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Home - Maputo, Mozambique Embassy NewsU.S. Citizen ServicesVisas to the U.S.U.S. Policy & IssuesResourcesPortuguese Embassy Highlights Corporate Council on Africa. U.S.-Africa Agribusiness Forum in Chicago, Illinois, June 25-27, 2008 The Corporate Council on Africa will host its U.S.-Africa Agribusiness Forum in Chicago, Illinois, June 25-27, 2008. Topics that will be addressed at the Forum include financing, food security and commodity markets, increasing demand for protein and livestock systems, growing the market for dairy products, private sector coalitions, infrastructure investments to connect markets, technology for improving productivity, cell phone technology and market information systems, agro-forestry and carbon markets, food products and niche markets, and bio-fuel investments. more MOZAMBIQUE HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT - 2007 On Tuesday, March 2008, the U.S. Secretary of State announced the release of the 2007 Human Rights Report. more Cyclone Preparedness Guide New! Estamos Juntos U.S. Mission Newsletter Latest Headlines From Washington 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 im...