{"id":13023,"date":"2012-08-01T01:51:05","date_gmt":"2012-07-31T23:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/08\/update-1-security-in-focus-as-clinton-begins-africa-trip\/"},"modified":"2012-08-01T01:51:05","modified_gmt":"2012-07-31T23:51:05","slug":"update-1-security-in-focus-as-clinton-begins-africa-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-security-in-focus-as-clinton-begins-africa-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-Security in focus as Clinton begins Africa trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

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* Clinton to be top U.S. official to visit South Sudan<\/span><\/p>\n

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* She will pay her respects to Nelson Mandela<\/p>\n

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* U.S. increasingly focusing on African security ties<\/p>\n

(Updates with details, plan to attend Ghana funeral, prev
\nWASHINGTON)<\/p>\n

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By Andrew Quinn<\/p>\n

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DAKAR, July 31 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
\nClinton arrived in Senegal on Tuesday, beginning a trip that
\nwill take her both to Africa’s newest nation South Sudan and on
\na private visit to the continent’s elder statesman, 94-year-old
\nanti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela.<\/p>\n

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While Clinton’s public focus will be on Africa’s democratic
\nachievements and economic potential, the trip also underscores
\nU.S. security ties in the face of growing threats – from
\nIslamist militants to narcotics cartels.<\/p>\n

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“The security threats are becoming much more visible and in
\nsome ways dangerous than they were before,” said Jennifer Cooke,
\nthe head of the Africa program at the Center for Strategic and
\nInternational Studies in Washington.<\/p>\n

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“There are big global issues on the table, and the U.S. does
\nnot have the kind of finances available to mount splashy new
\neconomic initiatives in Africa.”<\/p>\n

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Clinton’s trip – potentially her last as America’s top
\ndiplomat – will take her to South Sudan on Friday, where she
\nwill be the most senior U.S. official to visit since the country
\ndeclared independence in July 2011.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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