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Get Ready For Lots of Tough Talk on Chinese Debt When Janet Yellen Travels to Africa Next Month

by Eric Olander
US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen meets with Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC, on December 15, 2022. SAUL LOEB / AFP

Just days after it wrapped up a summit with African leaders, the Biden administration is following through on its promise to send more high-level officials to the continent. 

First up is Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, who will visit Senegal, Zambia, and South Africa from January 17-28.

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