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TENTH ANNUAL U.S. AFRICA SISTER CITIES CONFERENCE

With the Washington, D.C./Dakar, Senegal Friendship Council serving as host, the U.S. Africa Sister Cities Organization held its Tenth Annual Conference in Washington, D.C., April 25-29, 2001. The Capitol Hill Holiday Inn was Conference headquarters for sixty-five registered delegates who represented five African nations and 30 U.S. cities. Workshops focused on the history, economic resources and international relations of five selected African nations: Angola, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Morocco and Zimbabwe. The topics were presented by the delegates and moderated by the Ambassadors of the respected country or their representative in the House of Representatives Rayburn Office Building on Capitol Hill. Other topics with speakers included Citizen Exchanges, Debt Relief and HIV AIDS.

The delegates attended a reception as guest of District of Columbia Mayor Anthony Williams where he presented a Proclamation to DC-Dakar Capital Cities Friendship Council.

The next DC-Dakar general membership meeting will be on September 19, 2001, 6:45 PM, at Africare.

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