US Embassy Kenya: USG Employee Found Deceased at a Nairobi Hotel
13 GoingOn 14: Help Keep the Blog Going For 2021 — GFM: https://gofund.me/32671a27 There’s some tragic news out of Nairobi, Kenya. Local reports say that an employee of the US Embassy was found...
View ArticleNew Biden Nominations: DGHR, EUR, NEA, AF, IO, DS and CSO
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View ArticleU.S. Embassy Chad Now on Ordered Departure For Non-Emergency USG Employees...
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View ArticleSnapshot: State Department’s Remote Missions – YAU, VAU, @US2SOMALIA
The life of a blog has no certainty. In most cases, a blog has a lifespan better than that of a mayfly. A day. But most blogs do not make it longer than winter bees (six months). We have to-date...
View ArticleAnother ‘Coup’ in Mali, US Embassy Bamako Provides Routine Services
13 Going on 14 — GFM: https://gofund.me/32671a27 #Bamako #Mali: The security situation in Bamako is calm, the airport is operational, and the U.S. Embassy is providing routine consular services....
View ArticleSnapshot: Diplomatic Spouses Employment by Regional Bureau (2017-2020)
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View ArticleCharges Unsealed Against Former Chadian Ambassador and DCM to U.S. For...
13 Going on 14 — GFM: https://gofund.me/32671a27 On May 24, the Justice Department unsealed charges against two diplomats from Chad who were previously assigned to WashDC and Canada for international...
View ArticleHow a Small Post in Africa Gets Lost in the Shuffle
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View ArticleUS Embassy Eswatini Confirms Shots Fired at Embassy Vehicle, @USMC Augments...
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View ArticleAmbassador Eric Paul Whitaker Dedicates New U.S. Embassy Niamey in Niger
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View ArticleUS Mission South Africa to Amcits: Avoid All Non-Essential Movement #CivilUnrest
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View ArticleUS Embassy Nigeria Reduces Public Operations as a Security Precaution
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View ArticleExecutive Secretariat’s Howard A. Van Vranken to be U.S. Ambassador to Botswana
President Biden announced his intent to nominate career diplomat Howard A. Van Vranken to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Botswana. The WH released the following brief bio: Howard A. Van Vranken,...
View ArticleNominated: State/ENR PDAS Virginia E. Palmer to be U.S. Ambassador to Ghana
President Biden announced his intent to nominate career diplomat Virginia E. Palmer to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Ghana. The WH released the following brief bio: Virginia E. Palmer, Nominee for...
View ArticleAmbassador Patricia Mahoney: From Benin to the Central African Republic
President Biden announced his intent to nominate Ambassador Patricia Mahoney to be the next U.S. Ambassador to the Central African Republic. The WH released the following brief bio: Patricia...
View ArticleBiliovschi Smith v. Blinken: EFM Alleges Discrimination Under Title VII...
Via Civil Action No. 1:18-cv-03065 (CJN) For over two years, Mihaela Biliovschi Smith worked for the State Department as a Media Outreach Assistant out of the American embassy in Yaoundé, Cameroon....
View ArticleUS Embassy Conakry Issues Shelter in Place Alert, USG Condemns Military...
On September 5, the US Embassy in Conakry issued a security alert warning U.S. citizens of “ongoing potential for disruption, demonstrations, gunfire”: The events of September 5, 2021 continue to...
View ArticleNomination: Amb David R. Gilmour to be U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of...
President Biden recently announced his intent to nominate David R. Gilmour to be the next U.S. Ambassador to Equatorial Guinea. The WH released the following brief bio: David R. Gilmour, Nominee for...
View ArticleUS Amb to Rwanda Peter Vrooman to be Ambassador to Mozambique
President Biden recently announced his intent to nominate Peter Hendrick Vrooman to be the next Ambassador to Mozambique. The WH released the following brief bio: Peter Hendrick Vrooman, Nominee for...
View ArticleNomination: FSO Elizabeth Anne Noseworthy Fitzsimmons to be Ambassador to the...
President Biden announced his intent to nominate Elizabeth Anne Noseworthy Fitzsimmons to be Ambassador to the Republic of Togo. The WH released the following brief bio: Elizabeth Anne Noseworthy...
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