Publishing Institution: Africa Policy Information Center / Publication Year: within 25 Years

Author:: Salih Booker
Publication Date:: 12-2000
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Africa Policy Information Center
Abstract:: "There's got to be priorities," George W. Bush responded when asked about Africa in the second presidential campaign debate. Africa did not make his short list: the Middle East, Europe, the Far East, and the Americas. A Bush presidency portends a return to the blatantly anti-African policies of the Reagan-Bush years, characterized by a general disregard for black people and a perception of Africa as a social welfare case. Vice President Dick Cheney is widely expected to steer the younger Bush on most policy matters especially foreign affairs. Cheney's perspective on Africa in the 1980s was epitomized by his 1986 vote in favor of keeping Nelson Mandela in prison and his consistent opposition to sanctions against apartheid South Africa.
Topic:: Foreign Policy, Development, and Human Welfare
Political Geography:: Africa, United States, and South Africa

Author:: Joe Collins and Bill Rau
Publication Date:: 03-2000
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Africa Policy Information Center
Abstract:: HIV/AIDS continues to cut into the fabric of African households and societies. It is not uncommon to hear that a quarter to a third of the adult population in several african countries are HIV infected. Against this reality of a rapidly spreading epidemic, some two decades of prevention interventions have met with but limited success. Whatever successes there might be are not to be lightly dismissed. The reasons for those successes, however, are not well understood and thus not readily applicable elsewhere. To date, most prevention efforts have focused on increasing individual awareness about risks of transmission and promoting individual risk reduction through a variety of means.
Topic:: Development, Human Welfare, and Third World
Political Geography:: Africa

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