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Blinken Africa Tour: 'African countries have a lot of economic strengths'

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor at the South African Department of International Relations and Cooperation in Pretoria, South Africa August 8, 2022. REUTERS - POOL

By: Florent Guignard Follow

The African tour of the head of American diplomacy, Anthony Blinken, began this Sunday, August 7 with South Africa, before continuing with Congo-Kinshasa and Rwanda.

Blinken is scheduled to deliver a speech today on the United States' new African strategy. 

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