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Latest News/Events:
Dr. Sanders on China's CCTV discussing the June 2015 African Union Summit and issues facing the Continent important for the Summit to address. She highlights that the AU needs to be able to better translate their resolutions on the ground, and also have a more flexible, quick reation to both new and ongoing crises, and also add more focus to the African migrant issue. Click the link to listen to her comments on CCTV's "The Heat," news magazine show
http://www.cctv-america.com/livenews
Amb. Sanders articles on Nigeria's recent election & Inauguration of President Buhari
http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/nigeria-s-place-in-africa-s-democratic-growth-striving-to-be-a-more-perfect-union/210718/
http://blogitrrs.blogspot.com/2015/06/nigerias-new-president-lays-out-buhari.html
Amb Sanders speaks out on Al Jazeera America on the anniversary of the kidnapping the 247 Chibok girls, highlighting the work of the #bringbackourgirls effort role in keeping issue alive and also as an umbrella campaign for all young girls affected by the Boko Haram insecurity in the Northeast of Nigeria. http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/live-news/2015/4/one-year-later-the-girls-abducted-by-boko-haram-are-still-not-found.html
CEO-FEEEDS Sanders partnered with Gallup Poll and Allafrica.com on Post Nigerian Election Event, April 9, 2015. The event highlighted polling data on Nigeria's 2015 elections on critical issues important to the voter, and the challenges ahead for the nation. It also examined critical issues for the African electorate writ large given the 14 elections upcoming in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2015. These include Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea, Libya, Mauritius, Niger, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Zambia. The new @the FEEEDS Index polling data launched at the event will be posted on The Africa Post in the coming week. @the FEEEDS Index is powered by Gallup Analytics. See the following articles related to FEEEDS activities related to the Nigerian 2015 elections and the hallmark FEEEDS-Gallup-Allafrica.com April 9, 2015 event:See the following articles related to the event and to Sanders' participation as an election observer for Nigeria's election:
FEEEDS Key Nigerian Election Media Articles:
1.) FEEEDS-Gallup-Allafrica Post-Nigerian Election April 9 Program - Successful Unique Event; Polling Data Highlights Voters Views; @The FEEEDS Index Launched: http://allafrica.com/stories/201504081819.html
2.) FEEEDS-Gallup-Allafrica pre-event article by Sanders & Loschky: Big Chance and Challenges Post Election - Survey
3.) Ambassador Sanders Huffington Post article: Nigeria's Election: A Seismic Political Shift:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amb-robin-renee-sanders/post_9231_b_7007658.html
Ambassador Sanders on Al Jazeera English (AJE) from Doha discussing Nigeria's March 28, 2015 election issues, calls for non-violent "free and fair election" with an outcome believable by the Nigerian voters. Click here to see news show: https://app.box.com/s/bl702gw65stlbsfvm79l5gqhg9pnjm66
Clip of Ambassador Sanders Nigerian Election Interview on Channels TV https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FTpp0RNu0C8
Ambassador Sanders Discusses Nigeris's postponed elections on Al Jazeera America https://ajam.boxcn.net/s/j92ypznh5arvpnnjyzofbp1z0ebmkaq8
Dr. Sanders comments on postponement of Nigeria's February 14, 2015 elections http://we.tl/hBQmVlDgT5
Amb. Sanders on China Television providing FEEEDS perspective on AU-Mugabe, Nigeria's 2015 Elections, AU Force on Boko Haram
http://www.cctv-america.com/?p=35220
Smithsonian African Art Museum Hosts Dr. Sanders' Washington, D.C. Book Launch February 10
Ambassador Sanders discusses recent December 14 Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria's Borno State, killing 60, and kidnapping both young girls and boys on Al Jazeera America's December 19 morning news http://ajam.boxcm.net/s/5pb8e84e22x72cnbytey
Ambassador Sanders' apearance on Nigeria's Channels TV's leading news magazine show, Sunrise Today, December 6, 2014 on current tension in the US-Nigeria relationship (Sanders' clip begins at minute 7:53-12:50 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O32vXzaFCx8)
Dr. Sanders' Uli Book Launch, Big Hit in Nigeria - See Media Clips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX6lX0PL874
Ambassador Robin Sanders discusses the November-December 2014 uptick in Boko Haram attacks in Northern Nigeria, and bombing in the country's largest Muslim city, Kano on Al Jazeera America's "Consider This," show. Dr. Sanders highlights the need for Nigeria's military to further adjust to asymmetrical warfare and move away from the peacekeeping and Niger Delta play books that are their framework. Sanders, who is currently in Nigeria, personally expressed her sorrow on the bombing to the Emir of Kano whom she had worked with before during his pre-Emir life as Governor of Nigeria's Central Bank. Click here to see Ambassador Sanders on "Consider This." http://alj.am/121umqH
