Podcast & webcasts 2013

Remarks, statements & interviews on issues of regional interest, mostly created by the Africa Media Hub and made available as video and sound files

June

• U.S. counterterrorism initiative for nations in western Africa: Department of State’s Rewards for Justice program (06/03/2013)

May

• Briefing with Under Secretary Sonenshine to mark World Press Freedom Day (05/02/2013)

April

• The Millennium Challenge Corporation
  A press briefing (podcast) with CEO Daniel W. Yohannes (04/16/2013)
• U.S. Government’s War Crimes Rewards Program
  A two session telephonic  press conference with Stephen J. Rapp, Ambassador-at-Large, Office of Global Criminal Justice, U.S. Department of State in English and French. (04/04/2013)  

March

• Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson briefing on General Bosco Ntaganda
  "Bosco Ntaganda is one of the most notorious rebel leaders in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.  He voluntarily walked into the U.S. Embassy in Kigali on March 18th.  We were unaware of his presence in Kigali until he arrived at our Embassy.  We allowed him to enter the Embassy compound, and he immediately asked to be transferred to the custody of the ICC in The Hague." (03/20/2013)
• Briefing on the Situation in Mali and Regional Cooperation by U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Mali, Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard, and U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Terence P. McCulley
  An update on political, security and humanitarian developments in Mali and ECOWAS’ African-led International Support Mission to Mali (AFISMA) force and its role. (03/15/2013)
   

February

• United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah provides a readout of his February 21st trip to Somalia.
  Administrator Shah discusses USAID's USAID’s goals going forward, current programming in the country, which includes both humanitarian assistance and innovative community driven development projects that have had a positive effect on communities across Somalia. 
  (02/28/2013) 
• The Crisis in Mali: U.S. Interests and the International Response
  Hearing before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs . Testimony:
  Johnnie Carson, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, U.S. Department of State.
  Ms. Amanda Dory, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense (02/14/2013) 
• Finding a Lasting Solution to Instability in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Conversation with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Johnnie Carson
  Over the last decade, the United States and much of the world has reengaged with the government and the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the hope of promoting security and development. Despite these efforts, the DRC continues to face serious political, security and development challenges. (Brookings Institute, 02/12/2013) 
• The upcoming Kenyan elections: Briefing by Assistant Secretary Johnnie Carson
  "These elections are vitally important to that country's future.  Kenya has been a long standing friend and partner of the United States and probably our closest partner in East Africa..." (02/07/2013) 
• President Obama calls on all Kenyans to commit to free, fair and peaceful elections
  This is a moment for the people of Kenya to come together, instead of tearing apart. If you do, you can show the world that you are not just members of a tribe or ethnic group, but citizens of a great and proud nation. (02/05/2013)

January

• Rewards for Justice – Reward Offers in USAID Murders Case 
  Briefing by Assistant Director for Threat Investigations and Analysis, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Robert A. Hartung and Earl W. Gast, Assistant Administrator for Africa with the U.S. Agency for International Development (01/09/2013)