Day: November 19, 2021

Blinken Announces US Will Host Summit With African Leaders

ABUJA, NIGERIA — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on his first visit to Nigeria, delivered a key speech on U.S.-Africa policy to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). At the meeting, the top U.S. diplomat announced that the Uni…

Blinken: US Sees African Countries as Equal Partners

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday the United States sees African countries as equal partners as it seeks to bolster its influence on a continent that receives much of its foreign aid from U.S. rival China.“The United States firmly beli…