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MEDIA ADVISORY: BRIEFING ON AFRICA POLICY

June 25, 2003

Contact: Ann-Louise Colgan (202) 546-7961

Heart of Darkness: The Truth about Africa policy
under the Bush Administration

WHAT: A Briefing for the White House Press Corps and other Media by a panel of experts on U.S. Africa policy

WHO:

Salih Booker, Executive Director, Africa Action
Bill Fletcher Jr., President, TransAfrica Forum
Njoki Njoroge Njehu, Director, 50 Years is Enough: U.S. Network for
Global Economic Justice
Emira Woods, Co-Director, Foreign Policy in Focus

WHEN: 9:00am - 11:00am, Wednesday, July 2, 2003

WHERE: The Root Room, 2nd Floor, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC

As George W. Bush prepares to travel to Africa for his first Presidential trip to the continent, four leading advocacy organizations will host a press briefing to critique U.S. policies toward Africa.

The panel of African-American and African experts will analyze Bush Administration policies on the following key issues:

  • The HIV/AIDS Crisis
  • Trade & Aid
  • U.S. Oil Interests in Africa
  • Issues of War & Peace
  • Africa's Debt Crisis

At the briefing, contact lists of African experts on these key issues, who live in the countries President Bush will be visiting, will be made available to the media.

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