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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.
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 [...]
Today, following the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse early Wednesday, July 7, Helen La Lime, the United Nations Special Envoy to Haiti, said that interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph will assume executive power. 'In the event of the death of a president, the current government assumes executive powers, and then the prime minister presides … Continued
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Makila James is currently serving as the U.S. Ambassador to Swaziland. James was nominated by President Barack Obama early in 2012. Following confirmation by the U.S. Senate on July 31, 2012, James arrived in Mbabane, the capital of Swaziland and presented her credentials to the King of Swaziland on September 20, 2012.
Makila James, one of ten children born to Albert and Eddie Mae James, was born in July 1957 in New York. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree from Cornell University in 1979, double majoring in Africana Studies and American History. She was one of the few African Americans inducted into Cornell’s Quill and Dagger Honor Society at the University. Three years later James received a Juris Doctor (law degree) from Colombia Law School and in 2010 she received a Master’s Degree in National Security from the National Defense University in Washington, D.C.
James’s career as a diplomat began when she joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1988. Her first overseas posting was as a Consular Officer in Kingston, Jamaica from 1989 to 1992. From 1993 to 1995 she was a Political/Economics Officer at the U.S. Consulate in Kaduna, Nigeria and she later served as Political Officer at the U.S. Embassy in Harare, Zimbabwe.
Ambassador James also held positions at the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C. including Watch Officer at the Operations Center, Desk Officer for Sierra Leone and Gambia in the Office of West African Affairs, and International Relations Officer in the Department’s Office of International Organization Affairs. She was the State Department representative in the International Relations Office for Africa at the United Nations Security Council in New York City, New York. From 2002 to 2003 James was a Research Fellow at the Georgetown University Institute for the Study of Diplomacy in Washington, D.C.
From 2003 to 2006, James served as a member of the U.S. State Departments Policy Planning Staff. She returned to Africa between 2006 and 2007, to become the first full time Principal Officer at
Amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, non-resident President’s College students have been given until tomorrow to decide whether they will become temporary resident students or transfer to secondary schools in the catchment area for face-to-face interaction.
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Commentary: Biden’s jobs 1-10
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An Indiana officer who shot and killed 21-year-old Dreasjon \"Sean\" Reed after a car chase earlier this year will not face criminal charges.
President Cyril Ramaphosa says signs of a resurgence in Covid-19 cases in the Eastern Cape should serve as a warning to citizens to remain vigilant.
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 […]
By STEVE PEOPLES and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President-elect Joe Biden quietly pushed forward with the business of preparing to become America's next commander in chief on Wednesday, ignoring President Donald Trump's unprecedented push to block his Democratic rival's transition. Biden stepped away from his closed-door planning only to honor the nation's fallen soldiers for a Veterans Day tribute at the Korean War Memorial in Philadelphia. The president-elect, whose late son, Beau, served in the Delaware Army National Guard, made no public remarks at the small ceremony. Biden continues to shrug off Trump's refusal to accept the […]
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LOCAL contractors are increasingly being blamed for the breaking up of some major and parochial roads during recent heavy rains, and Incorporated Masterbuilders Association of Jamaica (IMAJ) President Lenworth Kelly sees this as unfair.
We know her name and face, but what comes to mind at the mention of Doug Emhoff? He is the husband of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. Emhoff, 56, is making big plans to leave his private law practice by Inauguration Day to focus on White House responsibilities, according to an article from the Associated Press. … Continued
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By Sunita Sohrabji and Pilar MarreroSpecial to the Trice Edney News Wire from Ethnic Media Services(TriceEdneyWire.com) - In a country that is polarized and hurt by Covid-19 and a divisive leadership, a massive turnout of voters resulted in a close election where Democrat Joe Biden was pushed across the finish line by large majorities of […]
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
Commentary: A huge victory – and more work to do
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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.
Clifton R. Wharton, one of the first African-Americans to hold a professional position in the U.S. State Department, was born in 1899 in Baltimore, Maryland. Described as a “scholastic marvel,” Wharton attended English High School in Boston, Massachusetts, skipped college and was accepted to Boston University Law School where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Law in 1920 and Master’s degree in Law in 1923. After practicing for two years in Boston he moved to Washington, D.C. in 1924 where he took a position as an examiner with the Veterans Bureau. He later worked as a law clerk in State Departments legal section. While there, he took an aptitude test for the position of foreign service officer, scoring in the top 15 percent.
