US top diplomat Antony Blinken to visit Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. PHOTO | AFP

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken travels to Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal next week, where he will discuss ending the Covid-19 pandemic and battling climate change, his spokesman said Thursday.

Blinken will meet with the president of each country to "advance US-Africa collaboration on shared global priorities," state department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement.