Includes bibliographical references and index.

U.S. interest in democracy and human rights promotion / excerpted fr om an independent task force report -- China ups the ante in Africa / P rinceton N. Lyman -- Toward an Angola strategy : prioritizing U.S.-Ango la relations / excerpted from an independent commission report from the Center for Preventive Action -- Nigeria : elections and continuing cha llenges / Robert I. Rotberg -- South Africa in retrospect / Princeton N . Lyman -- Africa's restless youth / Michelle D. Gavin -- Zimbabwe : th e limits of influence / Princeton N. Lyman -- Darfur and beyond : what is needed to prevent mass atrocities / Lee Feinstein -- Somalia's terro rist infestation / Eben Kaplan -- Avoiding conflict in the Horn of Afri ca : U.S. policy toward Ethiopia and Eritrea / Terrence Lyons -- Blowin g the Horn / John Prendergast and Colin Thomas-Jensen -- How to rebuild Africa / Stephen Ellis -- Strengthening African leadership / Robert I. Rotberg -- The challenge of global health / Laurie Garrett -- It was t he year for Africa, but we missed the point / excerpted from an indepen dent task force report.