I am especially honored to be in Abidjan alongside the Prime Minister of Cote d’Ivoire, the Honorable Amadou Gon Coulibaly.
I am always happy to come back to the continent, as I have a long and happy history living and working in Africa.
With seven diplomatic postings, I’ve committed my entire career to Africa and its wonderful people. In fact, three of my children were born on the continent — the first triplets in independent Zimbabwe.
Now, as Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, I have another opportunity to promote the real story of Africa, which is an increasingly prosperous, peaceful and democratic continent.
I always say we must view Africa through the windscreen and not the rearview mirror. This statement exemplifies for me the promise that Africa offers. Nor am I alone in this belief. Africa has strong, and enduring, bipartisan support from both of our political parties.
Source: allAfrica.com
