Jobs In Botswana
The United States Diplomatic Mission To Nigeria: Information Section - Crossroads - CPAO's Note
Citibank has maintained an important presence in Africa since 1958, and has become one of the region’s largest financial institutions devoted to corporate banking services, according to the OPIC statement. The company has full corporate banking operations in 17 African countries and also provides corporate finance services to an additional 36 countries outside of sub-Saharan Africa. ... Throughout OPIC’s 30-year history, it has supported $142 billion worth of investments that have enabled developing nations to generate $11 billion in revenues and create over 673,000 jobs for their citizens. OPIC projects have also had an impact in the U.S., generating $64 billion in U.S. exports and creating over 253,000 jobs.¤ ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Peace Corps on Front Lines of Global HIV/AIDS Education
With 33 percent of adults in Botswana infected with HIV/AIDS, the disease is the greatest problem affecting the people of that country, according to the Peace Corps Web site. Volunteers there are training teachers and community members in how to prevent infection and working with in-school and out-of-school youth to raise their awareness of the disease. ... In another sign of the agency's expansion, the Peace Corps November 12 announced that volunteers will begin serving in Mexico in 2004. Those volunteers will work in information technology, small business development and science, the agency said. ... [Read More]
AGOA Successes and Challenges in Target Sectors
In the southern Africa region, since 2002, for instance, Lesotho has seen the opening of twelve new apparel factories and the expansion of eight existing plants, resulting in the creation of 25,000 new jobs. Now, for the first time, manufacturing employment in Lesotho exceeds government employment, and Lesotho has become the second largest exporter of manufactured products to the U.S. from Sub-Saharan Africa.In Namibia, new textile and apparel investments totaling $300 million resulted in 10,000 jobs. In South Africa, AGOA has been d ... [Read More]
USTR Zoellick to Discuss Regional Free Trade Agreement on Visit to South Africa
WASHINGTON - The proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and the five member countries of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) will be the main focus of U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick's January 13 visit to South Africa. Zoellick will meet in Pretoria with the Trade Ministers of Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland to discuss a roadmap and timetable for forthcoming FTA negotiations. Discussions will begin in February, with U.S. and SACU officials meeting to plan the negotiating process and develop an effective negotiating framework. Additionally, U.S. trade capacity funds will assist SACU countries in identifying their technical negotiating needs. "Today we are opening a new era – we are embarking with these FTA negotiations on a path to mutual economic growth and to ... [Read More]
Communique: First SADC-U.S. Forum, Gaborone, Botswana
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Botswana
The Prisons Act grants relatives, lawyers, magistrates, and church organizations the right to visit prisoners for "rehabilitative purposes;" however, the Commissioner of Prisons has the authority to decide whether domestic and international human rights organizations may visit. Independent monitoring of prison conditions by human rights groups, the media, or the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) generally was allowed if these organizations sought permission from the Commissioner of Prisons; however, sometimes permission was denied. The BCHR was denied access to visit Lehlohonolo Bernard Kobedi, a Lesotho national sentenced to death for the murder of a police officer, following the organization's criticism of the executions of four convicted murderers (see Section 1.a.). The ICRC visited some prisons in September. d. Arbitrary Arrest, Detention, or Exile The Constitution prohibits arbitrary arrest and ... [Read More]
AGOA FORUM HIGHLIGHTS U.S. COMMITMENT TO AFRICAN PROSPERITY - "Gaborone Botswana"
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WESTWOOD INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL TO RECEIVE US$6 MILLION IN OPIC FINANCING FROM U.S. GOVERNMENT FOR BUILDING PROJECTS - "Gaborone Botswana"
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Job Opportunities - "Gaborone Botswana"
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