It will be ironic that George W Bush's two foreign policy signature achievements were in Africa. Bill Clinton signed the African Growth Opportunities Act, AGOA into law in 2000 but it mostly fell to George W Bush to implement it. Whether African countries took up the opportunity or bungled it is another matter altogether.
Bush will also be remembered for Pepfar the presidential anti-Aids programme that pumped billions into prevention and treatment. Some aspects of Pepfar like abstinence training, ABC are criticised but Pepfar highlighted the need for continuous treatment of persons living with Aids.
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