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-12/31/12 On the Occasion of the Republic of Sudan's National Day

-12/27/12 Temporary Suspension of U.S. Embassy Bangui Operations; Acting Deputy Spokesperson Patrick Ventrell, Office of the Spokesperson

-12/21/12 Attack of an UNMISS Helicopter in South Sudan; Acting Deputy Spokesperson Patrick Ventrell, Office of Press Relations

-12/21/12 UNSC Adoption of Resolution on Mali; Acting Deputy Spokesperson Patrick Ventrell, Office of the Spokesperson

-12/20/12 Rwandan Planning Minister Convicted of Genocide by ICTR; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-12/18/12 Daily Press Briefing - December 18 (DRC, Rwanda)

-12/18/12 The United States Announces Next Facilitator of the Congo Basin Forest Partnership; Office of the Spokesperson

-12/17/12 Daily Press Briefing - December 17 (Mali)

-12/13/12 Special Adviser for Global Youth Issues Zeenat Rahman To Travel to Uganda and Zambia; Office of the Spokesperson

-12/12/12 Daily Press Briefing - December 12 (Africa, Mali)

-12/12/12 United States of America and Seychelles Initial Open Skies Agreement; Office of the Spokesperson

-12/11/12 Burkina Faso National Day

-12/11/12 Daily Press Briefing - December 11 (Sudan/SSudan, Ethiopia, Mali)

-12/11/12 On the Occasion of the Republic of Kenya's National Day

-12/11/12 Statement on the Forced Resignation of Interim Prime Minister Diarra; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-12/10/12 Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia Meets in New York; Office of the Spokesperson

-12/04/12 Burkina Faso Parliamentary and Local Elections; Deputy Spokesperson Mark C. Toner, Office of the Spokesperson

-12/03/12 International Representatives of Secretary Clinton's Strategic Dialogue with Civil Society Participate in U.S. Leadership Exchange; Office of the Spokesperson

-11/30/12 Central African Republic National Day Message

-11/30/12 Daily Press Briefing - November 30 (Rwanda, DRC)

-11/13/12 Focusing on Transnational Organized Crime and Criminal Justice Topics (Botswana, Tanzania, Zambia); Office of the Spokesperson

-11/13/12 Joint Statement on Presidential and Parliamentary Elections in Sierra Leone; Office of the Spokesperson

-11/13/12 Special Advisor for Children's Issues Travels to Ghana; Office of the Spokesperson

-11/12/12 High-Level Meetings on Issues in the Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Africa, and the Western Hemisphere; Office of the Spokesperson

-11/07/12 Daily Press Briefing - November 7 (Mali)

-11/07/12 Republic of Seychelles Conviction of Pirates; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-11/07/12 U.S. Department of State Announces South Sudan Basketball Coach Visit U.S.; Office of the Spokesperson

-11/06/12 Expulsion of UN Human Rights Investigator in South Sudan; Acting Spokesperson Mark C. Toner, Office of the Spokesperson

-11/04/12 Under Secretary of State Wendy Sherman's Travel to Somalia; Office of the Spokesperson

-11/02/12 Renewal of Sudan National Emergency; Office of the Spokesperson

-10/22/12 Assistant Secretary Hammer To Travel to Uganda, Kenya, and South Africa; Office of the Spokesperson

-10/22/12 Assistant Secretary Richard Travels to Kenya and South Sudan; Office of the Spokesperson

-10/16/12 U.S. Department of State's 2012 Global Food Security Seminar for Fulbright Students From Around the World; Office of the Spokesperson

-10/15/12 NeXXt Scholars Matriculate at U.S. Women's Colleges To Pursue STEM Careers (Nigeria); Office of the Spokesperson

-10/15/12 U.S. Department of State Announces Follow-on Training for the African Women Entrepreneurs Program; Office of the Spokesperson

-10/09/12 Uganda National Day Message

-10/03/12 Accomplishments at the Human Rights Council 21st Session; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-10/03/12 Capture of Kismayo From Al-Shabaab; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-10/03/12 Daily Press Briefing - October 3 (Mali)

