Ambassador Mozena, a member of the Senior Foreign Service, has had a range of experience in Africa. From 2001 to 2004, Mozena was Deputy Chief of Mission in Lusaka, Zambia, where he had begun his Foreign Service career in 1982. In what proved to be his most rewarding Foreign Service assignment, Mozena served as Officer-in-Charge for South Africa and as Deputy Director for Southern African Affairs during South Africa’s transition from apartheid to democracy. Mozena assisted with then-President Mandela’s historic state visit to Washington. Mozena was also posted to then-Zaire, where he and his wife had earlier served as Peace Corps Volunteers, helping local farmers develop better ways to raise chickens. [Read More]

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Source: Weekly Blitz :: Writings