The year of Africa: getting congress's attention.(U.S. relations with Africa)(Comment & Reports)(Column)

The Christian Century | July 1, 1998| | Copyright

Washington is devoting an unusual amount of attention to Africa this year, and this provides an opportunity to help reverse the trend toward more widespread hunger on that continent. President Clinton's 12-day trip to Africa made us all more aware of promising economic and political developments there. He listened to Africans and made some promises.

Newt Gingrich has also helped to make this Washington's year for Africa. His interest is longstanding, since his Ph.D. dissertation was about education in the Belgian Congo. Gingrich encouraged a bipartisan Africa ...

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