President Bush's Visit to Africa

July 7-12, 2003

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President Bush greets local mothers affected by AIDS and their HIV-free children in the courtyard of the Abuja National Hospital and laboratory in Abuja, Nigeria on the last stop of his African tour, Saturday, July 12, 2003. (İAP/WWP)

Text: Bush Describes Administration Support for Africa in Radio Address
President Bush reported to the American people on his just-concluding five-nation trip to Africa in his July 12 radio address to the nation. More

Bush Concludes Five-Nation Africa Tour in Nigeria
Abuja, Nigeria -- President Bush spent the last day of his July 8-12 tour of five African nations visiting a hospital with a special HIV/AIDS program and addressing the sixth biennial Leon Sullivan Summit. More

Transcript: Bush Outlines Areas for Continuing U.S. Support of Africa
President Bush, in a speech in Abuja, Nigeria, July 12 at the conclusion of his five-nation Africa trip, outlined the ways in the which his administration intends to continue efforts to end African regional fighting, combat terrorism, boost the continent's economic development, and advance the struggle against HIV/AIDS. More

Text: Bush Welcomes New Leadership of the African Union
Following is the text of a statement by President Bush welcoming the appointment of new leadership in the African Union. The statement was released July 12 in Abuja, Nigeria, as Bush was concluding his five-nation trip to Africa. More

Bush Says Peoples of Africa Will Build Their Own Future of Hope
Abuja, Nigeria -- Speaking at the Leon Sullivan Summit in Abuja July 12, Bush told the delegates that he had confidence in Africa's future because "I believe in the goodness and compassion and enterprise of the men and women on this continent," adding that "[w]ith greater opportunity, the peoples of Africa will build their own future of hope." More

Transcript: Bush, Nigeria's President Obasanjo Meet in Abuja
President Bush, arriving July 12 in Abuja, Nigeria, the last stop in his five-nation tour of Africa, commended Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo for his commitment to trade and markets and to regional peace. More

Transcript: White House Press Briefing in Nigeria, July 12
White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer briefed reporters July 12 in Abuja, Nigeria, the last stop in President Bush's five-nation Africa trip. More

Bush Visits AIDS Service Organization in Uganda
On the last full day of his July 7-12 tour of five African nations, President Bush met with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. Bush praising Museveni said, "Mr.President, you have shown extraordinary leadership on HIV/AIDS in your country. You have shown the world what is possible, and I want to congratulate you for that leadership." More

Transcript: America To Stand With Africa to Fight HIV/AIDS
Entebbe, Uganda -- Highlighting his five-year, $15 billion plan to combat HIV/AIDS in Africa, President Bush July 11 told Africans that they are not alone in their fight against the pandemic. More

Bush Promoting Strong Agenda of Trade, Aid and AIDS for Africa
Pretoria -- U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell July 10 summarized President Bush's visit to the first three countries in the five-nation swing through Africa, saying he was "very pleased about the trip to this point," in part because the president's decision to travel was a tangible demonstration that "Africa is a priority in his administration." More

Transcript: President "Moved" by His Africa Trip, Powell Says
President Bush is clearly dedicated to Africa and has been moved by his five nation trip to the continent, Secretary of State Colin Powell told Larry King during an interview on the Larry King Live program on the Cable News Network (CNN) July 10. More

Bush Welcomed Exuberantly in Botswana
Thousands of Botswanans greeted President Bush July 10 in the "Land of the Kalahari" with traditional African exuberance, singing, dancing and cheering as the president descended from Air Force One. More

Transcript: Bush Pledges Continued Aid to Africa in Fight Against HIV/AIDS
On the third country stop of his five nation tour of Africa, President George Bush said the American people "care deeply" about the HIV/AIDs pandemic that is sweeping across the African continent. More

Bush, Mbeki Express Agreement and Empathy During Pretoria Visit
On his first full day in South Africa, President Bush July 9 met and broke bread with President Thabo Mbeki as the two leaders discussed a wide range of security and development issues in talks that lasted close to four hours. More

Transcript: Presidents Bush and Mbeki Present United Front for Peace and Democracy
President George Bush and South African President Thabo Mbeki discussed a wide array of issues at a July 9 media availability in Pretoria and agreed that they are of one mind when it comes to the urgency of resolving the political and economic challenges of Zimbabwe. More

Text: Africans and America Share Values of Liberty and Dignity, Says Bush
"Because Africans and Americans share a belief in the values of liberty and dignity, we must share in the labor of advancing those values," President Bush told those gathered on Goree Island, Senegal where he also pledged to ensure that African nations are "full partners in the trade and prosperity of the world." More

Bush Talks Democracy, Terrorism with Leaders on First Visit to Africa
Dakar, Senegal -- President Bush began his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa on July 8 telling West African leaders the best way to fight terrorism is "to support the habits of freedom." More

President Bush Pledges New Partnership With Africa at Start of Trip
In the shadow of Goree Island's "Door of No Return" that saw so many Africans shipped to the Americas as slaves, President Bush marked the beginning of his five-nation tour in Africa with the pledge, "We will ensure that the nations of Africa are full partners in the trade and prosperity of the world," stand side by side with them for peace and justice, confront "desperate hunger with food and compassion" and join together "in turning the tide against AIDS in Africa." More

Rice Focuses on "Positive Agenda" of Bush Trip to Africa
National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice said July 3 in a White House briefing that she hopes people focus on President Bush's positive agenda for Africa during his July 7-12 trip there, not just on whether the United States will send troops to Liberia.  
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President Bush Outlines Mission for African Trip
President George W. Bush said he would be "carrying a message to the African people that... America cares about the future of Africa." Bush made the remarks during a roundtable at the White House with journalists who represent African media on the eve of his trip to five African nations July 7-12.  
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Text: Bush Sets Policy Directions Before Visit to Africa
On the eve of his first trip to Africa, President George W. Bush delivered a major policy speech on Africa to a U.S.-African business gathering June 26, emphasizing his Administration's continued commitment "to help Africans find peace, fight disease, build prosperity and improve their own lives."  
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