Foreign Affairs committee  No, thank you.

Foreign Affairs committee  Yes. I think it's both the economic growth and the distribution of wealth in these countries. If you look at a conflict like the one in Sudan, what put people in the streets in Sudan was the failing economy.

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you for that question. That could be a Ph.D. dissertation, so let me try to give you a couple of reference points. As I referenced in my testimony, I think one of the trends we are seeing is this spread between many aging leaders and a young population demanding...and seei

Foreign Affairs committee  The conflict in Sudan, I think, was entirely predictable. You have an army that has been in need of reform for more than a generation, and it has been attacked by a militia of its own creation, which carried out a genocide in Darfur 20 years ago. What brought them to this battle

Foreign Affairs committee  I think it was Mr. Vircoulon who spoke about the Sahel.

Foreign Affairs committee  I can give you a window into how Washington approached it in part of the francophone African world. Washington has been trying very discreetly to put distance between its policies and France's policies in francophone Africa. It has not served Washington particularly, and we hav

Foreign Affairs committee  It's obviously a question that we in Washington are struggling with as well, and I think all of our Western partners and donor countries are struggling with it right now. I would say a couple of things. Number one, it isn't so much what you can do, but what you shouldn't do. Wha

Foreign Affairs committee  I think the African Union has emerged as the preferred partner, but I think that what we're seeing now is the subcontinental level, the regional economic organizations, demonstrating a greater ability to organize themselves and a greater ability to impact their own region and to

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. Mr. Chairman and distinguished members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to speak here today regarding Canada's approach to Africa. You are examining this subject at a critical moment in Africa's history. You have no doubt heard, but it bears