-10/01/12 Guinea National Day

-09/28/12 Anniversary of the 2009 Massacre at a Pro-Democracy Rally in Guinea; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-09/27/12 Signing of Agreements between Sudan and South Sudan

-09/21/12 2012 Secretary's Award for Corporate Excellence Finalists Selected (Rwanda, Angola); Office of the Spokesperson

-09/21/12 Ethiopia's Selection of New Leadership; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-09/19/12 United States and Mali Extend Agreement to Protect the Archaeological Heritage of Mali; Office of the Spokesperson

-09/14/12 Daily Press Briefing - Sept. 14 (Sudan)

-09/13/12 Freedom Online Conference Launches Digital Defenders Partnership; Office of the Spokesperson

-09/12/12 Kenya - Tana River Violence; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-09/11/12 Daily Press Briefing - September 11 (Ethiopia, Somalia)

-09/11/12 Statement on the Election of New Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud

-09/05/12 Culinary Experts Visit U.S. To Explore American Food Culture; Office of the Spokesperson

-09/04/12 Swaziland National Day Message

-09/04/12 U.S. Department of State Honors Grace Ihejiamaizu of Nigeria as State Alumni Member of the Month; Office of the Spokesperson

-08/21/12 The Passing of Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi

-08/17/12 Government of Sudan's Release of Detained Protesters; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-08/16/12 Economic Conference on South Sudan; Office of the Spokesperson

-08/16/12 Live Chat on Africa

-08/14/12 Sudan: Rudwan Dawod Trial (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesperson

-08/13/12 Republic of Congo's National Day

-08/07/12 Joint Statement on the 2012 South Africa-United States Strategic Dialogue; Office of the Spokesperson

-08/06/12 Daily Press Briefing - August 6, 2012

-08/06/12 Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesperson

-08/05/12 Cote d'Ivoire Independence Day

-08/03/12 State Department to Lead Business Trade Mission to South Africa; Office of the Spokesperson

-08/02/12 Adoption of Somalia's Provisional Constitution

-08/01/12 Benin National Day

-08/01/12 Daily Press Briefing - August 1 (South Sudan, Sudan)

-08/01/12 Niger National Day

-07/30/12 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton To Travel to Africa; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-07/27/12 President Traore's Return to Bamako; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-07/26/12 Assistant Secretary Richard Travels to Burkina Faso and Geneva; Office of the Spokesperson

-07/26/12 PEPFAR Launches Labs For Life with Partners; Office of the Spokesperson

-07/26/12 Ugandan Little League Team (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesperson

-07/25/12 Convening of Somalia's National Constituent Assembly; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-07/25/12 Liberia National Day

-07/25/12 PEPFAR Announces $5 Million for Together for Girls Partnership; Office of the Spokesperson

-07/24/12 Statement on the Passing of Ghanaian President John Evans Atta Mills

-07/14/12 Ethiopian Court's Sentencing in Anti-Terrorism Trial; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-07/12/12 Assistant Secretary for African Affairs Johnnie Carson To Travel to AU Summit; Office of the Spokesperson

-07/12/12 Daily Press Briefing - July 12 (Mali)

-07/11/12 Destruction of Muslim Shrines in Timbuktu; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-07/11/12 Sao Tome and Principe National Day

-07/10/12 Concern About Government of Sudan Response to Demand for Democracy; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-07/10/12 Daily Press Briefing - July 10, 2012 (D.R.C.)

-07/10/12 U.S. Department of State Announces Soccer Envoy Program in Ethiopia; Office of the Spokesperson

-07/09/12 State Department Encourages West African Entrepreneurs; Office of the Spokesperson

-07/08/12 The Republic of South Sudan's Independence Day

-07/05/12 Daily Press Briefing - July 5 (Mali)

-07/03/12 Apps4Africa: Winners in Southern Africa Contest; Office of the Spokesperson

-06/30/12 Burundi National Day

-06/30/12 Democratic Republic of the Congo National Day

-06/30/12 Findings of the Group of Experts; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-06/30/12 Rwandan National Day

