Southern Africa: Feingold Makes Official Visit to Southern And Eastern Africa

18 February 2002
United States Senate (Washington, DC)
press release

Washington, DC — Senator Feingold, Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee On Africa, to Travel to Mozambique, Tanzania and Kenya.

U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's Subcommittee on Africa, will travel to eastern and southern Africa between February 16-23, 2002.

The Senator intends to travel to Mozambique, Tanzania and Kenya to meet with officials and civil society leaders. He plans to explore a number of issues of interest to the U.S. government and all Americans including anti-corruption efforts, democracy and human rights, and HIV/AIDS.

Senator Feingold had also hoped to travel to the country of Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe rejected the Senator's request for an official visa, citing scheduling problems prior to that country's upcoming elections.

Zimbabwe has been gripped by a political crisis characterized by the government's use of intimidation and oppression directed at the political opposition, independent journalists and civilians.

Senator Feingold's goals for this trip include:

- Talking to Africans about the war on terrorism by holding meetings in Nairobi, Kenya; Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; and Maputo, Mozambique, as part of recognizing that African states are an important part of the US-led coalition.

- Observing the use of U.S. funding sent to Mozambique for flood recovery efforts.

- Observing the International Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania. Senator Feingold introduced legislation that was signed into law that allows the U.S. to offer rewards to help bring to justice those wanted by the court for crimes against humanity in Rwanda.

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