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Africa: Blinken Africa Revisit Focuses on Ending Conflicts in the Horn and Sahel
allAfrica, 11 March 2023
Trip to Ethiopia and Niger is latest top-level administration Africa foray, with VP Harris expected to be next Read more »
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Africa: White House Confirms Vice President Harris's Travel to Ghana, Tanzania, and Zambia
White House, 13 March 2023
Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff will travel to Accra, Ghana; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; and Lusaka, Zambia from March 25 to April 2. Read more »
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Ethiopia: The United States and Ethiopia - a Long-Term Partnership
State Department, 14 March 2023
U.S.-Ethiopia Relations Read more »
Blinken to Ethiopia & Niger; VP Harris to Ghana, Tanzania, Zambia
United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visited Addis Ababa on March 14 and 15 to hold talks with the Ethiopian government and leaders of the Tigrayan forces to discuss the fragile peace process that has ended the two-year conflict which claimed thousands of lives.
The trip, which also includes a stopover in Niger, is one of a series of Africa journeys this year by top-level administration officials. Vice President Kamala Harris is likely the next on that list, with a visit expected to focus on women in technology and include stops in Tanzania and Ghana.
While in Addis, Blinken was scheduled to meet African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat "to discuss shared global and regional priorities and follow up on commitments from the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit regarding food security, climate and a just energy transition, the African diaspora, and global health", the State Department said in a statement.
On March 16, the Blinken will make the first visit by a U.S. Secretary of State to Niger, where he will discuss security cooperation in the Sahel with President Mohamed Bazoum and Foreign Minister Hassoumi Massaoudou in Niamey. MORE>
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the U.S.- Africa Leaders Summit in December 2022 and Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum at the United Nations in September 2022.
President of Niger Mohamed Bazoum; former assistant secretary of state for African affairs, Jendayi Frazer; Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III; and Secretary of State Antony Blinken participated in the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit's Peace and Security Governance Forum.
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