US-Africa relations under Biden: a mismatch between talk and action

President Joe Biden (centre) poses with African leaders during the US-Africa Leaders Summit on December 15, 2022 in Washington, DC.

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In his first year in office, US President Joe Biden committed to resetting US-Africa relations based on a doctrine of equal partnership.

He sent his secretary of state, Antony Blinken, to Kenya, Côte d'Ivoire and Nigeria. The visit was used to outline the administration’s policy outlook towards Africa. It laid the ground for the official US-Africa policy commitment that Blinken launched the following year in South Africa.