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Blinken says US is “equal partner” with African countries
The Associated Press ^ | August 8, 2022 | By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME

Posted on 08/08/2022 10:31:28 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The United States sees Africa’s 54 nations as “equal partners” in tackling global problems, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in South Africa Monday.

“Our strategy is rooted in the recognition that sub-Saharan Africa is a major geopolitical force — one that has shaped our past, is shaping our present, and will shape our future,” Blinken said at the University of Pretoria in a speech detailing the Biden administration’s policies for Africa.

“It’s a strategy that reflects the region’s complexity, its diversity, its agency; and one that focuses on what we will do with African nations and peoples, not for African nations and peoples,” he said.

Blinken said that the United States and African nations “can’t achieve any of our shared priorities — whether that’s recovering from the pandemic; creating broad-based economic opportunities; addressing the climate crisis; expanding energy access; revitalizing democracies; or strengthening the free and open international order — if we don’t work together, as equal partners.”

South African academics and students responded warmly to Blinken’s speech, which was a broad declaration of U.S. intentions toward sub-Saharan Africa. The United States is often faulted for overlooking the continent in recent decades, opening space for Russian and Chinese interests to make significant inroads.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: africa; brandon; globalism
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1 posted on 08/08/2022 10:31:28 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I suppose we’re also equal partners with Lichtenstein.


2 posted on 08/08/2022 10:37:45 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Yeah, Zimbabwe.......................


3 posted on 08/08/2022 10:38:29 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Jeff Chandler

Hey, what’s San Marino, chopped liver?


4 posted on 08/08/2022 10:39:12 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

Equal...... that’s the new symbol for black ass kissing. Equality is the fervent desire of the unequal


5 posted on 08/08/2022 10:40:45 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

OK, does that mean we’re going to split the check equally?


6 posted on 08/08/2022 10:41:18 AM PDT by LuigiBonnafini
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
We're not equal to Africa yet but we're working on it.

Below - Philly vs some slum in Africa.


7 posted on 08/08/2022 10:42:45 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

does anyone in the Biden administration have an IQ with 3- digits?


8 posted on 08/08/2022 10:43:11 AM PDT by wny
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To: LuigiBonnafini

Sort of.

It means we put up all the money, and they take it.


9 posted on 08/08/2022 10:43:50 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Equal partners in their child cobalt mine operations?


10 posted on 08/08/2022 10:44:17 AM PDT by Dogbert41 (Fill your lamps!)
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To: plain talk

I’m trying to figure out which is which...


11 posted on 08/08/2022 10:45:06 AM PDT by Lucky2 (#Let's Go Brandon, #FJB)
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To: plain talk

The Africans need to catch up with Western “civilization”—with more and better graffiti in their slums!


12 posted on 08/08/2022 10:47:14 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Maybe we can teach them basketball...


13 posted on 08/08/2022 10:48:11 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Did you know:

The George Soros Open Society Archives in Hungary was renamed “The Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives” after the couple gave a “Major Donation” to Soros’ globalist agenda

Vera & Donald Blinken are the parents of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken

🤔
https://gettr.com/post/p1lo5ped98c


14 posted on 08/08/2022 10:49:55 AM PDT by COUNTrecount ("I've always won, and I'm going to continue to win. And that's the way it is." -- Donald Trump)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Looks like they’re trying a new route:

The Jimmy Dore Show
7/26/22

US Threatens Africa To Support Ukraine War

https://youtu.be/bTKsI4iyr1E


15 posted on 08/08/2022 10:53:28 AM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

With all the money african nations have received, you’d think they’d take the money and do something great so they can become powerful. I wish we would stop giving them money.


16 posted on 08/08/2022 10:56:13 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 democratic )
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With all the money african nations have received, you’d think they’d take the money and do something great so they can become powerful.

Similarities to our own domestic welfare programs, they don't work.

17 posted on 08/08/2022 10:58:28 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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“Our strategy is rooted in the recognition that sub-Saharan Africa is a major geopolitical force

What in the hell is he smokin'?

18 posted on 08/08/2022 10:59:13 AM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, BY FAR, is that almost all of big media is agenda-driven, not-truth driven.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

China is way ahead of you, Blinken, but thanks for playing.


19 posted on 08/08/2022 11:01:09 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: 1Old Pro

Good point.


20 posted on 08/08/2022 11:03:11 AM PDT by napscoordinator (Trump/Hunter, jr for President/Vice President 2016 democratic )
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