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...aspirations and expectations of the women. I must ensure their expectations are met. I must open the doors for other women. And people want me to go and speak, to tell of my experiences. I find myself so crowded, trying to represent the women of Liberia, the women of Africa, sometimes even the women of the world. I enjoy being out there, telling people women are going to change the world. But at times I wish I was granted some benign neglect...
...basic needs met. All of our institutions restored. Liberia can become a post-conflict success story, along the lines of Rwanda and Mozambique. That's our target. Ten years, and we should be where Rwanda is today. [It's part of a pattern] across the continent. Africa is growing equal to or better than all the other regions. Whereas we had military rule and dictatorships, today we have 18 or 19 functioning democracies. Look at how we have gone from [a stance of] non-interference in our internal affairs to respect for the principle of the responsibility to protect...
...about to leave the chairmanship of Indian tech company Infosys for a government post, speaks of "tactical coupling" and "strategic decoupling." That is, nobody could escape the short-term effects of a global crisis, but the basic BIC growth story still holds. (See pictures of China doing business in Africa...
...Committee (IOC) will meet in Copenhagen to decide the host city for the 2016 Summer Games. Officials from Chicago, which is competing against Rio de Janeiro, Madrid and Tokyo for the Olympic prize, are working feverishly to perfect their pitch down the homestretch. The Chicago delegation just returned from Africa, where it made a presentation to the Olympic executives of that continent. President Obama himself sent a video message, asking the Africans for their vote...
...Biography Matters During the campaign, Obama told American voters that his election as the first black President of goatherd ancestry and foreign upbringing could itself change geopolitical dynamics. Since his election, he has been working hard to make good on that promise, aggressively marketing his background. In Africa, he spoke about the colonialist mistreatment his Kenyan grandfather faced, and in Cairo he talked about his childhood in Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation. He presents himself internationally as he does domestically, as an embodiment of meritocratic achievement that can happen in free and open societies. "I have...