Ambassador Robin Sanders HuffPost Article: US-Africa Relations, Key Elements Following US-Africa Summit http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amb-robin-renee-sanders/post_8574_b_6111610.html
Ambassador Sanders Gives Keynote Speech at Gannon University on Elements of US-Africa Relations Following the Historic US-Africa Summit; & Lectures on Key Role of Africa in Current Global Landscape
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http://www.erietvnews.com/story/27159870/former-ambassador-speaks-on-us-africa-relations
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http://www.goerie.com/former-us-ambassador-to-present-gannon-lectures
See Ambassador Sanders on MSNBC: Food Security-Ebola Nexus- http://www.msnbc.com/the-cycle/watch/fighting-ebola-on-a-global-level-343674947959
Ambassador Sanders on CCTV (China Cable Television) discusses current Ebola crisis and next steps that need to be addressed and focused on to stop the spread in the U.S. and West Africa. Sanders served in Republic of Congo during three Ebola outbreaks and notes lessons learned: http://www.cctv-america.com/category/the-heat
Dr. Sanders is a featured go-to-speaker on Great Black Speakers Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/GreatBlackSpeakers
October 26-31, 2014 - Visiting Scholar Gannon University www.magazine.gannon.edu
October 14-18, 2014 - Human Rights Watch Session, New York
October 10, 2014 - Speaker - Songhai Model - Climate Smart Food Security, World Bank Annual Mtgs
October 9, 2014 - U.S. Trade Representative Session
October 9, 2014 - Speaker on Financial Inclusion at World Bank Annual Mtgs
October 8, 2014 - Roundtable with Valerie Jarrett, Washington, DC
Aug-Sept 2014
Dr. Sanders US-Africa Summit 2014 & Ebola Issues Media Clips
Ambassador Sanders provides Al Jazeera America with Updates on Boko Haram: https://ajam.boxcn.net/s/sor41ailatj8d012z1s2
Al Jazeera America’s The Stream, August 4, 2014: https://ajam.app.boxcn.net/s/1alna2ufwyicblvayvn6
Al Jazeera America News 8:30 am August 5, 2014 interview: https://ajam.app.boxcn.net/s/qz1z3nvmp7fuey4gdthy
Al Jazeera America’s The Stream, August 4, 2014 : https://ajam.app.boxcn.net/s/1alna2ufwyicblvayvn6
CCTV (China Cable TV):
http://www.cctv-america.com/2014/08/05/second-american-aid-worker-with-ebola-arrives-in-us-for-treatment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEQIM5D1r7Q
NPR Boston - 90.9
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2014/08/06/ambassador-sanders-ebola
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FEEEDS Highlighted in Allafrica.com July 30 for White Paper on Upcoming US-Africa Summit from Gallup July 10 Forum
http://blogitrrs.blogspot.com/2014/07/feeeds-highlighted-in-allafricacom-for.html
Amb. Sanders on ARISE TV Discusses Upcoming US-Africa Leaders Summit http://www.arise.tv/headline/arise-review-20-07-7483
Amb. Sanders on AJAM - Wither Chibok Girls 100 Days Later https://ajam.boxcn.net/s/0b1eqv2cwu9n4e6o64wj
August 2014 - Dr. Sanders to attend several official US-Africa Summit events, including on Food Security and AGOA
August 2014 - CEO-FEEEDS opening, along with others, AGOA CSO Network Conference
July 2014 - Amb. Sanders, CEO-FEEEDS co-host first pre-US-Africa Summit Forum with Gallup Poll, Allafrica.com, and Africa Society at Gallup Headquarters
July 2014 - Ambassador Sanders moderates Congressmawoman Bass Town Hall Breakfast on Boko Haram issues
Ambassador Sanders Notes Historic Nature of Upcoming US-Africa Leaders' Summit http://blogitrrs.blogspot.com/2014/07/us-africa-leaders-summit-lets-ensure.html
FEEEDS-Gallup and Partners Launch 1st Forum Ahead of US-Africa Leaders' Summit http://allafrica.com/stories/201407140001.html?aa_source=mf-hdlns
Ambassador Sanders Underscores Importance of Keeping Boko Haram Issue at Cong. Bass' Congressional Town Hall: Press Release http://t.co/llqprxX7Ps; Video from event http://1.usa.gov/1mmwwUD; Images from event http://bit.ly/1tYvA2I
CEO - FEEEDS Ambassador Sanders Key Partner in Gallup Poll Africa Forum with allafrica.com http://allafrica.com/stories/201407030033.html
June 2014 - Sanders testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Africa Sub Committee on Nigeria and Boko Haram Issues
Ambassador Sanders on Al Jazeera June 30, 2014 on Boko Haram unabated attacks and kidnapping
https://ajam.app.boxcn.net/s/2eg9s5oh9i5d55w41kbf
Dr. Sanders on Boko Haram - Highlights Northeast Nigerian Vigilante Groups as Elements on FEEEDS' Human Rights Watch List:
http://www.blogitrrs.blogspot.com/2014/06/boko-haram-continues-unabated-nigerias.html
Dr. Sanders on New York City June 24 WNYC Radio Program on Abuja & Kano Bombings:
