Clinton wraps up African tour – BBC Africa

Posted by christine, August 17, 2009

Hillary Clinton received a warm welcome in several states, including South Africa

Hillary Clinton received a warm welcome in several states, including South Africa

By Martin Plaut
Africa editor, BBC World Service news

With her visit to Liberia and then Cape Verde, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is coming to the end of her gruelling, seven-nation African tour.

On the one hand it has gone well. She has proved to an audience that was beginning to doubt President Barack Obama’s commitment to Africa, that he really takes the continent seriously.

And she delivered the message President Obama first gave during his recent visit to Ghana wherever she went – that Africa’s people deserve better from their governments…continue reading…

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