Kamala Harris begins a week-long visit to Africa this Saturday. The American vice-president is expected in Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia. On the travel menu are economic development, climate change, food security and the strong growth of the young population on the continent.
While Africa is now considered by Washington as a place of investment and not just aid. Journalists accredited to the White House are already speculating on Kamala Harris' specific agenda in each of the three countries.
other topics that have dominated conversations in Africa.''; explain Chris Megerian , Associated Press reporter at the White House.
The growing influence of Beijing on the continent will no doubt also be mentioned. But faced with the importance of Chinese investments in Africa, Kamala Harris should approach the subject with circumspection.
“Ms. Harris will face a delicate balancing act on this trip. Much of what the United States does in Africa is rooted in its rivalry with China. China wields great influence on the continent by lending money to countries, building big infrastructure projects like roads and railroads. But at the same time, U.S. officials don't want African leaders to feel like they're being caught. middle of this geopolitical chess game between the United States and China. They want African leaders to feel like they are dealing with them on their own terms. This is something the Vice President will have to balance during his stay,trying to forge partnerships that help the United States and its geopolitical objectives, but also creating its own relations with African countries"; explains Chris Megerian.
The United States had promised in December last year to devote 55 billion dollars to Africa. Since then, the country has been trying to maintain its will displayed at a United States-Africa summit held in Washington.
Somalia: the Red Cross at the bedside of detainees for Ramadan
Solidarity is organized in Somalia as the Muslim world begins the holy month of Ramadan. And the country's prison population is not forgotten. The International Committee of the Red Cross donated food to the 4,000 prisoners in the country's 12 places of detention.
“We distribute food to the detainees, so that they can take part in the joy of Ramadan, as people do outside during fasting,” explains ICRC protection officer Mohamed Liban.
Somalia is about to experience a 6th consecutive failed rainy season. This drought is causing food prices to rise. The nutritional situation in this country in the Horn of Africa has become particularly worrying.
The World Health Organization warned this month that nearly 100,000 people in Somalia had reached peak levels of food insecurity.
A month during which charity takes on its full meaning. Muslims are encouraged to donate to vulnerable people.
In the Horn of Africa, five consecutive failed rainy seasons have so far caused the death of millions of livestock, the destruction of crops, and forced millions of people to leave their areas to find water and food elsewhere.
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