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Boredom as Brookings Examines the Future of the African Union

31 Wednesday Jul 2013

Posted by africaindc in DC Corridors of Power, Events, Uncategorized

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Africa Growth Initiative, African integration, Alan Spence, Amina Salum Ali, AU Ambassador to the US, bored DC interns, Brookings Institution, Marcelo Giugale, World Bank, World Bank Congo egg study

2013-07-30 15.46.11

Yesterday I (and presumably the other attendees as well) suffered through a rather pedantic set of platitudes as the Ambassador of the African Union to the US, Amina Salum Ali, a high ranking World Bank staffer, Marcelo Giugale, and a media professional, Alan Spence expounded  in the most generic ways possible (for the most part) about African development, or ‘The Next 50 years of the African Union‘, as the event was billed (there was another scheduled panelist who did not show and no explanation was provided).  In the defense of the speakers, I suppose that a vague topic results in vague observations. Continue reading →

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