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U.S. Policy in the Great Lakes: A Critical Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

René Lemarchand
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Addressing the Organization of African Unity (OAU) on December 9, 1997, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright dispelled all possible doubts about the centrality of the Great Lakes region for U.S. African policy. And she left no illusions about the seriousness of the obstacles ahead: “Africa matters, and right now no place matters more in Africa than the Great Lakes. Achieving lasting peace will be as difficult as implementing the Camp David Agreement and as complex as sustaining the Dayton accords.”

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African Issues , Volume 26 , Issue 1 , 1998 , pp. 41 - 46
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Copyright © African Studies Association 1998 

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1. Madeleine K. Albright, “Remarks at the Organization of African Unity, Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 9, 1997,” Office of the Spokesman, U.S. Department of State, http://secretary.state.gov/www/statements/971209 .html.

2. McKinley, James C., “Rewriting Burundi’s Brutal Past,” New York Times, August 14, 1997 Google Scholar.

3. Albright, op. cit.

4. Gourevitch, Philip, “Letter from the Congo: Continental Shift,” The New Yorker, August 4, 1997 Google Scholar.