US accuses China and Russia of 'destabilising' Africa with their growing inroads as it rolls out a red carpet to continent's 49 leaders and pledges billions of dollars in support
The United States has accused China and Russia of "destabilising" Africa with their growing inroads as it rolled out the red carpet to the continent's leaders and pledged billions of dollars in support.
Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin, at a panel with several African presidents at the start of the three-day summit, warned of a different approach by US rivals. "The troubling piece there is they're not always transparent in terms of what they're doing, and that creates problems that will be eventually destabilising if they're not already," Austin said.
Biden, during the summit, will outline US support for the African Union to gain a formal berth in the Group of 20 clubs of major economies, months after he threw support behind a permanent African seat on the UN Security Council.
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