Blinken delivered a speech Monday at the University of Pretoria in South Africa in which he purported to outline the Biden administration’s new strategy toward Africa — though he simply recycled old platitudes.
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The Secretary of State then outlined four priorities in America’s relationship with the African continent: “openness,” “the promise of democracy”; recovery from COVID; and helping with “clean energy transition” to deal with climate change.encouraged At times, it seemed that his speech could have been written in the early years of President Bill Clinton’s administration — as if Africa needed to be reassured that it was in charge of its own destiny, and congratulated on its future plans or minor successes.
China today funds much of Africa’s new infrastructure, often demanding absurd repayment terms and holding key strategic assets as collateral. It has also been accused of interfering in the internal politics of African countries, including South Africa.
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