Embassy Bujumbura promotes socio-economic empowerment
Ambassador Melanie Higgins (front, third from left) joined program participants at the Ministry of Gender and U.N. Population Fund in the official launch of the “Nje Mu Bandi” Center in Burundi, March 25. The...
Ambassador meets with Japanese film writer and director
Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel (center) and his wife Amy Rule (left) congratulated Hamaguchi Ryusuke (second from left), director of the 2022 Oscar winning Best International Feature Film, “Drive My Car,” during his visit...
U.S.-Oman campaign focuses on creating high paying business opportunities
Embassy Muscat partnered with the Omani government and the American business community to launch a successful campaign to highlight the benefits of the U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement. The campaign featured a mix of specially...
The Office of Foreign Missions
By Mary Kate Godfrey, Carina Sarracino, and Aaron Yost
With a clear congressional mandate, minimal staff, seven domestic locations, and the ability to positively influence the lives and working conditions of U.S. diplomats around the...
OBO breaks ground on new U.S. embassy building in Doha
By Evan Lewis
Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Brian McKeon, joined Chargé d’Affaires Ian McCary, May 9, for a groundbreaking ceremony marking the start of construction on the new U.S. embassy in...
Embassy Kampala study published in scientific journal
By Marek Ma, Julie R. Harris, and Amy L. Boore
Results from an Embassy Kampala investigation into COVID-19 breakthrough infections at post were published in the June volume of the scientific journal, “Emerging Infectious Diseases.”...
U.S. and Somalia partner to save lives
By Oznur Alturk
Embassy Mogadishu’s interagency participation in Somalia’s National Weapons and Ammunition Management (WAM) Coordination Meeting reiterated the U.S. government’s strong commitment to increasing security and assisting the Somali government with peacebuilding efforts to...
Mission Poland welcomes Americans fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
By Michele Giovia
In the early hours of Feb. 24, 2022, Mission Poland’s American Citizen Welcome Center in the southeastern border town of Przemyśl received its first visitors—a family who had fled Ukraine as news...
Greening Diplomacy Initiative Award winners announced
By Peter Brukx
At an event celebrating Earth Day, April 21, Under Secretary of State for Management and the Department of State’s Chief Sustainability Officer John Bass announced the winners of the Department’s 2022 Greening...