By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Peace Corps said Saturday it was suspending operations in Jordan, where some U.S. Embassy personnel and family...
Tough call in one of many hot spots around the globe. Could be a bad precedent that would encourage enemies of the US to assassinate one or more US officials...
Hi everybody, I noticed this mailinglist is very quiet, but I like to introduce myself anyway. My name is Nadine and I come from Holland. I subscribed to this...
Welcome to our site, Nadine. Some practical advice from one who was in Mikongo this June: 1. Hold off traveling to Mikongo until, at least, June. January ...
Hi Bob, Thanks for the welcome and the practical advice! My idea was to go in march and stay for at least a year. But...I got a message today that because of...
As mentioned in my previous post, check out Odzala National Park or Ndoki National Park in the Congo. If these don't pan out, there always is the Bronx Zoo!...
Alexander, Congratulations to your former students from Mékambo and to you for your service. Tangible results of Peace Corps service, normally, are hard to...
Smithsonian shows photos of Congo from 1800s to independence With AP Photos WX1-2 By CARL HARTMAN Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A century ago a...
According to an article on Telecommunications which was published in African Decisions (Oct-Dec), phone use is changing. Today Gabon is the second highest...
Maybe a little misleading. It's true that cellphones (and cellphone receptions) are universally available throughout Gabon but it's not like in the US where...
http://www.mbendi.co.za/proj/p0p6.htm A hundred villages in Gabon are to receive maintenance free decentralised power supply systems developed by Siemens. The...
http://biz.yahoo.com/rm/021229/kenya_election_8.html Gabon's president, Omar Bongo, has been in power for 35 years and will be in office through 2005. As I...
President declares Gambia and the Congo eligible for trade benefits CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) — President Bush has deemed two additional African countries —...
Hello friends and happy new year to all!! Would you mind telling me if "Zipi Zu" is a protagonist of a traditional african story? What means "Zipi Zu"? Is a...
Probably the most important article on American foreign policy that has been recently written: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/05/magazine/05EMPIRE.html ...
Well that's a really difficult situation. I don't no what to say... I can understand the school's ideas, but I must say I don't agree. Greetings, Nadine...
I know this article is not Gabon related. But it is war related, and certainly interesting and worth the read. Shuttle tragedy is page-one news in Baghdad,...
Mandela's closing statement: "...the problems are such that for anybody with a conscience who can use whatever influence he (or she) may have to try to bring...
We Gabon I PCVS (1962-64) joined the Peace Corps well prior to the Viet Nam war. We joined for a wide variety of reasons not the least was the Kennedy-inspired...
Hi all, I am in the process of making a web page about my PC days and would love to have a collection of links to any of the volunteers out there who have...
Nice web site Micheal. I added it to the "Links" page. As you can see, I used one of your great photos on the front page of this site. You have a special...
