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Hard work and a belief that she could achieve her girlhood dreams helped Zimbabwean Tererai Trent complete college, then graduate school, and become an advocate for better education for girls. Trent discusses her story of perseverance and the importance of education during an America.gov webchat.

Tererai Trent, deputy director at Heifer International, answers questions in a November 9 CO.NX webchat on how she accomplished her dreams and the importance of educating girls and women.

Investment in their home countries by migrants from Africa is contributing to economic growth on the continent. This development has caught the attention of African governments, development agencies and the world’s largest cash-transfer company, which are working to facilitate such investment.

Diplomats and Africa policy specialists are hailing the Obama administration’s new policy toward Sudan as a practical approach to stopping violence in Sudan’s Darfur region while preserving a peace accord that ended the nation’s 22-year civil war in 2005.

Hailing Botswana as “truly one of the extraordinary success stories in Africa” and “a great partner of the United States,” President Obama welcomed that country’s president, Ian Khama, to the White House for talks November 5.