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Harriet Elam-Thomas grew up in Boston, the youngest of five children. She graduated from Simmons College and later earned a…
Since the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire, Yemen was been a hot spot for unrest in the Middle East. The…
The State of Qatar declared independence from Great Britain on September 3, 1971 and the U.S. recognized it two days…
Teresita Schaffer enjoyed an illustrious 30-year career in the Foreign Service, developing a reputation as a leading expert on South…
King Sobhuza II was proclaimed King of Swaziland at the age of four months and would rule for 83 years,…
On April 6, 1994, the presidents of Rwanda and Burundi were assassinated when their plane was shot down near Kigali…
Iraq expelled an American diplomat stationed in Baghdad on November 17, 1988 for having contacts with Iraq’s Kurdish minority. Haywood…
The nation of Cape Verde, now known as Cabo Verde, is a group of islands located off the western coast…
With the end of the Cold War, the U.S. began to put greater emphasis on enforcing its policy of protecting…