elp the world's poorest. Second, Mr. Lloyd seems to have little desire to promote human rights, to judge by his recent visit to Kenya (only his second to Africa): he barely mentioned them there. But Miss Short -who has no more experience of Africa -supports the new government's belief that human rights should be an important part of foreign policy ("Africa and the West: Hand Me That Atlas" 34).
The United States had selected Susan Rice for the Africa job in the State Department, and she had formerly been an academic and President Clinton's advisor at the National Security Council. At the time, the Clinton administration had produced a new policy for Africa, with the aim of helping African countries to do the "right" things with aid and trade opportunities. The problem was that most of those countries were doing what was perceived as the "wrong" things, such as fighting civil wars or experiencing economic collapse. What was needed was a coordinated approach to the problems of the region, but this was unlikel
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