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Blinken will go to Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and Angola starting Sunday for talks focused on regional security, conflict prevention, democracy promotion, and trade
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be visiting four African countries as the Biden administration. Blinken will go to Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and Angola starting Sunday for talks focused on regional security, conflict prevention, democracy promotion, and trade.
The trip will be his third overseas mission in the new year. Blinken’s Africa trip comes as the United States is increasingly nervous about its relationships on the continent, particularly after coups last year in Niger and Gabon, and escalating unrest in Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Blinken will highlight the administration’s partnership with African nations on issues such as the climate, economic investment, food, and health, department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement.
