lee Keyes has perhaps one of the most extensive resumes to date in public and political life.
His positions and appointments include but are not limited to: U.S. Department of State Foreign Service Officer of the consular office in Bombay, India from 1979-1980; desk officer in Zimbabwe from 1980-1981 and then policy planning staff, 1981-83; U.S. representative to the United Nations Economic and Social Council (UNESCO) from 1983 to 1985; assistant secretary of state for International Organization Affairs from 1985 to 1988; Republican nominee for U.S. Senate from Maryland in 1988 and in 1992; President of Citizens Against Government Waste from 1989-1991; Interim President for Alabama A&M University in 1991, and host of nationally syndicated Americas Wake-Up Call show. Alan Keyes launched candidacies for President of the United States in 1996 and in 2000.
Born in Long Island, New York, Keyes attended Cornell University and then Harvard University where he earned a B.A. in Government Studies in 1972 and his doctoral degree in 1979.
His diplomatic career began during his final year at Harvard where he accepted a position in the U.S. State Department as a Foreign Service Officer in India. Eight years later Alan Keyes was nominated by the Maryland Republican Party to run for the United States Senate. In 1996, he sought the Republican nomination for President but lost to Kansas Senator Bob Dole. Keyes sought nomination again in 2000 and went into several debates with John McCain and President George W. Bush, where he proved to be a worthy opponent. In 2004, he came to the aid of the Illinois Republican Party to run against Sen. Barack Obama, a race which he lost.
Controversy is abundant in Keyess career. In 1969, black militants took over the student center at Cornell and Keyes spoke against the takeover. His protest was met by death threats and he decided to leave his studies at Cornell. During his service with the Reagan Administration he opposed economic
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament could soon begin meeting with MP David Patterson as Chairman.
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As grief and despair over the racially-disproportionate impact of the COVID pandemic and police brutality erupted in unrest across America’s cities this summer, the National Urban League mobilized to channel the protests in the streets into power at the polls.
The post Black Lives, And Black Livelihoods Were At Stake In This Election. Black Votes Determined Its Outcome. appeared first on Los Angeles Sentinel.
The number of coronavirus patients in Texas hospitals has nearly doubled since October, and average infections are at their highest point in almost three months — leaving health officials bracing for a potential crush of hospitalizations going into the holidays. In El Paso, hospitals are so overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients that in early November the […]
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[VOA] N'djamena -- The Chadian military said it had halted an advance by rebels coming from neighboring Libya, but the rebel group said Sunday that it was pressing ahead after the American and British embassies warned of a possible assault on the capital in the coming days.
FILE PHOTO: 2018 Kennedy Center Honorees team members of the Broadway play \"Hamilton\" (L-R) Andy Blakenbuehler, Thomas Kail (hidden), Lin-Manuel Miranda and Alex Lacamoire take a \"selfie\" at the conclusion of a gala dinner at the U.S. State Department, in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2018.
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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney Co will release a film recording of the smash Broadway musical “Hamilton” on its streaming service on July 3, the eve of U.S. Independence Day, the company said on Tuesday.
Disney had planned to debut the film, which features footage of the live show in June 2016 with creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and the original cast, in movie theaters in October 2021.
But the coronavirus pandemic, which has shuttered Broadway stages and cineplexes, has prompted Disney to adapt its programming strategy.
“Hamilton” is a rap musical in which African-American and Latino actors play the founding fathers of the United States.
