PRESIDENT CLINTON HAS CONCLUDED HIS 11-DAY VISIT TO 
AFRICA.  EDITORIAL WRITERS AROUND THE WORLD ARE WRITING 
ABOUT THE JOURNEY, AND WE GET A SAMPLING OF THEIR 
COMMENTS.

PRESIDENT CLINTON IN A SPEECH IN SENEGAL AT THE END OF HIS
AFRICAN VISIT PLEDGED TO BUILD A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH AFRICA 
BASED ON FRIENDSHIP AND RESPECT.  THE CALL FOR GREATER BUSINESS 
INVESTMENT IN AFRICA BRINGS THIS COMMENT FROM LE SOLEIL IN SENGAL

         IF THERE IS A SIGNAL FROM [PRESIDENT CLINTON'S] VISIT, 
         IT WOULD BE A CALL TO AMERICAN INVESTORS.... THE 
         INITIATIVE SIGNALS TO AFRICA THAT IT MUST  NOT  RELAX IT
         EFFORTS, AND THAT IT CAN COUNT ON INCREASED SUPPORT FROM
         THE UNITED STATES....

FROM GERMANY, THERE WAS THIS PESSIMISTIC COMMENT FROM DIE 
WELT.

         IT WAS VERY GOOD THAT THE MOST POWERFUL MAN IN THE WORLD
         TRAVELED ACROSS AFRICA, THUS INDEFATIGABLY PROMOTING THE
         'FORGOTTEN CONTINENT.'  NEVERTHELESS, HIS VISION OF AN 
         'AFRICAN RENAISSANCE' COMES TOO EARLY.  AFRICA WILL 
         CONTINE TO REMAIN THE POOR HOUSE OF THE WORLD FOR 
         DECADES TO COME.

LA LIBRE BEIGIQUE FROM BELGIUM MAKES THIS ASSESSMENT OF 
THE TRIP.

         ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, ONE CAN NOTE THE SHINING 
         EXPRESSION OF AMERICA'S NEW INTEREST IN THE CONTINENT, 
         EVEN IF MOST OF THE ECONOMIC OFFICIALS WHO ACCOMPANIED 
         THE PRESIDENT FOCUSED ONLY ON SOUTH AFRICA. ... ON THE 
         NEGATIVE SIDE [IS] ... THE OPPOSITION EXPRESSED BY SOUTH
         AFRICA TOWARDS AMERICA'S PHILOSPOHY OF 'TRADE  NOT  
         AID.'  BY ASSERTING OPENLY ITS DIFFERENCES, PRETORIA 
         ASSUMES ITS OWN ROLE OF LEADERSHIP, AND IN CONTRAST, THE
         SIGNATORIES OF THE ENTEBBE AGREEMENT LOOK LIKE 
         WASHINGTON'S 'PROTEGES' RATHER THAN ALLIES."

IN SOUTH KOREA, THE SEGYE ILBO NEWSPAPER WROTE THAT WHILE 
THE PRESIDENT'S AFRICA TRIP FOCUSED WORLD ATTENTION ON AFRICA, 
"IT NEVERTHELESS DID  NOT  DELIVER THE ECONOMIC AND DEMOCRATIC 
PROGRESS THE U-S ADMINISTRATION HAD HOPED FOR."  THE SOUTH KOREAN
NEWSPAPER ADDS:

         WHILE THE PRESIDENT EMPHASIZED THE IMPORTANCE OF 
         ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHENEVER HE HAD A CHANCE, THE FACT 
         THAT THE CONTINENT IS STILL TOO POOR TO JOIN THE 
         INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WILL  NOT  CHANGE OVERNIGHT. ...
         THE TRIP, WHICH TOOK PLACE DURING A MEETING BETWEEN 
         RUSSIA, FRANCE AND GERMANY TO REINFORCE THEIR 
         SOLIDARITY, MADE IT LOOK LIKE THE UNITED STATES WANTS TO
         COUNTERBALANCE FRENCH INFLUENCE IN AFRICA.

 THE TIMES OF INDIA HAD THIS COMMENT ABOUT THE AFRICA TRIP.

         THE UNITED STATES CONSIDERS ITSELF THE ULTIMATE 
         PEACEMAKER IN THE WORLD. ... THEREFORE, PRESIDENT 
         CLINTON FOUND HIMSELF IN AN UNFAMILIAR SITUATION WHEN HE
         WAS ADVISED BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA THAT THE UNITED 
         STATES ... SHOULD SET AN EXAMPLE BY REACHING OUT TO ITS 
         ENEMIES AND OFFERING TO SIT DOWN AND TALK PEACE...  
         BY ASSERTING SOUTH AFRICA'S RIGHT TO KEEP ITS 
         LINKS WITH CUBA, LIBYA AND IRAN, MR. MANDELA WAS ALSO 
         REMINDING THE UNITED STATES THAT THE AFRICAN NATIONAL 
         CONGRESS RECEIVED MORE SUPPORT FROM THESE COUNTRIES 
         DURING ITS STRUGGLE AGAINST APARTHEID THAN FROM THE 
         UNITED STATES...  PRESIDENT CLINTON GOES OUT OF HIS WAY 
         TO ADVOCATE THE STRATEGY OF ENGAGEMENT WITH CHINA ... 
          IT IS TIME THE U-S ADMINISTRATION TOOK 
         A SECOND LOOK AT ITS POLICIES AND ACCEPTED PRESIDENT 
         MANDELA'S SAGE ADVICE.

WITH THAT NOTE, WE CONCLUDE THIS BRIEF SAMPLING OF 
EDITORIAL COMMENT FROM THE INTERNATIONAL PRESS.