The Dean of the Group of African Ambassadors in Ghana and the Ambassador of the Royal Kingdom of Morocco, Imane Ouaadil, has ...

In August 1961, two weeks after the Berlin Wall was built, a Pan Am propjet taxied onto the airport tarmac in the capital of Ghana ... by the Cold War, the Peace Corps was born.

Day with a call for a continued deepening of regional integration, strengthening of democratic governance, and investing in ...

In July of 1978, in my mid-20s, I flew from my native Seattle to Accra, Ghana, for what would be a two-year stay in a rural school teaching high school math with the Peace Corps. At the time ...

Peace Corps staffers are bracing for deep cuts at the agency, ones they fear will do untold damage to one of the last remaining programs promoting development and fostering goodwill abroad.

I ended up working in public service for my entire career in Kentucky, and I am thankful for the start that Peace Corps provided.” Terry Anderson, Ghana 1965-67 “I did two tours of Peace Corps.

The head of a Peace Corps alumni group said he was told the cuts would affect full-time employees, not the volunteers working overseas. By David A. Fahrenthold David A. Fahrenthold is an ...

March 1 marked Peace Corps Day when President Kennedy signed a 1961 executive order to establish the Peace Corps. Since 1961, more than 240,000 volunteers have served in 144 countries worldwide ...