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Obama’s Africa Policy - A Response to the Ghana Speech

Saturday, July 11th, 2009

It was another eloquent and powerful speech. That was President Barack Obama’s speech, laying out his Africa policy, delivered to the Parliament of Ghana today morning. In the main, Obama outlined four key planks of the United States of America’s (U.S.A) policy on Africa during his administration. The four planks are:

  • Good governance.
  • Supporting development that provides opportunity for more people.
  • Strengthening public health.
  • Addressing conflict.

If these were the only big things in the speech, it would have been disappointing. (more…)