Africa: The First U.S. Africa Summit - More Than a Birthday Party for President Obama

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The first ever US-Africa Leaders summit in Washington DC is an important political statement by the US and Africa that both value a deepened relationship.

This is best demonstrated by no threat of an African boycott despite Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe not being invited because of US sanctions on him. Earlier this year, a fourth EU-Africa summit in Brussels attracted 41 heads of state or government but only after a waiver of the EU travel ban on Mugabe was extracted.

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