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Africa Braintrust, African Union, Blaise Compaoré, Burkina Faso, Congressional Black Caucus, Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud, Joseph Huggins, Karen Bass, Nii Akuetteh, Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, Somalia
I skipped work today to attend the 2013 Africa Braintrust (this was my second time in three years of DC residence). The Braintrust takes place each year during the Annual Legislative Conference of the Congressional Black Caucus and convenes a large crowd.
I entered at the end of Panel I, ‘Looking Back at 50 Years of African Independence’, but I’ll focus my summary here on the individuals cited in the subject of this post. Continue reading