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Why theres yet again no winner for a major african award for leadership. Three foreign aid workers remain in captivity somewhere in Northern Syria tonight. Three were released after they were all abducted by an unoccupied group. Colleagues and friends at icrc headquarters in geneva had been waiting ally. When it came, it was bittersweet. Because some are still being held. Despite the abduction, the red cross insists its business as usual. This will not see us suspending our operations in syria. Even yesterday we were helping displaced people, in rural damascus. Despite this unfortunate inciden...

Provinces. They give me a better feel, and actually get a better feel than the embassy gets. Whether our government will be able to continue working with them, i dont know. Its going to be the difficulty of getting out there. Ch and thats a serious problem. Thats why i so much encourage, you know, helping the ngos in afghanistan, whether its on oversight or green issues, health issues. Because theyre the ones with the eyes and ears. Theyre out there. Theyre community based. Thats what were going to have to rely on. And were toying with an idea to yutz the ngos. To be our eyes and ears to monit...

Dollars. From the American Enterprise institute, this is just over an hour. Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Im arthur brooks, president of the American Enterprise institute. And were delighted to welcome all of you today to this event, entitled poverty to prosperity. So, this is bill gates. Thank you. With his wife, melinda, hes the cochair and cofounder of americas largest private foundation, the bill and Melinda Gates foundation. They work to reduce poverty and expand health care overseas and to improve education here in the United States among other things. Previously, he was the chair...

So let me ask you about that intransigent set of problems that we have in u. S. Education. And i understand that there are certain problems that you can you can eradicate the guinea worm. You cant necessarily eradicate ignorance. Here at aei were trying to improve the Free Enterprise system. That doesnt mean well be done at some point. I mean, thats just the nature of social enterprise as i understand. Here in washington, d. C. , we talk about Public Education all the time. This is the capital of the free world. We should have the best education system, and it should be an exemplar to the whol...

Dakar and London, 13 June 2024 - The Mo Ibrahim Foundation is pleased to announce the 2024 class of Ibrahim Leadership Fellows, which will see three emerging African leaders participate in one-year mentoring programs at leading multilateral institutions. The incoming Fellows are Hanae Rharnit, from Morocco, who will join the African Development Bank (AfDB); Veronica Rhobi Masubo, from Tanzania, who will join the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA); and Terfa Ashwe, from Ni