U.S. first lady Michelle Obama addresses a women leaders’ forum in Soweto, South Africa on Wednesday. The U.S.-sponsored Young African Women Leaders Forum brings together women from across sub-Saharan Africa who are leading or involved in social and economic initiatives in their own countries. Mrs. Obama arrived in South Africa this week. On Tuesday, she […]
First Lady Obama to Address Young African Women
Posted June 22nd, 2011 at 6:15 am (UTC-5)
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US First Lady Visits Nelson Mandela in Africa
Posted June 21st, 2011 at 8:10 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday paid a previously unannounced visit to former South African president Nelson Mandela at the beginning of a tour of southern Africa. Mrs. Obama met with the 92-year-old anti-apartheid icon at his home in Johannesburg. The wife of U.S. President Barack Obama was accompanied by the couple’s two daughters […]
US First Lady Visits Nelson Mandela in Africa
Posted June 21st, 2011 at 2:30 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday paid a previously unannounced visit to former South African president Nelson Mandela at the beginning of a tour of southern Africa. Mrs. Obama met with the 92-year-old anti-apartheid icon at his home in Johannesburg. The wife of U.S. President Barack Obama was accompanied by the couple’s two daughters, […]
UN: West African Drug Trafficking Is More Sophisticated
Posted June 21st, 2011 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
A top United Nations official says drug traffickers are using a more sophisticated system to smuggle drugs from West Africa to Europe. Alexander Schmidt, the West African head of the U.N. Office on Drug Crime, says the amount of cocaine seized in western Africa has gone down, suggesting that smugglers are repositioning drug routes and […]
US First Lady Obama Tours Africa
Posted June 21st, 2011 at 10:20 am (UTC-5)
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama is in Johannesburg, South Africa where she met Tuesday with anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela. Mrs. Obama met with the 92-year-old former president at his home, after visiting the offices of the Mandela Foundation. While there, the Obama family viewed archival items such as Mr. Nelson’s prison desk and notebooks. The […]
First Lady Obama Begins Weeklong African Visit
Posted June 21st, 2011 at 5:50 am (UTC-5)
She will also meet with groups fighting AIDS. Mrs. Obama will speak to young women at a U.S.-sponsored forum focusing on social and economic initiatives in sub-Saharan Africa. She will close her trip with a two-day visit to Botswana. The Africa trip is Mrs. Obama’s second official overseas trip without her husband, following a visit […]
UN: More Midwives Could Save Millions of Lives
Posted June 20th, 2011 at 4:35 pm (UTC-5)
A United Nations report says training more midwives in developing countries could save up to 3.6 million lives each year, especially in Africa. Researchers from the U.N. Population Fund found that eight African countries and Haiti need to increase their number of midwives by as much as 15 times in some cases. The African countries […]
Michelle Obama in Africa to Address Youth
Posted June 20th, 2011 at 3:50 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama is in Africa for a week-long trip focused on youth empowerment. Mrs. Obama and her daughters Malia and Sasha arrived in Pretoria, South Africa Monday night. The first lady said she will encourage young Africans to become leaders in solving the continent’s problems, such as poverty, disease, and climate change. […]
UN: More Midwives Could Save Millions of Lives
Posted June 20th, 2011 at 1:55 pm (UTC-5)
A United Nations report says more midwives in developing countries could save up to 3.6 million lives each year, particularly in Africa. Researchers from the U.N. Population Fund found that nine countries, all but one of them in Africa, need to increase their number of midwives by a factor of six to 15. Those countries […]
Michelle Obama Heads to Africa to Address Youth
Posted June 20th, 2011 at 11:55 am (UTC-5)
(Updates with new info in grafs 3, 7, 8. writethru )) U.S. first lady Michelle Obama is on her way to Africa for a nearly week-long trip focused on youth empowerment. Mrs. Obama is accompanied by daughters Malia and Sasha. They are set to arrive in Pretoria, South Africa late Monday. Before departing, the first […]
