In line with the American Anthropological Association’s 115th Annual Meeting theme, “Evidence, Accident, Discovery,” which aims to interrogate the “underlying causes and foreseeability of violence and catastrophes” as well as how “misfortune is interpreted and causality attributed in humanly-preventable harm,” this session—Tourism in a Time of Terror, Part I: Terrorism, Politics and Violence—examines the ways in which tourism and travel impacts, and is impacted by, terror in all of its forms. By “terror,” we mean not only the current wave of militarized, religio-political terrorism that is sweeping much of the world—from Pakistan to the United States, Belgium to Kenya—but also other acute fears stemming from natural and man-made disasters: severe economic crises, migration and the immigrant “other,” nuclear meltdowns, tsunamis, and climate change. Indeed, like other global phenomena, tourism is shaped and structured by worldwide, systemic factors; while often seen as external to the objectives, goals, and processes of tourism, these “outside” forces nevertheless contribute to shaping and indeed structuring the ways in which tourism is both implemented and experienced by a range of actors. In this post-9/11 era, tourism is inexorably tied to, and shaped by, terror and terrorism: on the one hand, strong feelings of affect repel travel to lands perceived of as dangerous, radical, or contaminated; on the other hand, terrorism itself often specifically targets touristic infrastructures (busses, trains, airplanes and airports, markets, heritage sites, etc.). Yet terror also works as a compelling “mechanism of seduction” that draws the curious, adventuresome, or thana-obsessed to “dark tourism” sites of death, destruction, and historical violence. While some anthropologists examined the link between tourism and terror in the years surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the eastern United States, there is a notable gap in contemporary engagement with the issue. Complementing the ATIG-sponsored Part II, which explores affect, insecurity and disasters, this session--Part I: Terrorism, Politics and Violence--focuses on the socio-political dynamics of tourism and terror, exploring the ways in which global forms of violence and terror both condition and are conditioned by tourism. In particular, the papers here show how tourism is used by both nation-states asserting their governmentality as well as by so-called terrorists aiming to foster instability. Collectively, they examine the social, political and economic impacts of transnational terror on tourism: from jihadist terrorism and political instability in North Africa and the Middle East, to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, from Caribbean violence to Mexican and Afghani narco-terrorism (as well as the transnational so-called "war on drugs"). Together, they interrogate both the causes of the link between intentional acts of fear-creation with tourism, as well as responses by tourists and those within the tourism industry to intentional and unintentional acts of terror.

As China is poised to become the world’s largest creditor, concerns about debt sustainability have grown. Yet considerable confusion exists over what is likely to happen when a government runs into trouble repaying its Chinese loans.

The authors draw on data from the China Africa Research Initiative (CARI) to review the evidence on China’s debt cancellation and restructuring in Africa, in comparative and historical perspective. Cases from Sri Lanka, Iraq, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Angola, and the Republic of Congo, among others, point to patterns of debt relief with distinctly Chinese characteristics. In nearly all cases, China has offered debt write-offs only for zero-interest loans. There is no “China, Inc.”: for interest-bearing loans, treatment for inter-governmental debt and Chinese loans are negotiated separately, and often loan-by-loan rather than for the entire portfolio. While rescheduling by increasing the repayment period is common, changes in interest rates, reductions in principal, or refinancing are not. The authors found no “asset seizures” and despite contract clauses requiring arbitration, no evidence of the use of courts to enforce payments. Although Chinese lenders have applied Paris Club terms to some rescheduling, on the borrower’s request, Chinese lenders prefer to address restructuring quietly, on a bilateral basis, tailoring programs to each situation. Yet the lack of transparency fuels suspicion about Chinese intentions. These patterns are likely to play out as Chinese lenders and African borrowers grapple with the impact of COVID-19

Tapping into his extensive experience in public service as a former Liberian Minister for Public Works, W. Gyude Moore boldly presents one big idea - to revolutionize Africa’s roads. He paints an image worth aspiring towards- a trans-African highway which spans the length and breadth of the continent, weaving through a future with stronger connectivity and better infrastructure. The result is an exciting talk with professional examples of garnered gains and lessons learned leading to a vision of gathering the best resources to make this a reality.

