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10/27/2004:

"Africans not falling for Bush's charity"

Nairobi - United States President George Bush's administration boasts that no other American presidency has done more for Africa than his, and many on the world's poorest continent agree.

But despite Bush's championing of a $15-billion (about R95-billion) anti-Aids programme and efforts to drop trade barriers, sub-Saharan Africa appears to want to see his Democratic challenger, Senator John Kerry, in the White House for the next four years.

Though many Africans are preoccupied with crushing poverty, disease or conflict, the continent - like the world - is keenly interested in the outcome of the November 2 contest.

"If Africa was to vote, Kerry would get a landslide," said Robert Kabushenga, a political analyst and journalist in Uganda.

Full Article : iol.co.za