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Here is a pool report on the Dr. Biden's visit to Gambia.   She is in Africa on a three-continent visit focusing on anti-gender issues and education. This pool report comes from  Perpetual Sichikwenkwe from the Times of Zambia newspaper. Her report follows, below. Dr. Jill Biden.   Photo/ Organizing for Action website. U.S. second lady arrives in Zambia's capital city Lusaka, for a two d ay official visit At exactly 22:20 p.m. Tuesday , the U.S. Military Aircraft number 50932 carrying Dr. Jill Biden, the wife to U.S. vice president Joe, touched down at Kenneth Kaunda International Airport in Lusaka, the Zambian capital city. Dr Biden who is on a three day visit to Africa is accompanied by United States Agency for International Development (USAID)Administrator Rajiv Shah, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women Issues, Catherine Russell and other officials. Dr. Biden, clad in pink and white emerged from the aircraft with her granddaughter Finnegan Bid...

"The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights"  Gloria Steinem Just two months after the world celebrated International Women's Day , we find that more than 200 Nigerian girls have been kidnapped and thought to be sold by the infamous   Islamic Jihadist group, Boko Haram . Nigeria is calling for the help of all nations to help in finding and releasing the young girls, many of whom are under the age of seventeen. During conversations at yesterday's White House press briefing, the subject of what the United States is doing to assist Nigeria in the search and rescue efforts to find the missing girls and bring them home, Press Secretary Carney stated, " What I can tell you is that we view what has happened there as an outrage and a terrible tragedy.  The President has been  briefed  several times and his national security team continues to...

The president met today with Nigeria's president Goodluck Jonathan where the two discussed the Nigeria's latest regional and global developments.  The two also discussed U.S. and Nigerian bilateral partnership. President Obama met in the Oval Office today with Nigeria's President, Goodluck Jonathan. Photo/CD Brown. Goodluck became Nigeria's 14th president last month. He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). On 13 January 2010, a federal court handed him the power to carry out state affairs while President Umaru Yar'Adua received medical treatment in a Saudi Arabian hospital. A motion from the Nigerian Senate on 9 February 2010 confirmed these powers to act as President, in recognition of her opinion. On 24 February 2010, Yar'Adua returned to Nigeria, but Jonathan continued a...

Official visit continues the First Lady’s work engaging youth at home and abroad First Lady Michelle Obama announced that she will travel to Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa and Gaborone, Botswana during an official visit to Africa from June 21 – 26 focused on youth leadership, education, health and wellness. The trip is a continuation of Mrs. Obama’s work to engage young people at home and abroad, from mentoring students in the United States and encouraging them to gain international experience, to encouraging young people to excel academically, serve, and lead during her visits to Brazil, Chile, El Salvador, India, Mexico and the United Kingdom.  Accompanying Mrs. Obama on this trip will be her mother, Mrs. Robinson and her daughters, Malia and Sasha Obama. This visit to two critical countries will underscore that the United States has an important stake in the success of Africa's many nations and underscore the historic connections between the American people and tho...