Intro music - Blue Boss by Sampa the great W. Gyude Moore is a visiting fellow at the Center for Global Development. He previously served as Liberia’s Minister of Public Works and country lead on the construction and maintenance infrastructure from December 2014 to January 2018. At CGD, Moore will be exploring governance, looking at the infrastructure sector in particular. He will also focus on channels of attracting private finance into African infrastructure. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

In this recording of the online talk, Alison Wright discusses her photography and shares stories about her own extraordinary life, which includes a two-decade friendship with the Dalai Lama and a near-death experience in Laos.

Sponsored by The Vermont Women's Fund, Wright's June 25, 2020 talk is presented in connection with the exhibit "Grit and Grace, Women at Work," on view at BMAC through October 12. Curator Katherine Gass Stowe writes, “While Wright has made countless voyages around the world on humanitarian assignments, this is her passion project.”

Wright also discusses her latest work documenting the coronavirus pandemic in New York City. In a recent interview with BMAC, she explained, “Now that a crisis has come to my own city, I feel compelled to document it.” She has also recently trained her lens on the Black Lives Matter protests in New York.

Alison Wright is a National Geographic Traveler of the Year, a recipient of the Dorothea Lange Award in Documentary Photography, and the author of multiple books, including Face to Face: Portraits of the Human Spirit, Human Tribe, and the memoir Learning to Breathe: One Woman’s Journey of Spirit and Survival.

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Professor Adriano Duse, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg.

Superbugs: The 2013(14)-2016 West African Ebola Outbreak

Dr Duse is a World Health Organisation (WHO) expert on Ebola. He addressed Belfast Trust staff on 20 September 2016 as part of the SAFEtember programme.

Jessica Windham, Director of the AAAS Scientific Responsibility, Human Rights and Law Program, gives opening remarks to kickoff the 2019 AAAS Science, Technology and Human Rights Conference. Keynote Alfred Brownell speaks

Harvey K. Shue presents Part 2 of 'Lessons From Liberia' which was produced in 2007. Shue went to Liberia and was inspired to raise awareness and help the people of Liberia through film.

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This report analyzes the political economy opportunities and constraints of domestic resource mobilization on the road to self-reliance. CSIS, in partnership with DAI, conducted research in Kampala, Uganda and Monrovia, Liberia to assess the current political and economic conditions affecting DRM reform efforts. Uganda and Liberia were selected because both are low-income countries struggling to expand their respective tax bases, increase tax-payer morale, have equitable tax administrations, and implement reforms to mobilize more domestic resources. Many of the constraints in both countries relate to transparency, corruption, underdeveloped systems and low capacity of tax authorities. However, many of the constraints are more political in nature, including a lack of support in parliament, outsized influence of the elite, entrenched bureaucratic interests, resistance from the private sector, unpopular changes to legislation and general distrust of government by civil society.

This report offers a fresh perspective for U.S. policymakers and other development agencies on how they can better partner with developing country governments on the shared goal of increased DRM, focusing on addressing the political economy opportunities and constraints to increasing the impact of development efforts.
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Liberia’s continued lack of transparency poses a significant threat to the health of the country’s fledgling democracy. Lamii Kpargoi evaluated Liberia’s Freedom of Information Law, outlined challenges to its effective implementation, and identified major obstacles to access to information in Liberia. For more about this event: bit.ly/1ZKRe74

In February, in celebration of Black History Month in the United States, Dr. Howard W. French joined us for a conversation on his latest book Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World In a conversation with Lawrence Jones, EEI Vice President for International Programs, Dr. French gives insights from the book and reframes world history that has, perhaps intentionally, obliterated the role of Africa in the creation of modernity. He puts Africa and Africans at the very center of the origins of modernity to discuss the region's future potential with regards to the energy transition and the creation of new value chains.

With young and expansive human potential, untapped renewable energy, and critical mineral reserves, several African countries are well-poised to become key players in the global energy transition. What critical roles will Africa play in the global energy transition? How could Africa become a new global epicenter of value-added supply chains? What are the opportunities for innovation with the region's underexplored human capital so that their contributions will be in future histories alongside other historical figures?

Howard W. French is the author of four works of non-fiction, including most recently Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War (Norton - Liveright, 2021) which was selected as one of the best books of the year by the Financial Times. His previous book, Everything Under the Heavens: How the Past Helps Shape China's Push for Global Power (Knopf 2017), was named as a notable book of the year by The New York Times and the Guardian. Since 2008, French has been a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Prior to that, for over two decades he was a senior writer and foreign correspondent for The New York Times.

