Making new friends, gingerly
Africa and America get to know one another
GEORGE BUSH enjoyed a whirlwind safari this week. He saw an old slave-trading post in Senegal, toured a game park in Botswana, shook hands with several African presidents and was expected to visit an AIDS project in Uganda. In Senegal, he described slavery as “one of the greatest crimes of history”, which may make him slightly less unpopular among black American voters. But his main concern was with Africa's current problems, rather than its historical ones.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Making new friends, gingerly”
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