Secretary of State
On her June trip to the United Arab Emirates, Zambia, Tanzania and Ethiopia, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton highlighted two issues: the international coalition’s inability to shake the current regime in Libya and the rise of China. In Lusaka, she annoyed China, Zambia’s fastest-growing foreign investor, by warning that its increasing activity could become a ‘new colonialism’. Addressing African Union leaders in Addis Ababa, Clinton encouraged them to assist in the ousting of Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi – a major financial supporter of the AU – and to recognise the National Transitional Council....
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