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...President this week began a tour of five countries in Africa - Benin, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ghana and Liberia - clearly selected to highlight U.S. benevolence and to showcase the sort of genuinely enthusiastic public welcome all too rare in Bush's trips abroad. At the start of his trip, Bush told reporters he wanted to draw attention to some of the success stories on a continent all too often considered one big disaster zone. The visit was about "heralding good leadership, it's heralding honest government and is focusing our help on local folks' efforts to deal with malaria and AIDS...
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...solve them. Kidjo first came to prominence in the 1980s, a time when Bob Geldof was fashioning Live Aid around the idea that music could be charity. Kidjo had an even more ambitious idea, which drew on her voodoo roots in the old African slave port of Cotonou, Benin, where she grew up: music is "the ultimate power," she explains over lunch in Paris, her adopted home in the 1980s and 1990s before she moved to New York City. "Listening to music, the color of a person disappears, language disappears. Even enemies listen to the same music...
...other actors too, the movie was more than just a job: Connelly is an Amnesty International ambassador, and Hounsou has boyhood memories of refugees fleeing war in Liberia for his country, Benin. "To put light to some of the issues," he says, "not just blood diamonds but some of the other problems, it's a great thing to do for my continent...
...will lead a study group titled “Capitol Hill 101: The Skills Needed to Succeed.” “I’m looking forward to taking in Harvard through the eyes of a Republican,” Martin said. Moose, a former ambassador to Benin and Senegal who was a top State Department official in the Clinton administration, will lead a study group on Africa. “I’m looking forward to the opportunity to share my experience in diplomatic service,” he said. IOP Director Jeanne Shaheen said that...