Biden’s Africa Talk is “Hollow”: Expert

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit on December 13, 2022. EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / POOL / AFP

While many U.S. government spokespeople are putting a happy face on the summit, independent analysts are being less diplomatic. 

Amaka Anku, the head of Africa analysis at the Eurasia Group, didn’t mince words in a recent interview: 

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