US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's 10-day trip to Zambia, South Africa and Senegal sought to “highlight the Biden-Harris Administration’s work to deepen U.S.-Africa economic ties, including by expanding trade and investment flows and promoting sustainable and inclusive economic growth” (US Treasury). This visit fulfills the promise that President Joe Biden made at the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit that he and members of his cabinet would visit the continent in 2023. It seems the US is recognizing the growing importance Africa will have in the coming decades. While in Senegal, the Secretary stressed that “Africa will shape the trajectory of the world economy over the next century.” Given this, the US clearly wants to take a more proactive approach to diplomatic relations with the African continent. It also seems China’s involvement in Africa has not gone unnoticed. Yellen called out China as being a barrier to resolving Zambia’s debt crisis, explaining that loans backed by China “ca
President Biden on Tyre Nichols Tyre Nichols Memorial Fund: https://gofund.me/d639a355 "Like so many, I was outraged and deeply pained to see the horrific video of the beating that resulted in Tyre Nichols’ death. It is yet another painful reminder of the profound fear and trauma, the pain, and the exhaustion that Black and Brown Americans experience every single day. My heart goes out to Tyre Nichols’ family and to Americans in Memphis and across the country who are grieving this tremendously painful loss. The footage that was released this evening will leave people justifiably outraged. I join Mr. Nichols’ family in calling for peaceful protest. I spoke with RowVaughn Wells and Rodney Wells, Mr. Nichols’ mother and stepfather, this afternoon. There are no words to describe the heartbreak and grief of losing a beloved child and young father. Nothing can bring Mr. Nichols back to his family and the Memphis community. But Mr. and Mrs. Wells, Mr. Nichols’ son, and his whole fam