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version didn’t materialise. WASHINGTON - The United The US and Russia view each States will host 49 African heads other as rivals in their approach to of State, and the African Union Africa and the war in Ukraine made envoy, in Washington for a threeday matters tense. US-Africa Summit between The US Department of State’s December 13-15. Bureau of African Affairs’ Deputy
The US views this as an opportunity Assistant Secretary, Robert Scott, to strengthen ties with Africa. and the special assistant to the
However, four countries have not president and National Security been invited - Mali, Burkina Faso, Council senior advisor for the Sudan and Guinea. US-Africa Leaders Summit, Dana
There will be side events and Banks, spoke to a group of African meetings for civil society and business journalists about the upcoming leaders from Africa to engage summit. with the Americans. Africa’s voting patterns at the It is the second summit under US UN General Assembly on the war
lastyear.Tǡhe President Joe Biden’s administration, in Ukraine were an indicator of the with the inaugural one hosted continent’s interests, she added. around the same time For the US, it had been a wake-up summit gets underway with an call because the continent hadn’t advantage after the Russia-Africa condemned Russia outright.
LONDON - Britain Yesterday, Britain and South Africa announced announced a new set a new health of research collaborations and science partnership as Ramaphosa yesterday to mark toured the Crick the second day of Institute, the biggest President Cyril Ramaphosa’s biomedical research State visit to facility in Europe, and London, the first such Kew Gardens, with official guest hosted Charles’ brother, Edward. by King Charles III.
Charles (74), rolled out traditional pomp and ceremony to welcome Ramaphosa and hosted a banquet in his honour on Tuesday.
Ramaphosa also addressed lawmakers at the Houses of Parliament.
Benefit
British Foreign Minister James Cleverly said the partnerships, on areas such as vaccine manufacturing, genome sequencing and climate change, will ‘benefit us all’.