Twenty billion U.S. dollars!
How many Russian rubles is that?
Cutting off noses to spite faces. We’ve lost all influence in Africa. I guess we don’t really need Africa if we buy all our minerals from China. Oh, wait...
And when Biden had his”Africa Summit” in DC last December, he promised to help them get renewable energy and electric vehicles. Just what Africans need as they strive to develop viable infrastructures. China is building them railroads and port facilities. The West is pressuring them by refusing to finance fossil fuel power generation. And that’s why Africa will soon belong to the BRICS bloc, and the west will not even be in the trading room.
Perhaps flying more LGBTQI flags from our embassies, offering Drag Queen story hours, and funding Transgender Operations will help the USA gain more African Support?!?