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President Joe Biden's increased focus on the continent and the creation of a regional power integration compact that will"map the geographic footprint of the West African power pool".Editor's note: Alice Albright, CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, or MCC, gave an interview to Carol Castiel of VOA's English to Africa Service on the"Press Conference…
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