In a speech in the capital Dakar, she said too much of the rest of Africa remained under autocratic（专制的，独裁的） rule, and urged its leaders to embrace democracy.

 

She also met President Macky Sall, who won power in recent elections.

 

Ms Clinton's visit comes months after Islamist militants² seized parts of neighbouring Mali after an army coup³.

 

Security concerns are expected to dominate Ms Clinton's 11-day African tour, which will also take her to South Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa and Ghana. 

 

It is a time of growing threats in the Sahel region, where the US military is playing an increasingly important role, says the BBC's Thomas Fessy in Dakar.

 

The US Africa Command, or Africom, has been pumping considerable resources into training forces throughout West Africa.

 

In her speech to students, lawmakers and diplomats⁴ in Dakar, Ms Clinton warned against the threat to democracy posed by violent extremism, cross-border crime and corruption⁵.

 

She reiterated⁶ that the US would not resume aid supplies to Mali until it returned to civilian⁷ rule after its March coup, and voiced concern that Guinea-Bissau, to the south of Senegal, which experienced a coup in April, could become completely dependent on Latin American drug traffickers.

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