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Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought on a trip to Africa to prove US commitment both in gestures and deeds, but it was also about playing defence as crises mount and Russia and China eye gains.
Blinken toured four US-friendly democracies on the Atlantic – Angola, Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Cape Verde – as security deteriorates further inland in the Sahel region.
Blinken was visiting Africa after four crisis trips to the
