For Moi the most important point was to show Kenyans that relations with Washington were flourishing again despite snubs by President Bill Clinton and his former Secretary of State Warren Christopher (both of whom avoided Kenya on their pan-African tours)...
His most recent protest at the flaws in Senegal's democracy was to refuse an invitation to a reception for visiting United States President Bill Clinton...
Vol 39 No 7 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
That seems an optimistic interpretation of Bill Clinton's diplomatic demeanour...
That some Namibian government loyalists are still bristling in the wake of President Bill Clinton's visit to Botswana shows the depth of animosity between these two Southern African states...
The United States still backs Ethiopia as emphasised in Premier Meles Zenawi's invitation to President Bill Clinton's regional summit in Kampala on 25 March...
Above all President Bill Clinton's 23 March - 2 April trip to Africa is an attempt to change the American perception of Africa: that the world's poorest continent - albeit the home of Nelson Mandela and some of the best musicians and soccer players in the world - should be accorded the same respect as Asia and Latin America...
Vol 39 No 3 |
- SOUTH AFRICA
His wife is a television star; as Charlayne Hunter she made American history in the 1960s when the University of Georgia was forced to accept her as a student (she was legally represented by President Bill Clinton's confidant Vernon Jordan) and the integration of the southern colleges began...
In international relations Meles leans Westwards especially towards the United States which regards Ethiopia as crucial to its Horn of Africa policy; Vice-President Al Gore and possibly President Bill Clinton may well visit this year...
Vol 38 No 25 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
Abashed by such reactions Secretary of State Madeleine Albright indicated in Kinshasa that President Bill Clinton's government would try to get a $35-40 mn...
Some were concerned by news that the Chagourys by contributing US$460 000 to the United States 'Vote '96' campaign had dinner at the White House and subsequently met the Reverend Jesse Jackson President Bill Clinton's deputy National Security Advisor James Steinberg and Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Susan Rice...