George W Bush and his spin doctors presents his Africa policy as a corrective to his disastrous policy turns at home and much of the rest of the world, as I argue in an op-ed published today in The National (in Abu Dhabi):
US policy towards Africa since the late 1950s has been characterised by neglect, incoherence or wilfully undermining the continent and its people. That’s until George W Bush, whom many are crediting with a much more substantial commitment to Africa’s welfare. Only this week, the former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and the international aid campaigner Bob Geldof have both showered praise on the efficacy of the president’s African initiatives.
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