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Home - Nouakchott, Mauritania Embassy NewsU.S. Citizen ServicesVisas to the U.S.U.S. Policy & IssuesResourcesFrançais | Embassy Highlights How to do business with U.S.A. "AGOA is a U.S. law which is intended to promote growth and development in Africa and to accelerate the integration of African economies in the global trade system by making the most of the opportunities that this continent has to offer" Ambassador Mark M. Boulware. It is a great honor and a true pleasure for me to be here with you for the opening of this workshop on “Maximizing the Advantages of AGOA.” As you know, AGOA is a U.S. law which is intended to promote growth and development in Africa and to accelerate the integration of African economies in...(more) U.S.-Africa partnership helps strengthen democracy, overcome poverty Photo Gallery Latest Headlines From the Embassy Rice Urges Zimbabweans to Release Election Results The United States stands with the Zimbabwean people in carrying out the results of recent national elections, but it also calls on the government to release election results immediately. Elections were held March 29, but the results have yet to be released. Secretary Rice says the longer the results are held, the more suspicion grows. High Food Prices, Urban Migration Make It Hard to Help the Poor The dynamics of development and humanitarian assistance are changing, according to Henrietta Fore, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development. She is joined by U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer in speaking of new challenges posed by high food prices for donors and recipients. Food Crisis Has Long-Term Global Challenges, Rice Says President Bush is seeking an additional $350 million from Congress to provide immediate emergency food assistance, but the current food crisis has long-term global challenges, says Secretary Condoleezza Rice. "We need to encourage farmers and transporters, markets and governments...