U.S. Embassy Abidjan Takes Journalists American Navy Ship July 16, 2019 More than 20 journalists from public and private media participated in the U.S. Navy ship visit that generated positive reports on the military and maritime partnership between Côte d’Ivoire and the United to ensure security in the Gulf of Guinea. This week long mission …
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Through the support of DanceMotion USA and the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Public Affairs Section hosted New York City-based dance group, Keigwin + Company, for 9 days in Cote d’Ivoire to broadly disseminate messages of peace, unity and social cohesion through dance programming and workshops. During their stay in Cote d’Ivoire, the group interacted …
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The U.S. Embassy in Abidjan held a media event with journalists, key government officials and private sector partners to officially launch the Embassy’s National Champions of Unity Program, a three-phase youth soccer program in partnership with Foot’attitude, a sports-based social change organization. The goal of the program is to foster tolerance, social cohesion and democratic …
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Press Release December 13, 2016 U.S. Embassy Visit to Western Cote d’Ivoire: Focus on Peace and Security ahead of Legislative Elections Abidjan – U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Andrew Haviland led a delegation to western Cote d’Ivoire from December 8-10, 2016. A region hard hit by the post electoral crisis in 2010-11, the U.S. Embassy in Abidjan …
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Wordsmith, an American hip-hop group, arrived in Côte d’Ivoire on October 23, 2016 as part of the celebration of Daniel Pearl World Music Days. Created in response to the kidnapping and murder of Daniel Pearl, a journalist of “Wall Street Journal” by extremists in Karachi, Pakistan in 2002, Daniel Pearl World Music Days is an …
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As part of the activities to mark the World Press Freedom Day, US Embassy held its monthly Book Discussion based on the Nouveaux Horizons title ”Guide du journalisme audiovisuel” by Michelle Betz. The Information Officer, Elizabeth Ategou, delivered the welcome address. The program featured two professional journalists – IVLP alumni – as panelists who outstandingly …
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