African leaders gather in US as Joe Biden aims to reboot rocky relations
by Jason Burke Africa correspondent from US news | The Guardian on (#66T0E)
President and Antony Blinken woo nations at summit in Washington in hope they will align with west rather than Russia or China
Dozens of African leaders have assembled in Washington for a summit aimed at rebooting US relations on the continent, which have languished in recent years.
The US-Africa summit, the first since 2014, will be the biggest international gathering in Washington since the pandemic and the most substantial commitment by a US administration to boosting its influence in the region for almost a decade.
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