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Article: Sierra Leone Tests U.S. Resolve on Africa
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- Washington Informer
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- May 17, 2000
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Wright, Jonathan
Washington Informer
05-17-2000
Sierra Leone Tests U.S. Resolve on Africa
The crisis in Sierra Leone, where rebels have captured hundreds of U.N.
peacekeepers, may be the biggest test yet for the Clinton administration's
commitment to show more interest in Africa, analysts say.
Its hesitant response so far vindicates critics who say that President
Clinton's promises of active engagement with the continent were more talk
than substance, they maintain.
If Washington backs away from the challenge, the world will conclude that
it does not really care about conflicts where immediate U.S. interests are
not at stake, they say.
In the days since the crisis blew up last week, the United ...