USA Africa Dialogue Series - Salem Solomon in the New York Times: Susan Rice and Africa’s Despots

"ON Sept. 2, Ambassador Susan E. Rice delivered a eulogy for a man she called "a true friend to me." Before thousands of mourners and more than 20 African heads of state in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Ms. Rice, the United States' representative to the United Nations, lauded the country's late prime minister, Meles Zenawi. She called him "brilliant" — "a son of Ethiopia and a father to its rebirth."

 

Few eulogies give a nuanced account of the decedent's life, but the speech was part of a disturbing pattern for an official who could become President Obama's next secretary of state. During her career, she has shown a surprising and unsettling sympathy for Africa's despots. "

 

- Salem Solomon.

 

Salem Solomon is an Eritrean-American journalist who runs Africa Talks, a news and opinion Web site covering Africa and the global African diaspora. I like this. African intellectuals are coming out of dark watering holes and speaking out.

 

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http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/10/opinion/susan-rice-and-africas-despots.html?hp

 

 

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