Mr. Whartons 40-year career with the State Department spanned an era of profound change in U.S. foreign policy and in the bureaucracy which managed that policy. Initially, Whartons career opportunities were limited to relatively insignificant posts traditionally assigned to African-American diplomats. For 25 years, he worked in Liberia, the Canary Islands, Madagascar, and the Azores in a rotation of small tropical countries known as the “Negro Circuit.”
His first break from this pattern occurred in 1949 when he was assigned to a diplomatic post in Lisbon, Portugal. The following year, he was named consul general in Lisbon and three years later he was appointed consul general in Marseille, France. He remained there until 1957.
Whartons international activities were impacted by events in the United States. In the 1950s, U.S. diplomats were often faced with international condemnation for the nations treatment of African-American citizens. The incident in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957, for example, where nine young black students entering school were confronted by a mob of bigots, was a major propaganda disaster for the United States.
In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Wharton as Minister to Romania, which was another major breakthrough. Wharton at that time was the
The Life for a Child (LFAC) programme is an International Diabetes Federation (IDF) programme which was launched in Jamaica in 2010 in collaboration with the Diabetes Association of Jamaica (an IDF member association) and the Ministry of Health....
Ambassador Richard Lewis Baltimore III was born on December 31, 1947 in New York City, New York to Judge Richard Lewis Baltimore, Jr. and Lois Madison-Baltimore. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in International Affairs from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. in 1969 and earned a juris doctor from Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1972. Upon graduating from law school, Baltimore entered the Foreign Service. He accepted a position with the U.S. State Department and was posted to the U.S. Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal, where he served as Economic/Political Officer until 1975. After his post in Lisbon ended, Baltimore accepted a special assignment to Zambia during the civil war in Rhodesia.
Baltimore was posted to the U.S. Embassy in Pretoria, South Africa from 1976 to 1979. During this period, South Africa was under apartheid, which entailed white minority rule and the obstruction of civil rights for South Africa’s black population. Despite these challenges, Baltimore made great progress in improving relations with South Africa. After his post in South Africa ended, Baltimore served as Special Assistant to three Secretaries of State (Cyrus Vance, Edmund Muskie, and Al Haig) from 1979 to 1981.
In 1981, Baltimore served as a political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, Egypt. His next assignment was in the office of the political chief at the U.S. Embassy in Budapest, Hungary. He worked in this capacity from 1984 to 1987. Baltimore was then appointed Deputy Director of the Regional Affairs Office of the State Departments Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs in 1987. A year later, he became its Director. He returned to Budapest in 1990 as Deputy Chief of Mission for the U.S. Embassy and remained in this position for four years. After returning to Washington, D.C., Baltimore became senior policy adviser to the Assistant Secretary of State for European and Canadian Affairs. Other positions held by Baltimore include Deputy of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in San Jose,
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Kimi Makwetu was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer in June 2018. He passed away in hospital on Wednesday afternoon.
With the COVID-19 pandemic having a major impact on both the financial markets and the personal assets of many, Cicely Jones, CEO and founder of MPA Financials, remains on a mission to equip the Birmingham community with tools to attain financial freedom and establish generational wealth.
Via her website and social media pages, Jones educates the community about matters like the extended July 15 tax deadline, as well as how to properly apply for economic injury relief payments, stimulus packages, and Small Business Alliance (SBA) loans and grants.
Jones set her sights on leadership at an early age, with aspirations of becoming a teacher, like the many women she grew to admire at Mobile’s Bessie C. Fonvielle Elementary School.
After moving to Birmingham in 1999, Jones began her professional career in the accounting department at an executive firm.
Jones also serves as vice president of the Heart of Birmingham Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association, a nationally recognized organization that empowers women from diverse occupations through leadership, educational, and networking support.
Photo credits: U.S. State Department/Vector Images June Carter Perry (pictured) was born on November 13, 1943, inTexarkana, Arkansas. She is a retired American Ambassador (Sierra Leonefrom August 27, 2007, to August 28, 2009, andLesotho). Perry is a graduate of Loyola University in Chicago (B.A., history, 1965) and the University of Chicago (M.A. European History, 1967). […]
The goodwill generated by such a gesture will be sorely needed if Trump embarks
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