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    Commentary: US-Africa Leaders Summit is an opportunity we all must seize

    by Ivor Ichikowitz, Chicago Tribune Dec 15, 2022 3 minutes
    U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the U.S.- Africa Leaders Summit on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022 in Washington, D.C. The Summit brings together heads of state, government officials, business leaders, and civil society to strengthen ties between the U.S. and Africa.

    African leaders are meeting this week with President Joe Biden for the second U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit of his administration. The gathering comes at a very important time, for this is an inflection point as much for the U.S. as it is for Africa. The U.S. has always loomed large in the minds of Africans of all ages, but under Biden’s predecessor, President Donald Trump, the sentiment changed dramatically for the worse.

    Unfortunately, Trump did not know much about Africa, and because of that, it was not high on his agenda. Biden, on the other hand,

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