November 2016

Since 1988, World AIDS Day is celebrated throughout the world on 1 December each year to mobilize people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV/AIDS ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, -When: Thursday, 1 December 2016 Where: AU Headquarters,…

WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America,  --Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Linda Thomas-Greenfield will travel to France, Mali, and Ghana from November 30 to December 9. In Paris on November 30, the Assistant…

DAKAR, Senegal, --The trial of the leader of the 2012 coup in Mali, Gen. Amadou Haya Sanogo, and 17 co-defendants, including other members of the Malian army, is set to begin on November 30, 2016, in the southern Malian town of Sikasso. The…

by Ricardo Hausmann-CAMBRIDGE – Presidential inaugurations and commencement ceremonies are usually very emotional events. They are rites of passage that mark both an end and a new beginning in the life of a country or an individual. As a…

by Hugo Drochon-CAMBRIDGE – In the French Republican party’s presidential primary on Sunday, François Fillon soundly defeated frontrunner Alain Juppé, winning close to 67% of the votes. Two weeks ago, a landslide victory for the apparent…