What should Africa expect from Mr. Bush?
No one during the hearing expressed any optimism that things will fare better under a Bush Administration. Mr. Bush did state during his campaign that Africa was not a major area of national security interest to the United States; his key advisors have suggested otherwise. Secretary of State Colin Powell has expressed interest in Africa but has not defined in any detail what those interests are outside of resolving the conflict in the Sudan. The new threat to development in Africa has become recent decisions by Pres. Bush to appoint Walter H. Kansteiner III as assistant secretary of state for Africa. He has expressed desire to draw new territorial boundaries on the continent. Also still in the works are the enactment of the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act that was passed into law before the expiration of Pres. Clinton’s term and the Zimbabwe Democracy Act 2000, a sanction measure against the rights of Black Zimbabweans’ claims to land ownership in their own country. That bill is curr
