Beyond Iraq: The First Lady, Back in Africa
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If three words could sum up President Bush's foreign policy legacy, they would be: Iraq, Iraq, Iraq. But if first lady Laura Bush has her way, historians also will remember the president's determination to fight deadly diseases in Africa and other parts of the developing world.
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She has reported from the front lines of conflicts around the world, interviewed world leaders, and investigated the important issues of our time. And on Tuesday, CNN's Christiane Amanpour receives an honor from Britain's Queen Elizabeth in recognition of her work.
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President George W. Bush arrived in  Benin on Saturday to start a five-nation tour of Africa aimed  at highlighting U.S. support for health, education and  democracy in the world's poorest continent.
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Zimbabwe&#39;s first female vice-president, Joyce Mujuru, has taken over as acting head of state during President Robert Mugabe&#39;s year-end vacation.
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President Bush sneaked over to Baghdad to meet him last month. Now he plans to welcome Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to the White House for the first time.
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RABAT, Morocco -- A U.S. delegation seeking a home for a new military command in Africa got a chilly reception during a tour of the northern half of the continent this month, running into opposition even in countries that enjoy friendly relations with the Pentagon.
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Comment is free: Marina Hyde: As the Blair legacy tour plays out in Africa, we must hope his famously collegiate successor has learned the key lessons.
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First Lady Laura Bush started a four-nation Africa tour Monday that is expected to focus on how the U.S. can help fight AIDS on a continent where many countries struggle to even provide basic health care.
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Ghanaian President John Kufuor greeted President George W. Bush on Wednesday in a former slave fort overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, which millions of Africans crossed in chains on their way to the Americas.
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DAKAR, Senegal The news reports streaming out of Abidjan, Ivory Coast&#39;s once-shining metropolis, seem like a throwback to a bygone era: white men and women cowering in their homes, black men and women rampaging through the streets, European soldiers
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PARIS When I heard George W. Bush and Ghazi al-Yawar, the interim Iraqi president, speak of elections as the &quot;savior&quot; for freedom-hungry Iraqis in the midst of war, I was reminded with Queen Marie Antoinette&#39;s infamous solution to the starving French
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Prime Minister Tony Blair has arrived back in Britain after a three-day trip to Africa, Downing Street has said. Mr Blair attended the second meeting of his Commission for Africa in Ethiopia where he vowed
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While most of the country&#39;s attention has been focused on Iraq, a human-rights crisis has been unfolding in north Africa. In Darfur, Sudan, more than 50,000 people have been killed and 1.2 million displaced
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Ten-year-old cancer patient Fadi Haddad received an unexpected guest Thursday Â first lady Laura Bush, who was visiting Jordan to launch a U.S.-funded breast cancer screening center.
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France's first lady visited Libya Sunday and met its leader Moammar Gadhafi to press for the repatriation of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor imprisoned for allegedly infecting Libyan children with the AIDS virus, French media and Libyan officials said.
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The First Lady - and the former President - find a common cause
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President George W. Bush's coming  African tour will emphasize the caring side of U.S. policy but  it is widely seen as being more about military interests, oil  supplies and combating Chinese influence.