- As US Secretary of State Antony Blinken undertakes a three-nation African tour, the White House unveiled its new strategy for sub-Saharan Africa yesterday, 8th August.
As US Secretary of State Antony Blinken undertakes a three-nation African tour, the White House unveiled its new strategy for sub-Saharan Africa yesterday, 8th August.
According to political analysts, a review of US strategy on Africa has come when US focus on fighting extremist groups in Africa militarily has been unsuccessful while China and Russia continued with their aggressive penetration into Africa using diplomatic and economic tools.
The Biden administration states that the strategy articulates the US new vision for a 21st Century U.S.-African Partnership and represents a reframing of Africa’s importance to U.S. national security. It says that the US will pursue four main objectives in sub-Saharan Africa. These include; Foster Openness and open societies, deliver democratic and security dividends, assist pandemic recovery and economic opportunity, and support conservation, climate adaptation and a just energy transition. The paper clearly defines that the region will be a focus in US efforts to: end the COVID-19 pandemic; tackle the climate crisis; reverse the global tide of democratic backsliding; address global food insecurity; promote gender equity and equality; strengthen an open and stable international system; shape the rules of the world on vital issues like trade, cyber, and emerging technologies; and confront the threat of terrorism, conflict, and transnational crime.
The administration hopes that its new strategy will give a sharper focus to the upcoming US-African summit in Washington this December.
Also read;
https://trendsnafrica.com/u-s-africa-leaders-summit-scheduled-for-december/
https://trendsnafrica.com/biden-in-the-white-house-what-does-that-bode-for-africa/
