Site-Wide Activity

A staggering 93.5 percent of students in the Cleveland Public School System had some exposure to lead, which even at low levels can damage a developing brain and cause educational, behavioral and health problems, […]

In a companywide message, Wells Fargo Bank CEO Timothy J. Sloan said, “When we discover a problem, we are moving to find the root cause and fix it — so we can be confident we are doing all we can to build a bet […]

Hamilton County Commissioner Stephanie Summerow Dumas (who starts her 4 term on 1.1.2019) was sworn in December 21st 2018 with FAU Board members Robert Lee Harris and Hershel Daniels Junior, who witnessed the event. 

The Economic, Social & Cultural Council (ECOSOCC) of the African Union (AU) Third General Assembly was convened in line with Article 9(3) of the ECOSOCC Statutes, which requires the General Assembly to convene in […]

The Trump administration’s new strategy for Africa is focused on three priorities advancing U.S. trade across the region, continuing to combat terrorism, and making sure U.S. money for aid is used as most e […]

President Donald Trump signed an executive order December 12 2018 creating the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council. The group, chaired by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) S […]

This December marks the 60th anniversary of the All African People’s Conference (AAPC) in Accra, Ghana. The nearly weeklong event in 1958 convened some 200 people representing 60 organisations from 27 c […]

 
Come out an celebrate the election Stephanie Summerow Dumas as the first African American Women as County Commissioner in the history of the state of Ohio and the first African American on the board of the […]

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This entry was originally published by allAfrica September 18, 2018 as a guest column:

After having the honor of serving my country as a diplomat for more than 30 year […]

Representative Bass, distinguished guests, scholars, colleagues, and friends.

I’m honored to be in the company of so many friends of Africa.

And I am especially pleased to have been i […]

Other quotes

Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.

It has been said that arguing against globalization is […]

Today we launch the US mission of the Friends of the African Union Civilian Oversight of Law Enforcement Association (FAU COLEA)  is to enhance fair and professional law enforcement responsive to community […]

The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) Financing Conference will gather developing and donor countries, multilateral organizations, civil society, private sector, and philanthropic foundations in Dakar. It […]

International Holocaust Remembrance Day, is an international memorial day on 27 January commemorating the tragedy of the Holocaust that occurred during the Second World War. 

We at FAU spent the day planning […]

Rwandan President Paul Kagame praised President Donald Trump during a bilateral meeting at the world economic forum in Davos Switzerland Friday.

“I wanted to thank you for the support we have received f […]