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Six African statesmen to participate in summit at BU
A global economic slowdown caused by the war in Iraq is feared in Africa
perhaps more than in most parts of the world because nations there so
heavily depend on foreign aid and investment. So how has the war affected
Africa so far, and what types of United States policies might promote
growth on the continent? Six former African heads of state will address
those questions and others during a two-day summit at Boston University
on April 22 and 23. Hosted by the University’s African Presidential
Archives and Research Center, the summit will begin with a private roundtable
discussion focusing, says APARC Director Charles Stith, a former U.S.
Ambassador to Tanzania, on “the short-term capital crisis that Africa
will experience as a result of the war in Iraq,” as well as “mid-
to long-term approaches for promoting the availability of capital on the
continent.” The statesmen then will take part in a public panel
discussion on Tuesday, April 22, at 6 p.m. at the Tsai Performance Center.
They will report their conclusions at a news conference at 1 p.m. the
following day at the School of Management’s Executive Leadership
Center. Participating will be Nicephore Soglo of Benin, Ketumile Masire
of Botswana, Jerry Rawlings of Ghana, Ali Hassan Mwinyi of Tanzania, Navinchandra
Ramgoolam of Mauritius, and Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia, who is the current
APARC Balfour African President-in-Residence at BU. The first day’s
roundtable discussion also will include Walter Kansteiner, assistant secretary
of state for African affairs, Andrew Natsios, director of the U.S. Agency
for International Development, and James Harmon, former chairman of the
Export/Import Bank. Tickets for the April 22 panel discussion are free
and can be reserved by calling 353-5452. For more information, visit http://www.bu.edu/aparc/news/summit.htm.
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April 2003
Boston University
Office of University Relations