Distinguished Speakers Luncheon featuring Dr. Norma Jackson with World Development Alliance, City Councilman Brian DeQuincey Newman and Rep. Joe Neal as well as other members of the delegation from a recent Columbia trade mission to Ghana. They will be educating our membership on the details of their trip and the partnerships and connections that are being made with our newest Sister-City Accra, Ghana.
Cost: $20 World Affairs Council members, $30 non-members.
Sponsored by the World Affairs Council and the Midlands International Trade Association, Blue Cross Blue Shield of SC and the City of Columbia.
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Guinea: Outrage, Grief After Brutal Massacre
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Sunday, 04 October 2009 21:31
Still under tight police surveillance, Guinea ended several days of official mourning today for those killed in the sudden and shocking massacre of opposition protesters on Monday. An estimated 157 (probably many more) unarmed demonstrators were shot down, knifed or clubbed to death by army soldiers in and around the “28 September Stadium”, where the opposition forces coalition, “Forces vives,” had called for a demonstration against military head of state Dadis Camara and his intention to run for president during the January 2010 election. Tragically, this stadium is named after the date Guinea celebrated its independence from France, on September 28, 1958. It is now set to become Conakry's second landmark of torture and mass murder, after the infamous Camp Boiro.
Clinton Presents Plan to Fight Sexual Violence in Congo - NYTimes.com
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Friday, 14 August 2009 21:22
GOMA, Congo — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton came face to face with the consequences of the brutality in eastern Congo on Tuesday afternoon when she met a Congolese woman who had been gang-raped while she was eight months pregnant.
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The fetus died, Mrs. Clinton said, the woman was gravely injured and since there was no hospital nearby, villagers stuffed the woman’s wound with grass to keep her from bleeding to death.
The time to tackle the tantalum supply chain is now - GLG News
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Friday, 14 August 2009 21:13
Tantalum is a critical raw material for the electronics, aerospace and power generation industries. Computer logic chips, portable devices and turbine blades all rely on the metal. However, there is a looming and profound supply problem stemming from potential increases of supplies of conflict tantalum from tantalum. The article provides context, a timefame, and recomendations to OEMs and leading ore processors for actions to be taken now.
Al-Ahram Weekly | International | Poignancy beats pauperism
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Friday, 14 August 2009 21:10
After the storm comes a hard climb. United States Secretary of State Hilary Clinton understands that Africa's is an upbeat panorama of radical political reforms and robust economic development. Clinton crisscrossed the continent taking it all in. After decades of economic stagnation, ruinous civil wars and attendant political instability and social unrest, African governments have now emerged as the world's most aggressive reformers. Grave disparities of income, and a growing inequality gap as well as discrepancies between different African governments and countries plague the continent and put a question mark on its progress.
After the storm comes a hard climb. United States Secretary of State Hilary Clinton understands that Africa's is an upbeat panorama of radical political reforms and robust economic development. Clinton crisscrossed the continent taking it all in. After decades of economic stagnation, ruinous civil wars and attendant political instability and social unrest, African governments have now emerged as the world's most aggressive reformers. Grave disparities of income, and a growing inequality gap as well as discrepancies between different African governments and countries plague the continent and put a question mark on its progress.
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