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  • Obama gesturing behind podium Obama Marks His First 100 Days

    Washington — Marking an odyssey that began 100 days ago when he became the first African-American president in U.S. history, President Obama reflected for long moments before the nation on what his presidency has achieved and what still needs to be done. “I think we’re off to a good start. But it’s just a start.

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  • Catholic University students learn how to use social medias Talking Up the New Media

    On May 5, more than fifty students of the school of communications at Catholic Faculties of Kinshasa crammed into a hot and stuffy classroom to participate in a presentation on social media given by Kinshasa PAS. The highlight of the event was a talk on “Obama – the First Facebook President,” by Patrick Cannon...

  • Bill Strassberger and APAO Stephen Weeks speak about U.S printing media and NIT Visitor Speaks on American Press

    On May 6, William Strassberger, spoke on the American Press to a group of fifteen Congolese journalists at the PD Auditorium, Embassy Kinshasa. Strassberger, who is on a multi-country visit to Africa, brought copies of American newspapers for the journalists to read and compare with their own publications.

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Olin Saunders briefs Gen.Ward and U.S Ambassador William Garvelink

AFRICOM Commanding General Visits Congo
General William E. “Kip” Ward, Commander-in-Chief of US AFRICOM, visited with the US Embassy’s Camber Mobile Training Team (MTT) Friday April 24, 2009 at the Congolese “Groupes Centre Superieur Militaire” (GESM) in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

REctor Ngoy Boliya is signing the letter to acknowledge the receipt of the grant

USAID Awardss Books to the Protestant University of Congo
On April 21th, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) donated nearly 2,000 books to the library at the Protestant University of Congo (UPC). The books are a donation from Claudia Parker. The USAID/DRC Mission Director Stephen Haykin said, “this donation reflects the commitment ...

The audience applauds after the DRC Minister for Gender remark's

AMICUS Celebrates International Women's Month
On March 31, 2009, U.S. Embassy Kinshasa and “AMICUS” (the association of State Department program alumni) organized a one-day seminar in observance of International Women’s Month. The seminar, one the theme of “What Future for Woman's Leadership in Democratic Republic of Congo.

Mr. Haykin and Ms. Jafee

U.S. Diplomats Talk About the Global Economic Crisis
On March 17, Mr. Stephen Haykin, the director of USAID/DRCongo, and Ms. Elizabeth Jaffee, the Economic Counselor at the U.S. Embassy Kinshasa, held a press roundtable on the current global economic situation. Mr. Haykin and Ms. Jaffee explained to a dozen Congolese print and broadcast journalists...

Steve Haykin states during the grant ceremony

USAID Strengthens the Institutional Capacity of Kinshasa Public Health School
The United States Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), has renewed its technical and financial support to the Kinshasa School of Public Health (KSPH). Nearly $1,000,000 will be invested to respond to a critical need in the DRC...

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