SAVE THE DATE!! 3rd Annual Pan African Global Trade & Investment Conference (PAGTC) October 18 - 19, 2012 California State University Dominguez Hills
The Decade of the African Diaspora (January 1, 2010 - December 31, 2020)
For PAGTC 2012 Information Packet contact:
Al Washington, Conference Organizer 626.321.7041 or alwash9727@aol.com www.panafricanglobaltradeconference.com
Tell the US Government that North Africa is Africa Too!
oin with and support the United Africa Organization’s campaign to petition the U.S. Department of State to include the whole African continent under its Bureau of African Affairs.
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Why? The State Department’s Bureau of African Affairs, led by Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, currently
excludes Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia and Western Sahara from its agenda. Instead, the aforementioned countries are grouped with the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, together with Iran, Iraq, Israel and others. This artificial distinction between North Africa and the rest of Africa negatively impacts US foreign policy relations throughout the entire continent of Africa. We unequivocally reject the argument that North African countries are outside the scope of African affairs. North Africa is geographically and historically part of the African continent, and all fifty-three (53) independent African states, including North African countries, are represented in the
African Union (AU). It would be far more productive for the State Department to engage with the entire continent of Africa, including North Africa, under its Bureau of African Affairs. We are one Africa, from the Cape to Cairo, indivisible and bound together! Therefore, no square inch of African land should be excluded from African affairs.
Sign The Petition!!! Go to www.change.org/petitions/ one-africa-tell-us-state-departmentthat-north-africa-is-part-of-africa and sign the online petition to support this important proposition. Next tell everyone you know to sign.
87 September 2012 Black Business News www.blackbbusinessnews.net
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