#CycloneIdai Affects Over a Million People in #Mozambique, #Zimbabwe & #Malawi
Ongoing rescue missions are being carried out in the flood-hit areas of Cyclone Idai in Mozambique pic.twitter.com/EZdhdaJmzx — TicToc by Bloomberg (@tictoc) March 22, 2019 .@UN teams have arrived on...
View ArticleU.S. Embassy Gabon: State/OIG’s Ode to All Things Dreadful in a Small Post
Help Fund the Blog | Diplopundit 2019 — 60-Day Campaign from June 5, 2019 – August 5, 2019 ______________________________________ For small posts in the Foreign Service, the Eagles’ ‘This could be...
View ArticleNo/No Kenyan Wife For the U.S. Ambassador to Kenya!
Help Fund the Blog | Diplopundit 2019 — 60-Day Campaign from June 5, 2019 – August 5, 2019 ______________________________________ Standing next to the most beautiful & courageous woman I know....
View ArticleU.S. Embassy Eritrea CDA Natalie E. Brown to be U.S. Ambassador to Uganda
Help Fund the Blog | Countdown: Less Than 24 Hours to Go ______________________________________ On July 30, 2019, the WH announced the president’s intent to nominate Natalie E. Brown of Nebraska, to...
View Article@StateDept Issues Revised Visa Reciprocity Fees For Nigeria
The US Embassy Abuja in Nigeria announced recently that the visa reciprocity schedule for Nigeria has changed effective August 29, 2019. The statement notes that since early 2018, the U.S....
View ArticleU.S. Embassy Maseru: A Small Post That Works Better Than Foggy Bottom’s 7th...
State/OIG recently released its review of the US Embassy in Maseru, Lesotho. Post is headed by Ambassador Rebecca Gonzales with Daniel Katz as deputy chief of mission. The full report is available...
View ArticleCareer SES Donald Wright – From HHS to US Embassy Tanzania
On Sept 30, 2019, the WH announced the president’s intent to nominate Donald Wright of Virginia, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United...
View ArticleUS Embassy Zambia: Threats Against Amb. Daniel Foote For Comments on Harsh...
Excerpt from Ambassador Foote’s statement: The Foreign Minister accused me of interfering with Zambia’s internal affairs, as he has done each time any foreign diplomat accredited to Zambia offers an...
View Article@StateDept Recalls Ambassador Daniel Foote From Zambia in Lame Response...
This is a follow-up to our post in early December (see US Embassy Zambia: Threats Against Amb. Daniel Foote For Comments on Harsh Sentencing of Gay Couple). The recall of Ambassador Daniel Foote from...
View ArticleSnapshot: ShareAmerica’s “Debt-trap Diplomacy” Narrative Via Facebook/Twitter...
Via @StateDept’s FY 2018 Annual Performance Report | FY 2020 Annual Performance Plan (PDF/p149) Key Indicator: Number of engagements generated by ShareAmerica content delivered to impact targeted...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Pandemic Howler: “No one in DC, to include S, gives AF about AF”
Update 1:14 PDT: US Embassy Pretoria’s meltdown (see below) We’ve explained previously about evacuations in the State Department’s Foreign Service posts (see New Travel Advisories and...
View ArticleDid US Embassy Bangui Go on “Ordered Departure” Without Telling Anyone?
We learned last week that the US Embassy in Bangui, Central African Republic “just went on ordered departure.” Apparently this was less about Covid19 and more about a flare-up of violence in the...
View ArticleUS v. China: Dueling COVID-19 Donations in Namibia
On March 18, the Chinese Ambassador to Namibia had an official hand-over of reportedly a thousand COVID-19 test kits donations with Health Minister Kalumbi Shangula. Kalumbi Shangula is a Namibian...
View ArticleUS Embassy Chad: Where You Can Manifest But You Can Never Leave #StuckInChad
Remember in 2017 when Trump announced new security measures that establish minimum requirements for international cooperation to support U.S. visa and immigration vetting and new visa restrictions...
View Article@StateDept Repatriation of U.S. Citizens: Top 10 Countries (As of April 5, 2020)
According to the Department of State, as of April 5 2020, 3:30 p.m. EDT, it has coordinated the repatriation of 43,116 Americans from 78 countries since January 29, 2020. The agency’s repatriation...
View ArticleUS Embassy Conakry Announces the Passing of Ambassador Simon Henshaw in Guinea
The U.S. Embassy Conakry community regrets to inform that Ambassador Simon Henshaw passed away this evening at home. We are deeply saddened and express our most heartfelt condolences to his family,...
View ArticleState/AF PDAS Geeta Pasi to be U.S. Ambassador to Ethiopia
The WH released the following brief bio: Geeta Pasi, of New York, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. Ms....
View ArticleUS Embassy Bamako Shelters in Place as Malian Soldiers Stage a Mutiny
The US Embassy in Mail issued a security alert on August 18 as unrest unfolded in the capital city of Bamako. Soldiers have reportedly detained the country’s president, as well as the prime minister...
View ArticleState/OIG Questions $201.6M in AF’s Trans-Sahara Counterterrorism Partnership...
Via State/OIG: “AF is not monitoring TSCTP contracts in accordance with Federal and Department requirements. Specifically, OIG found that contracting officer’s representatives (COR) had approved...
View ArticlePresentations of Credentials: U.S. Ambassadors to Djibouti, Ethiopia,...
13 GoingOn 14: Help Keep the Blog Going For 2021 — GFM: https://gofund.me/32671a27 Ambassador Pratt presented his credentials to @DrWorkneh today, becoming the new U.S. Diplomatic Representative to...
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