United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday said the US is committed to deeper relations with Africa despite global crises as he opened a four-country tour of the continent. Blinken is touring four democracies on the Atlantic Coast – Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and Angola – as security deteriorates in the Sahel and doubts grow about a key US base in neighboring coup-hit Niger.“The United States is committed to deepening, strengthening, and broadening partnerships across Africa,” Blinken said. As Blinken opens his visit, US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield is touring three other West African nations – Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, and Liberia, where she is attending a presidential inauguration and monitoring a peaceful transition of power in a once-turbulent nation.
SOURCE: AL JAZEERA
