March 14, 2008

Bush aide to visit Rwanda and Zambia

By David Barouski, http://africannewsanalysis.blogspot.com

A senior aide to US President George W. Bush will visit Rwanda and Zambia March 30-April 5 to discuss public-private cooperation to battle disease and poverty, the White House said Thursday.

Jay Hein, director of the White House office of faith-based and community initiatives, will "host White House conferences and meetings to highlight and expand effective public-private partnerships to combat disease and to enhance economic development," said spokesman Tony Fratto.

The visit comes after Bush visited Africa last month, stopping in Rwanda as part of a week-long trip that also included stops in Benin, Tanzania, Ghana and Liberia.