Every year the World Health Organization observes World Mental Health Day in the month of October. To mark this occasion, the Institute of Global Health Equity Research (IGHER) at the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) hosted an event to discuss child and adolescent mental health under the patronage of the Honorable Dr. Tharcisse Mpunga, the Minister of State in the Ministry of Health.

The first part of the event was organized around the Launch of the Rwandan Program and its method to screen the risk of depression among school children. The second part was a webinar that discussed the Impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents. This event engaged speakers from the Ministry of Health, WHO, Africa CDC, UGHE, RBC, CHUK, and expert psychiatrists from around the world.

The speakers discussed two important subjects, a reliable and easy-to-use, rapid depression screening tool and the effects of COVID-19 on children and adolescent’s mental health. The event offered an opportunity for speakers to share evidence, promising practices, and lessons learned on children and adolescent mental health in different countries as well as what different institutions are doing to strengthen the leadership and advocacy for children and adolescent mental healthcare.

Development co-operation actors address partnerships and actions to enable civil society to respond to crises and development needs.

It’s the fourth edition of the Africa Resilience Forum, organized by the African Development Bank. The theme of this year’s forum is; Covid-19 and Beyond: Working Together for a Resilient Continent. Key stakeholders, both public and private sectors gather for the 2-day event to discuss policies and ways to support Africa around conflict prevention, and build the needed resilience post COVID-19. In attendance are Akinwumi Adesina, President, African Development Bank Group, Moussa Faki, Chairperson, African Union Commission, and several African heads of state. This panel discussion will focus on The Security, Economic Growth and Investment Nexus: Innovative Solutions for Mitigating Vulnerability and Fragility.

STL History Live brings you fascinating stories about St. Louis. These programs include a 20- to 30-minute presentation followed by a brief Q&A. This event originally premiered on January 14, 2021.

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Celebrated at various times throughout the country, Emancipation Day represents African Americans’ freedom from the bondage of slavery. It gives a voice to those who were once enslaved and honors their lives and contributions to American society. A representative from Greenwood Cemetery will talk about those who lived in or around the St. Louis region during Missouri’s emancipation.

Cash assistance has been a popular response to the COVID-19 crisis, with 340 programs introduced by 156 countries since March 2020. While cash transfers have been shown to be effective for poverty relief in many settings, the pandemic poses a range of new challenges for cash. For example, can cash transfers help people to cope when a pandemic hits on top of the lean season when people are already going hungry? How does cash assistance affect food security and public health behavior within refugee populations, who may be uniquely vulnerable to COVID-19? To what extent do universal basic income programs help beneficiaries navigate unforeseen shocks? Did COVID-19 disrupt markets in rural areas, and to what extent did cash cushion the blow?

On December 18, 2020, this webinar shared findings from three evaluations that consider these questions and assess the impacts of cash transfers on recipients’ socioeconomic well-being in Kenya, Uganda, Liberia, and Malawi within the context of the pandemic.

Panelists and Discussion Topics
-- Caroline Teti, Director of Recipient Advocacy, GiveDirectly, presented on GiveDirectly’s ongoing work in Uganda, Kenya, Liberia, and Malawi, and how operations have shifted amidst the pandemic to provide immediate relief to households through cash transfers.
-- Tavneet Suri, Associate Professor of Applied Economics, MIT, discussed a new study on universal basic income (UBI) in Kenya during the pandemic that considers past UBI recipients’ levels of hunger, health, and mental health during the crisis.
-- Heather Lanthorn, Associate Director, IDinsight, discussed interim findings from IDinsight’s ongoing evaluation of the impact of cash transfers from GiveDirectly in the Kiryandongo refugee settlement in Uganda.
-- David Sungho Park, PhD Candidate in Economics, University of California, Santa Cruz, presented a new working paper that examines how the COVID disruptions have affected poor rural areas of Liberia and Malawi, and the relationship between past cash transfers and recipients’ present food security.
-- Rachel Strohm, IPA Social Protection Program, moderated a discussion and Q&A following the presentations.

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Key strategies to travel safely during the COVID 19 pandemic: What are the current COVID 19 travel restrictions for people living in the United States? How safe is air travel/flying during COVID? How do I optimize safety and convenience while traveling or flying during a pandemic? Where can I find the latest coronavirus safety information on COVID travel and restrictions?

