This month, senior Chinese, Russian, and American officials are rushing to visit African countries to express their commitment to the region, which is now seeing the greatest population growth.
Several of President Joe Biden’s top staffers have recently visited Africa as he gets ready for his trip there later this year. There, they must strike a balance between their pledge to work for the welfare of Africa and their goal to win the continent’s support against Russian aggression and Chinese ambitions.
Although the United States has expressed disappointment over African nations’ reluctance to denounce Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Washington claims that this is not about thwarting Russian and Chinese ambitions and is instead about forging meaningful relationships in areas like business, health, peace, and security.
According to analysts, China has invested more than $1 trillion in its worldwide Belt and Road Initiative, which aims to rebuild infrastructure in underdeveloped nations. China upholds a rigorous policy of abstaining from meddling in the internal affairs of other nations.
China’s new foreign minister dismissed the idea that the continent was an ideological war, as it frequently was during the Cold War, during his first trip on the job.
The next senior American representative to travel in the near future will be Biden’s ambassador to the UN, who previously served as the State Department’s regional director for Africa.
Afterward, Biden himself, probably. In response to a query from VOA this week, the White House stated that there are currently no firm plans to announce.
According to Biden, the 11-month battle in Ukraine is really a conflict between democracies and autocracies. Hudson questions whether Biden will uphold those ideals while on African land given that the continent is clearly regressing in terms of democracy.
Source: AllAfrica
