CHIEFS OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS MET WITH CNE TO DISCUSS ELECTION ISSUES

Chiefs of Diplomatic Missions with CNE

Chargé d’Affaires Todd Chapman joined 16 other Chiefs of Mission to discuss election issues with the CNE on September 10, 2009.  Read the transcript of his remarks here.  For additional clarification contact the Press Section, U.S. Embassy Maputo at 84 3286410 or 21 491916.

View the press release on the elections from the G19, of which the United States is an Associate Member here.

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA NOMINATES
LESLIE V. ROWE AS U.S. AMBASSADOR TO THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE

Ambassador Leslie V. Rowe

The U.S. Embassy is pleased to announce that on September 12, 2009, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Leslie V. Rowe to be U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Mozambique.  A respected career diplomat with broad experience, Ambassador Rowe has previously served as the U.S. Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu from September 2006 until July 2009.  Her previous posting was as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, the largest U.S. Embassy in Sub-Saharan Africa. more

Charge d'Affaires Visits Maputo

Charge d'Affaires Todd Chapman

greeting children at the IMAGINE

Orphans and Vunerability Facility

Charge d'Affaires Todd Chapman visited USG-funded projects in Maputo province on September 10, including the IMAGINE Orphans and Vulnerable Children program, Maputo Central Hospital's biosafety program, and the National Immunology Reference Laboratory.  He also gave a speech to students and faculty at the political science department of Universidade Eduardo Mondlane and an interview with Thumba Sound, an HIV Prevention partner funded by the U.S. government. See additional pictures of Charge d'Affaires visit to Maputo province.

 

Ramadan Greetings from Chargé d’Affaires Todd C. Chapman

On behalf of the embassy, I send warm greetings and best wishes to Muslims observing Ramadan all across Mozambique.

During these days of fasting, prayer, and worship, as you strengthen family and community ties and share God's gifts with those in need, we hope that the compassion and service called for by Islam will spread among all faiths and cultures.  Islam is a source of profound strength and guidance for millions of Mozambicans and Americans alike.

We commend you for the many contributions that you make to this country, just as Muslim Americans make our country stronger through their generosity, talents, and compassion.

We send our best wishes. Ramadan Mubarak. See Charge d'Affaires, Todd Chapman video - Ramadan greeting message

DEPARTMENT OF STATE'S SPORT ENVOY PROGRAM

Teresa Edwards and Tracy Murray in Maputo

Through the U.S. Department of State’s Sports Envoy program, four-time Olympic gold medalist Teresa Edwards and NBA Champion Tracy Murray brought their skill and basketball style to hundreds of coaches, players and fans in Mozambique from August 29 – September 2. Through a series of clinics with players and coaches in Maputo, Matola and Beira, the U.S. Government and the U.S. National Basketball Association (NBA) in partnership with the Mozambican Basketball Federation (FMB) were able to offer an outstanding opportunity for youth to discover how achievement in sports can be transformed into the development of life skills, emphasizing the value of leadership, teamwork, and respect.

See sports envoy photo gallery.

Speaking to unversity students

CHARGE d'AFFAIRES, TODD CHAPMAN VISITS SOFALA AND TETE

From August 24 to 26, Charge d’Affaires Todd Chapman visited the provinces of Sofala and Tete in Central Mozambique.  In Tete, the Charge held meetings with religious leaders, visited an abstinence club and health clinic supported by USG funds. He also visited Mozambican Leaf Tobacco, the largest U.S. business in the region, and gave a public speech to students at the Universidade Catolica. In Beira, he visited various projects funded by U.S. taxpayer funds, including microfinance recipients, a new health center at Universidade Catolica, and medical students receiving scholarships funded by the U.S.  He also spoke to students at the Unversidade Zambeze  and took a public HIV test at the Hospital Central da Beira.  See the photo gallery of the Charge d’Affaires’ visit to Tete and Sofala.”

CLINTON PLANS SEVEN-NATION AFRICA TRIP

Washington — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will begin a seven-nation trip to Africa on August 5 to highlight the U.S. commitment to sub-Saharan Africa’s economic development while also emphasizing Africa as a place of opportunity, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said. more

Remarks of President Barack Obama  A New Moment of Promise
Accra, Ghana

Good morning. It is an honor for me to be in Accra, and to speak to the representatives of the people of Ghana. I am deeply grateful for the welcome that I’ve received, as are Michelle, Malia, and Sasha Obama. Ghana’s history is rich, the ties between our two countries are strong, and I am proud that this is my first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as President of the United States.

I am speaking to you at the end of a long trip. I began in Russia, for a Summit between two great powers. I traveled to Italy, for a meeting of the world’s leading economies. And I have come here, to Ghana, for a simple reason: the 21st century will be shaped by what happens not just in Rome or Moscow or Washington, but by what happens in Accra as well. more

Trafficking in Persons Annual Report - 2008
U.S. Department of State

Mozambique is a source and, to a much lesser extent, a destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation.

The use of forced and bonded child laborers is a common practice in Mozambique's rural areas, often with the complicity of family members.  Women and girls, often with promises of employment or education, are trafficked from rural to urban areas of Mozambique, as well as to South Africa, for domestic servitude and commercial sexual exploitation; young men and boys are trafficked to South Africa for farm work and mining.  Trafficked Mozambicans often labor for months in South Africa without pay and under coercive conditions before their exploiters have them arrested and deported as illegal migrants. more

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT ON A NEW BEGINNING
Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Thank you very much.  Good afternoon.  I am honored to be in the timeless city of Cairo, and to be hosted by two remarkable institutions.  For over a thousand years, Al-Azhar has stood as a beacon of Islamic learning; and for over a century, Cairo University has been a source of Egypt's advancement.  And together, you represent the harmony between tradition and progress. more

Pandemic Flu Preparation Checklist for Individuals and Families (PDF-667)

ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION

More than 15 million visitors from Visa Waiver Program (VWP) countries arrived in the U.S. during Fiscal Year 2007. By addressing security issues related to the VWP, Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA) will strengthen and preserve the program and allow for future expansion. more

APPLICATION FOR  FUNDING PEPFAR PREVENTION A/B ACTIVITIES