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U.S. Ambassador Announces Scholarships at Caring for Congo Gala

November 22, 2018

U.S. Ambassador Michael Hammer, newly confirmed to his post in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, visited Atlanta in September for the annual Caring for Congo gala, a fundraiser in support of former Atlanta Hawks’ center Dikembe Mutombo’s hospital in the country. According to a wrapup of the event published by the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation, Mr. Read more

Metro Chamber Annual Meeting: Workforce Key to City’s Global Growth, Local Prosperity

November 30, 2018

If there’s one word beyond all the sloganeering that defined the Metro Atlanta Chamber’s annual meeting Thursday, it might be “mirror.” Representatives of a range of companies, from BlackRock to Pandora, intimated on stage that they located in Atlanta partly because it’s an emerging tech hub, but mostly because they could see their culture and[Read More…]

Dutch Consul to Stress Communication, Connectivity in New Atlanta Posting

November 29, 2018

Even before officially taking up his posting, Dutch Consul General Ard Van der Vorst has taken to riding a Lime electric scooter around the streets of Midtown Atlanta. It’s a way to explore new territory while still making it on time to meetings, he told Global Atlanta in an interview Wednesday after the Dutch government announced that the Atlanta consulate would[Read More…]

Opinion: Bloody Week in Afghanistan Brings Back Memories of Never-Ending War

October 19, 2018

News from yesterday that Gen. Abdul Raziq, age 39, the Afghan police chief responsible for security in southern Afghanistan, was killed during a meeting at the Governor’s Palace in the province of Kandahar, brought back many memories: Indeed, my final meeting with senior Afghan officials several years ago involved Gen. Raziq and took place in the same compound where he[Read More…]

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