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September 9, 2004
President's Statement on Violence in Darfur, Sudan

August 26, 2004
Statement on the President Welcoming the Africa Union's Efforts to bring a Lasting Solution in Darfur

July 13, 2004
President Bush Signs African Growth and Opportunity Act

July 13, 2004
Ask the White House--Florizelle B. Liser, Assistant United States Trade Representative for Africa

June 29, 2004
President Directs Secretary Powell to Travel to Sudanr

April 7, 2004
President Condemns Atrocities in Sudan

December 1, 2003
Ask the White House - Dr. Joe O'Neill Deputy Global AIDS Coordinator

October 8, 2003
Ask the White House - Dr. Jendayi Frazer Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council
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President Bush's Africa Policy Accomplishments and Initiatives Overview

President Bush has met with 25 African heads of state in his first two years in office, more than any previous president.

	President's Remarks President Bush Signs African Growth and Opportunity Act Video
	Dr. Condoleeza Rice Discusses the President's Trip to Africa Press Briefing by Dr. Condoleeza Rice, National Security Advisor Video
	President Bush Outlines his Agenda for U.S. - African Relations Remarks by the President to the Corporate Council on Africa's U.S.-Africa Business Summit Video
	President's Remarks President Signs HIV/AIDS Act Video
	President's Remarks African Growth and Opportunity Act Video
	Laura Bush's Remarks Renganaden Seeneevassen State Secondary Girls School Video

U.S. Embassy in Mauritius
Millennium Challenge Account

In Africa, promise and opportunity sit side by side with disease, war, and desperate poverty. This threatens both a core value of the United States— preserving human dignity —and our strategic priority—combating global terror. American interests and American principles, therefore, lead in the same direction: we will work with others for an African continent that lives in liberty, peace, and growing prosperity.

Together with our allies and friends, we must help strengthen Africa’s fragile states, help build indigenous capability to secure porous borders, and help build up the law enforcement and intelligence infrastructure to deny havens for terrorists. An ever more lethal environment exists in Africa as local civil wars spread beyond borders to create regional war zones. Forming coalitions of the willing and cooperative security arrangements are key to confronting these emerging transnational threats.

Africa: National Security Strategy

Africa’s great size and diversity requires a security strategy that focuses on bilateral engagement and builds coalitions of the willing. This Administration will focus on three interlocking strategies for the region:

countries with major impact on their neighborhood such as South Africa, Nigeria, Kenya, and Ethiopia are anchors for regional engagement and require focused attention

coordination with allies, friends and international institutions is essential for constructive conflict mediation and successful peace operations; and

Africa’s capable reforming states and sub-regional organizations must be strengthened as the primary means to address transnational threats on a sustained basis.

Ultimately the path of political and economic freedom presents the surest route to progress in sub-Saharan Africa, where most wars are conflicts over material resources and political access often tragically waged on the basis of ethnic and religious difference.

The transition to the African Union with its stated commitment to good governance and a common responsibility for democratic political systems offers opportunities to strengthen democracy on the continent.

Three Pillars of Bush African Policy

1. Strategic approach

Work with the key anchor states in each sub-region

Support sub-regional organization

Engage the African Union

2. Clear policy priorities

Combat HIV/AIDS pandemic

Advance political and economic freedom

Promote peace and regional stability

3. Principles of bilateral engagement

Good governance

Economic reform

Promote health and education

Africa Growth and Opportunity Act

President Bush announced the AGOA forum on May 16, 2001

Forum held at the State Department on October 29-30.

The President, Secretaries of State, Treasury, and Commerce, Agriculture, National Security Advisor, USAID Administrator and Ministerial counterparts from 35 African countries participated in the forum.

Discussed ways to build trade capacity with Africa to fully implement AGOA

HIV / AIDS

AIDS alone has left at least 11 million orphans in sub-Sahara Africa.

The Bush Administration launched the Global AID Fund and initially contributed $200 M. Today the Administration has committed $500M for FY02 and 03.

The Administration is providing approximately $1B in FY02 and 03 for global HIV/AIDS.

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