-06/30/12 Somalia's National Day

-06/27/12 Ethiopian Court's Conviction of Eskinder Nega; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-06/27/12 State Department Holds Closing Events of the Innovation Summit and Mentoring Partnership With Young African Leaders in Chicago June 29-30; Office of the Spokesperson

-06/27/12 United States and Sierra Leone Initial Open Skies Agreement; Office of the Spokesperson

-06/26/12 Crackdown on Demonstrators in Sudan; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-06/26/12 Daily Press Briefing - June 26 (Ghana)

-06/22/12 U.S. Participates in International Mission to the Economic Community of West African States to Promote Cooperation on Counternarcotics Assistance; Office of the Spokesperson

-06/20/12 World Refugee Day

-06/19/12 Crackdown on Demonstrators in Sudan; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-06/19/12 Daily Press Briefing - June 19 (Uganda)

-06/12/12 Secretary Clinton To Deliver Opening Remarks at the U.S.-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation (AGOA) Forum; Office of the Spokesperson

-06/11/12 South Africa Reduces Iranian Crude Oil Purchases

-06/08/12 Lesotho's Elections

-06/08/12 U.S.-Africa Business Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio

-06/07/12 2012 U.S.-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum; Office of the Spokesperson

-06/07/12 Daily Press Briefing - June 7 (Zimbabwe)

-06/07/12 Rewards for Justice - al-Shabaab Leaders Reward Offers; Office of the Spokesperson

-06/06/12 Daily Press Briefing - June 6 (Nigeria)

-06/06/12 Refugee Crisis in South Sudan; Deputy Spokesperson Mark C. Toner, Office of the Spokesperson

-06/06/12 Situation in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo; Deputy Spokesperson Mark C. Toner, Office of the Spokesperson

-06/05/12 Daily Press Briefing - June 5 (Nigeria, Zimbabwe)

-06/05/12 State Department Hosts Innovation Summit and Mentoring Partnership With Young African Leaders; Office of the Spokesperson

-06/04/12 Plane Crash in Lagos

-06/01/12 Largest Ever Gathering of the U.S.-Nigeria Binational Commission

-06/01/12 U.S.-Nigeria Binational Commission to Engage on Governance, Regional Security, Energy, and Agriculture; Office of the Spokesperson

-05/30/12 Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson To Travel to Istanbul; Office of the Spokesperson

-05/30/12 Daily Press Briefing - May 30, 2012

-05/25/12 Ethiopia's National Day

-05/25/12 Political Situation in Mali; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-05/25/12 Welcoming the Results of the Consultative Meeting of the Somalia Roadmap Signatories; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-05/21/12 President Joyce Banda's First Six Weeks; Acting Spokesperson Mark C. Toner, Office of the Spokesperson

-05/03/12 Somalia Political Process; Deputy Spokesperson Mark C. Toner, Office of the Spokesperson

-05/02/12 Humanitarian Assistance for Mali (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesperson

-05/01/12 Attack on Church Services at Bayero University in Kano, Nigeria

-05/01/12 Daily Press Briefing - May 1 (Mali)

-04/27/12 International Security and Nonproliferation Bureau Hosts Kenyan Delegation; Office of the Spokesperson

-04/27/12 Kick-Off of Seventh Annual Fortune/U.S. State Department Global Women's Mentoring Partnership; Office of the Spokesperson

-04/26/12 The Verdict in the Charles Taylor Trial at the Special Court for Sierra Leone; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-04/24/12 Daily Press Briefing - April 24 (Sudan, South Sudan)

-04/23/12 On the Attack on South Sudan by Sudan; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-04/23/12 Sports Visitors from Kenya and Nigeria To Participate in Track & Field Program

-04/20/12 Daily Press Briefing - April 20 (Sudan, South Sudan)

-04/19/12 Daily Press Briefing - April 19 (Guinea-Bissau)

-04/19/12 Intellectual Property Training Programs Funded; Office of the Spokesperson

-04/19/12 U.S. Embassy in Lusaka, Zambia Receives LEED® Silver Certification Award; Office of the Spokesperson

-04/18/12 Daily Press Briefing - April 18 (Sudan, South Sudan, Nigeria)

-04/17/12 Daily Press Briefing - April 17 (South Sudan, Guinea Bissau)

