The United States “will dedicate $55 billion to Africa over three years,” the White House said on Monday, before Joe Biden received many of the continent’s leaders for a summit in Washington. Jake Sullivan, the US president’s national security adviser, said these funds would be earmarked for health and climate change response, but did not provide details on their origin or distribution.
There will be “a real mobilization of resources on concrete objectives”, he said, specifying that the details will be revealed in the next few days. “If you compare what the United States is promising for the next three years to what other countries are promising, I think that comparison is very favorable for us,” said Jake Sullivan.
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He assured that this funding, and more generally the American commitment, will not be linked to the attitude of African countries towards the war in Ukraine, at a time when many of them refuse to condemn Russia outright. “We’re not holding a gun to anyone’s head” on this one, Joe Biden’s adviser said.
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The three-day summit in Washington is expected to revive US relations with the African continent, left more or less in abeyance by former President Donald Trump, as both China and Russia advance their pawns on the continent. This is the second meeting of this kind, after a first edition held in 2014.
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