China

Is latest US drive to counter China’s influence in Africa too little, too late?




US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to Africa last week marked a new drive by the Trump administration to counter China’s growing influence in the continent.Last week he visited Senegal, Angola and Ethiopia, three countries where Beijing has pumped billions of dollars into infrastructure projects, and used the trip to make a thinly veiled attack on China in an effort to promote the US and its companies as a better alternative.But the visit was Pompeo’s first to Africa since taking on the…



READ SOURCE

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this site, you accept our use of cookies.