-04/17/12 Zimbabwe National Day

-04/16/12 Daily Press Briefing - April 16 (Sudan, South Sudan)

-04/14/12 Military Violence in Guinea-Bissau; Deputy Spokesperson Mark C. Toner, Office of the Spokesperson

-04/12/12 Interim President of Mali Sworn-in; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-04/11/12 On the Increased Military Attacks Between Sudan and South Sudan; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-04/11/12 Women Fulbright Students From Sub-Saharan Africa To Attend Leadership and Re-entry Seminar in Austin, Texas; Office of the Spokesperson

-04/10/12 Los Angeles-based Dance Company Jazz Tap Ensemble Tours Africa With U.S. Department of State's DanceMotion USA(SM); Office of the Spokesperson

-04/09/12 Daily Press Briefing - April 9 (Nigeria, Mali)

-04/09/12 New President of Malawi; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-04/07/12 Commemoration of 18th Anniversary of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide

-04/06/12 18th Commemoration of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide; Acting Spokesperson Mark C. Toner, Office of the Spokesperson

-04/06/12 Assistant Secretary Carson To Speak on U.S. Engagement With Nigeria; Office of the Spokesperson

-04/06/12 The Political and Security Situation in Mali; Acting Spokesperson Mark C. Toner, Office of the Spokesperson

-04/03/12 Daily Press Briefing - April 3 (Mali)

-04/03/12 Senegal National Day

-03/29/12 Humanitarian Assistance to Sahel Region

-03/27/12 Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations Announces LEED® Silver Certification for U.S. Embassy in Antananarivo, Madagascar; Office of the Spokesperson

-03/27/12 Central African Regional Workshop on Wildlife Trafficking and Dismantling Transnational Illicit Networks, April 3-5 in Libreville, Gabon; Office of the Spokesperson

-03/27/12 Daily Press Briefing - March 27, 2012

-03/27/12 In Olympic Year, U.S. Department of State, National Basketball Association Partner to Engage Underserved Youth Worldwide; Office of the Spokesperson

-03/26/12 Assistant Secretary Fernandez to Speak on Partnership for Growth at the Center for Global Development; Office of the Spokesperson

-03/26/12 Daily Press Briefing - March 26, 2012

-03/26/12 Presidential Elections in Senegal

-03/26/12 Trans-Regional Crack Cocaine Symposium; Office of the Spokesperson

-03/26/12 Under Secretary Sherman to Speak on Africa's Economic Potential at the United States Institute of Peace; Office of the Spokesperson

-03/23/12 Daily Press Briefing - March 23, 2012

-03/22/12 Daily Press Briefing - March 22, 2012

-03/22/12 On Violence in Southern Kordofan and Negotiations Between Sudan and South Sudan; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-03/22/12 Situation in Mali; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-03/21/12 Daily Press Briefing - March 21, 2012

-03/21/12 Kavango Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area Launch; Office of the Spokesperson

-03/20/12 Daily Press Briefing - March 20, 2012

-03/20/12 Namibia's National Day

-03/19/12 Daily Press Briefing - March 19, 2012

-03/16/12 Daily Press Briefing - March 16, 2012

-03/16/12 ICC Conviction of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-03/15/12 Daily Press Briefing - March 15, 2012

-03/14/12 Daily Press Briefing - March 14, 2012

-03/13/12 Sudan: Status of Sudan Economic Conference (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesperson

-03/13/12 U.S. Department of State Announces Expansion of TechWomen to Africa; Office of the Spokesperson

-03/12/12 Daily Press Briefing - March 12, 2012

-03/12/12 Mauritius' National Day

-03/08/12 Daily Press Briefing - March 8, 2012

-03/08/12 Passing of Congressman Donald Payne; Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson, Bureau of African Affairs

-03/06/12 Republic of Seychelles Prosecution of Suspected Pirates; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-03/06/12 Somalia: U.S. Assistance to the Transitional Federal Government (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesperson

-03/06/12 U.S. Department of State Announces Basketball Sports Exchange with South Africa; Office of the Spokesperson

-03/05/12 Daily Press Briefing - March 2 (Republic of Congo)