This presentation by Kyle Allred, PA was recorded on February 23, 2021, at the National Conference on Wilderness Medicine: https://wilderness-medicine.com/
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00:00 Safe (and convenient) travel during a pandemic
00:39 Why do we travel?
02:33 Travel restrictions and COVID-19 test requirements
05:15 Timing of your COVID-19 test with your travel plans
06:08 How and where to get your COVID-19 test when traveling?
09:04 Providing proof of your negative test to your airline
09:54 Region-specific restrictions throughout the US
11:00 Relative safety of air travel during COVID-19 pandemic
14:10 HEPA filters and SARS-CoV-2
18:00 Portable HEPA filters for travel
19:38 Ventilation and filtration recommendations and considerations
20:57 Mask considerations while traveling: balance comfort and effectiveness
22:29 TSA Pre-Check to mitigate transmission risk in long security lines
23:25 Helpful resources and websites when planning travel and staying up-to-date on restrictions
27:26 Consider using travel insurance for trips during COVID-19 pandemic
28:36 Using CDC website for information as a traveler and/or clinician


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Amid historic political transitions and complex conflicts in the Horn of Africa, women are playing a crucial role in efforts to reach peace agreements and set foundations for democratic governments in the region. There’s resounding evidence that this sort of meaningful involvement of women helps advance lasting peace — but despite efforts to build a more inclusive approach to peacebuilding, women remain underrepresented in official peace processes.

On March 27, USIP hosted a conversation with two prominent women, peace and security champions from the Horn of Africa on the sidelines of the U.S. Summit for Democracy. The discussion looked at the role of women’s inclusion and participation in advancing democratic political transitions to achieve sustainable peace.

For more information about this event, and to join the live audience Q&A, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/wo....mens-leadership-peac

Speakers:

Lise Grande, introductory remarks
President and CEO, U.S. Institute of Peace

Michael Hammer, welcoming remarks
Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa

Filsan Abdi
Founder, Horn Peace Institute and Nabad Project

Fauziya Abdi Ali
President, Women in International Security – Horn of Africa

Susan Stigant, moderator
Director of Africa Programs, U.S. Institute of Peace

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Daily Press Briefing: UNESCO, Haiti, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq, Liberia, DSG Travels, Climate, Health, Press Conference Tomorrow

Briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

HIGHLIGHTS:
- UNESCO CHIEF VOICES ‘PROFOUND REGRET’ AT U.S. DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM U.N. BODY
- IN LAST BRIEFING TO SECURITY COUNCIL, U.N. ENVOY HIGHLIGHTS ACHIEVEMENTS IN HAITI BUT SAYS “ONLY INITIAL STEPS”
- U.N. POLITICAL CHIEF TO VISIT MYANMAR
- U.N. TO BUILD 10,000 LATRINES FOR ROHINGYA REFUGEES IN BANGLADESH TO AVOID DISEASE OUTBREAK
- CIVILIAN CASUALTIES REMAIN NEAR RECORD HIGH LEVELS IN AFGHANISTAN – U.N. MISSION
- SYRIA: VIOLENCE IN DEIR EZZOUR DESTROYS U.N.-BACKED VACCINE COLD ROOM – UNICEF
- IRAQ: ONE YEAR AFTER START OF MOSUL MILITARY CAMPAIGN, OVER 670,000 STILL DISPLACED – U.N. RELIEF OFFICIAL
- SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PEACEFUL HOLDING OF ELECTIONS IN LIBERIA
- DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TO TRAVEL TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
- U.N. ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF CLIMATE SOLUTIONS AWARDS
- HEAD OF WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION APPOINTS NURSE TO SENIOR TEAM

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Sierra Leone is a country in West Africa, on the Atlantic Ocean. It’s known for the white-sand beaches lining the Freetown Peninsula. The capital city, Freetown, commemorates the nation’s slave-trade history with the Cotton Tree landmark and King’s Yard Gate. Both were known as places of refuge for returned slaves in the 18th and 19th centuries. Nearby Bunce Island was a key departure point during the slave trade. In this video, we examine the history of this wonderful county.

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WATCH: Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield Keynote Address in Ghana on Global Food Security Crisis

Linda Thomas-Greenfield, US ambassador to UN, delivers speech on global food security crisis at the University of Accra during a trip to Ghana.

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