About a year ago, in February 2022, I spoke with the US embassy officer in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Can he explain it to me better? Yes, you read that right… you were six on the …

That Sunday morning, I received my long-awaited boarding pass. Washington was getting closer! I was so excited to see DC, The White House, and that awesome statue of President Lincoln that I had been dreaming …