-03/05/12 Expression of Condolences to Those Affected by Sunday's Explosions in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo

-03/05/12 Ghana's Independence Day

-03/02/12 Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Sherman to Visit Africa; Office of the Spokesperson

-03/01/12 Daily Press Briefing - March 1, 2012

-03/01/12 On the Violence along the Sudan-South Sudan Border; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-02/24/12 Daily Press Briefing - February 24, 2012

-02/22/12 Daily Press Briefing - February 22 (Senegal)

-02/22/12 U.S. Government Hosts Meeting with International Partners to Coordinate Counternarcotics and Anti-Crime Assistance in West Africa; Office of the Spokesperson

-02/21/12 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's Travel to the United Kingdom, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-02/14/12 Ongoing Electoral Process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC); Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-02/13/12 Assistant Secretary of State Kerri-Ann Jones to Travel to Ethiopia, Tanzania, and Kenya

-02/13/12 Daily Press Briefing - February 13, 2012

-02/13/12 U.S. Science Envoy Gebisa Ejeta Travels to Ethiopia and Tanzania; Office of the Spokesperson

-02/10/12 Daily Press Briefing - February 10, 2012

-02/09/12 Daily Press Briefing - February 9, 2012

-02/08/12 Daily Press Briefing - February 8, 2012

-02/06/12 International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting

-02/02/12 Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson to Lead Energy Trade Mission to Africa; Office of the Spokesperson

-02/02/12 Daily Press Briefing - February 2, 2012

-02/02/12 Statement on the Situation in the North of Mali; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-02/01/12 Daily Press Briefing - February 1, 2012

-01/30/12 Daily Press Briefing - January 30 (Senegal)

-01/30/12 Deputy Secretary Burns Completes Week-long Trip to Africa; Office of the Spokesperson

-01/27/12 Daily Press Briefing - January 27, 2012

-01/27/12 Guinea: Status of Legislative Elections (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesperson

-01/26/12 Daily Press Briefing - January 26, 2012

-01/25/12 Reports of U.S. Citizen Kidnapped in Northern Somalia (Taken Question); Office of the Spokesperson

-01/24/12 Daily Press Briefing - January 24, 2012

-01/24/12 Deputy Secretary of State Burns to Travel to Africa January 26-30, 2012; Office of the Spokesperson

-01/24/12 Nigeria: Attacks in Kano and Bauchi State; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-01/23/12 Daily Press Briefing - January 23, 2012

-01/23/12 Kenya: Confirmation of International Criminal Court Charges; Office of the Spokesperson

-01/21/12 On the Sudan - South Sudan Oil Negotiations; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-01/20/12 United States to Engage With Nigeria on Regional Security; Office of the Spokesperson

-01/19/12 Apps4Africa: Winners In East Africa Contest; Office of the Spokesperson

-01/18/12 U.S. Department of State Welcomes Teachers on International Leaders in Education Program; Office of the Spokesperson

-01/17/12 Daily Press Briefing - January 17 (Togo, Cote d'Ivoire, Southern Kordofan)

-01/17/12 United States Dedicates New Embassy Compound in Monrovia, Liberia; Office of the Spokesperson

-01/13/12 Daily Press Briefing - January 13 (Liberia, Togo, Cote d'Ivoire, Cape Verde)

-01/13/12 Secretary Clinton To Travel to Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo, and Cape Verde; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-01/13/12 Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Present the 2011 Awards for Corporate Excellence; Office of the Spokesperson

-01/10/12 Daily Press Briefing - January 10 (Nigeria)

-01/10/12 Passing of Bissau-Guinean President Malam Bacai Sanha; Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland, Office of the Spokesperson

-01/09/12 Daily Press Briefing - January 9, 2012

-01/09/12 U.S. Department of State Announces Second International Sports Exchange with the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Office of the Spokesperson

-01/06/12 Daily Press Briefing - January 6 (South Sudan)

-01/05/12 Daily Press Briefing - January 5 (DRC)

-01/03/12 U.S. Department of State Honors Consolata Ndayishimye of Burundi as State Alumni Member of the Month; Office of the Spokesperson

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