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Hawks Great Mutombo Seeks Israeli Partnership With Congo Hospital

Hawks Great Mutombo Seeks Israeli Partnership With Congo Hospital

Atlanta Hawks great Dikembe Mutombo spent the days after Thanksgiving in Israel on a trip aimed at bringing expertise from the country’s largest hospital to his native Democratic Republic of the Congo.  Mr. Mutombo, the towering center known for stiff defense in the paint, is exploring a partnership with Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer, which Read more

  • Congo, Democratic Republic of the
    • Global Health

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

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

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

  • Africa
  • Cote d'Ivoire
    • Education

Innovative University in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa, Seeks Board Members for Its Atlanta-based Foundation

Innovative University in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa, Seeks Board Members for Its Atlanta-based Foundation

An Atlanta-based foundation for the International University of Grand-Bassam (IUGB), an innovative institution in the West African country of Côte d’Ivoire, which was launched in 2007 with the support of Georgia State University, seeks board members interested in serving its mission to develop the necessary resources to make the university “a center of excellence” for Read more

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France-Atlanta Offers a New Look at Africa Through the Eyes of a New Generation of Artists

France-Atlanta Offers a New Look at Africa Through the Eyes of a New Generation of Artists

While highlighting innovation in the arts, business and science as it has done over the past decade, the France-Atlanta program this year takes a broadband look at African art featuring Francophone authors, photographers and vocal artists. Kevin W. Tucker, the High Museum of Art’s chief curator, welcomed “Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design,” at Read more

  • Africa
    • Global Health

MedShare’s Most Recent Container Bound for the Congo

MedShare’s Most Recent Container Bound for the Congo

MedShare’s global impact was clearly visible once again on Sept. 13 when more than 30 volunteers gathered at its headquarters on Clifton Springs Road to send off a shipment of medical supplies to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The Decatur-based humanitarian aid organization has delivered life saving medical supplies to 100 countries and Read more

  • Africa
    • Culture

Missionary Rescue in the Congo Recalled During Kiwanis Veterans Day Luncheon

Missionary Rescue in the Congo Recalled During Kiwanis Veterans Day Luncheon

In tribute of Veterans Day Nov. 11, Kiwanian William “Mack” Secord recalled the joint U.S.-Belgium rescue mission of white hostages and a number of Congolese whose lives were threatened 50 year ago by the violence in war-torn Stanleyville, (today known as Kisangani), in what’s now the Democratic Republic of the Congo. During a luncheon address Read more

  • Africa
    • Education

Cartersville Exhibit Links African and American Indian Symbols to U.S. History

Cartersville Exhibit Links African and American Indian Symbols to U.S. History

The work of Bernard Williams clearly shows that he is an artist fascinated by history, especially less well-known histories, such as the often forgotten role of African-Americans and other minorities in creating the modern American West.

  • Africa
    • Education

A Georgia College Student’s View of the Kongo Across the Waters Exhibit

A Georgia College Student’s View of the Kongo Across the Waters Exhibit

I would definitely recommend that anyone go see this exhibit, not only to learn about the fascinating history of the Kongo, but about how it has shaped American history and culture in innumerable ways.

  • Africa
    • Culture

Reception for ‘Kongo Across the Waters’ Highlights Atlanta Ties to the Congo

Reception for ‘Kongo Across the Waters’ Highlights Atlanta Ties to the Congo

The Carter Center is tracking mining contracts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in an effort to prevent secret deals by government and company officials to take precious minerals out of the country “for practically nothing” and with little benefit to the workers, according to former President Jimmy Carter.

  • Africa
    • Economic Development

Coffee and Cocoa Farming Coming to Life in War Torn Congo

Coffee and Cocoa Farming Coming to Life in War Torn Congo

When the movie star and director Ben Affleck testified before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee in February, he cited the Theo Chocolate Co.’s success in the Eastern Congo. It’s not easy to come up with a success story of any sort in one of the most war ravaged parts of the world where reportedly Read more

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