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US-Africa summit: Joe Biden says US is 'all in' on Africa's future
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President Joe Biden (R) toasted the meeting at a summit dinner alongside Senegal's President Macky Sall
By Laura Gozzi & Anne Soy
in London & Nairobi
US President Joe Biden has announced billions of dollars in support and investment for Africa at a summit with the continent's heads of state.
"The United States is all in on Africa's future," President Biden told the 49 African leaders attending the Washington DC meeting.
It is the first such gathering hosted by Washington for eight years.
The summit is seen as a US attempt to re-assert its influence in Africa to counter Chinese involvement.
It also comes after Donald Trump's four-year tenure in office, during which he alienated numerous African leaders with policy decisions and insulting comments.
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Mr Biden struck a very different tone to his predecessor, speaking optimistically of improved links with Africa and telling the gathering that "when Africa succeeds, the United States succeeds. Quite frankly, the whole world succeeds as well."
He said that the crises facing the world today needed African leadership, ideas and innovations, and promised to build on the "vital" investments in Africa made by previous US administrations.
To that end, ahead of the three-day summit which ends on Thursday, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said the US would commit $55bn (£44bn) to Africa over the next three years.
Discussions at the summit have focussed on building on already existing programmes, including...
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