US VP Harris to tour Africa amid growing China, Russia influence
US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a Women's History Month in the white house in Washington DC on March 22, 2023. She is set to make a trip to Africa this weekend and visit Zambia, Tanzania as well as Ghana to deepen US engagement, amid the growing influence from China and Russia in the continent. PHOTO | SAUL LOEB | AFP
US Vice President Kamala Harris will start a three-country tour of Africa this weekend, promoting the white house's positive vision of the continent as the "future of the world."
Harris' trip to Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia is the latest salvo in deepening US engagement with a continent largely ignored under former US president Donald Trump and long viewed in Washington as more of a problem area than a land of opportunity.
