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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

The fight for Africa

By ralph geeplay

 Liberian kids welcome Hu Jintao to Monrovia

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recent Africa tour which ran for 11 days if anything, indicated a major showmanship that Washington is determined to assert or reassert itself on the continent, after a lackluster Obama first term that put forward no real Africa agenda. Don’t forget America had extensive connections on the continent, especially at the height of the cold war.