Contents: African Growth and Opportunity Act finally passed and signed into law • Reflections by our Executive Director: What have we learned from AGOA • Legislative Update • Clinton signs AIDS legislation in law • Debt relief problematic in appropriations bill • Development aid continues downward spiral • Child soldiers protocol signed, while landmine treaty languishes • And then there's corruption, and the Sudan • Congressional responses to African crises (Diamonds from Sierra Leone and Angola, Toward the rule of law in Zimbabwe, Arms transfers and military aid) • UJAMAA