http://www.thetakeaway.org/story/new-kidnappings-show-boko-haram-not-fazed-international-threats/
Ogebe, Sanders, Others Testify Against Boko Haram Before US Congress
http://leadership.ng/news/374288/human-rights-leaders-testify-boko-haram-us-congress
Dr. Sanders submitted U.S.Testimony on Boko Haram (#BringBackOurGirls):
http://blogitrrs.blogspot.com/2014/06/amb-sanders-june-11-2014-us-congress.html
FEEEDS-CEO Testifies Before US Congress June 11, 2014 on Boko Haram Issues:
http://blogitrrs.blogspot.com/2014/06/us-congress-notice-june-11-2014.html
FEEEDS-CEO Discusses US-Africa Trade at Philadelphia's African-Caribbean Business Roundtable June 2014
May 2014 - Sanders Testifies before House Foreign Affiars Sub Committee on Situation in Central Africa Republic
May 2014 - Nigeria Trip for Worls Economic Forum, Visits to Economic Development Projects
Importance of Regional Integration Remarks @ US-Africa Trade Conference, May 2014, Miami
Amb. Sanders on Nigeria's ChannelsTV - SME's Leaders & Diaspora Issues Missing From WEF Agenda:
http://www.channelstv.com/2014/05/10/u-s-envoy-calls-for-more-foreign-investment-in-nigeria/
Ambassador Sanders on MSNBC - Interview on Boko Haram, #BringBackOurGirls, May 15, Live from Lagos
Ambassador Sanders on MSNBC 11:30 am EST May 15 on Boko Horam Video, US Assistance
Ambassador Sanders on BBC Boko Haram, #BringBackOurGirls, Notes Types of Assistance Nigeria Needs (interview starts midway, after report on South Sudan):
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/newshour
Sanders on Bloomberg News May 9, 12:30 pm Abuja Time
Ambassador Sanders on Diane Rehm Show on Nigerian Abducted Girls, May 8, 2014:
http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2014-05-08/update-nigerian-schoolgirl-abduction
Ambassador Sanders on VOA Straight Talk Africa Program on Boko Haram Abduction of Girls (#BringBackOurGirls) May 7, 2014:
http://www.voanews.com/media/video/straight-talk-africa/1899827.html?z=0&zp=1
Ambassador Discusses Abduction of Young Nigerian Girls; US Assistance-Live from Abuja:
http://www.thetakeaway.org/story/us-joins-search-missing-nigerian-girls/
Sanders' testimony on CAR before the U.S. Congress Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Initiative, May 1, 2014:
http://blogitrrs.blogspot.com/2014/05/sanders-testifies-before-us-congress-on.html
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Publications/Books: Dr. Sanders Book Out Now! - The Legendary Uli Women of Nigeria. Click on Tab in Menu or go to webpage link below for more information: http://www.ambassadorsanders-uliwomen.com
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1.) Blog articles:
African Legislatures in African Democracies: The Need to be More Transformative & Transactional
http://blogitrrs.blogspot.com/2014/03/african-legislatures-in-african.html
2.) Press Releases:
FEEEDS CEO, Ambassador Robin Renee Sanders Appointed Chairperson of U.S. Export-Import Bank’s Advisory Committee on Africa, USTR’s Trade Advisory Committee for Africa, and, Global CSO Network Advisor for the African Growth and Opportunity Act
Press Release_Trade Advisory Committee for Africa_Apr2014.docx
Ambassador Sanders, CEO FEEEDS Receives Advocacy Impact Award from African Leadership Magazine
http://blogitrrs.blogspot.com/2014/03/ambassador-sanders-ceo-feeeds-receives.html
3.) Jan-April 2014 Highlights
Ambassador Sanders Highlights Issues Nigeria faces with Boko Haram April 2014 Attacks
https://ajam.box.com/s/0k9apgs2n2z57if1v4zd
Ambassador Sanders discuss 20th Anniversary-Rwanda Genocide on Al Jazeera
https://ajam.box.com/s/r49fsm1cgbtaslyad07u
FEEEDS Advocacy Initiative & Operation HOPE Co-Host Key 2014 World Bank Civil Society Forum on New Technologies & Financial Literacy Tools for Global At-Risk Communities
FEEEDS Advocacy Initiative & Operation HOPE Co-Host Key 2014 World Bank Civil Society Forum
Dr. Sanders Discusses Conflict on CAR on VOA
http://www.voanews.com/media/video/straight-talk-africa/1830923.html?z=0&zp=1
Sanders on AlJazeera panel of Central African Republic
http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/inside-story/Insiders/2014/2/18/can-france-and-theafricanunionbringpeacetocentralafricanrepublic.html
4.) November-December 2013 Highlights:
Lagos Media coverage of FEEEDS/Sanders on SME development:
Sanders's interview with Nigeria's Business Day - on Nigeria's Economic Development http://businessdayonline.com/2013/11/nigeria-is-in-a-fairly-good-position-on-economic-growth/
YouTube Video: Bank of Industry Empowers Entrepreneurs - Nov 6, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnsLOfLN368
Business Day: BOI, Western Union, others foster financial growth for SMEs - Nov 7, 2013 http://businessdayonline.com/2013/11/boi-western-union-others-foster-financial-growth-for-smes/
Older Media Links:
Click on media menu tab above for older clips on: AlJazeera, VOA, etc
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