African Leaders to Kamala Harris: We’re Going to Work With Both the U.S. and China

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris during a press conference in Lusaka with Zambian President Haikinde Hichilema during the last stop of her week-long, three nation Africa tour. AFP.

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris is back in Washington, D.C., after wrapping up a week-long, three-nation tour of sub-Saharan Africa over the weekend.

Before she left, Harris held a press conference on Friday with President Haikinde Hichilema, where she gently prodded China to do more to restart Lusaka’s stalled debt restructuring process.

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