All in a day's work
If last week's Middle East talks in Annapolis proved anything, it was that complicated, age-old conflicts cannot be solved, or even credibly set on the road to solution, in a single day.
Undeterred by this obvious truth, Condoleezza Rice arrives in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa on Wednesday intent on putting Africa to rights. For this ambitious task, the US secretary of state is allowing 24 hours out of her busy schedule.
Officials say Rice's packed day out will include a "Great Lakes summit", involving Congo, Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi; a heads of state-level meeting on Somalia, including Djibouti, Kenya and the African Union; and a full-dress ministerial on Sudan, with possible special reference to Darfur.… Seguir leyendo »