There are fears that escalating US-Chinese tensions could threaten the independence of African and other nonaligned nations.
Senegalese foreign minister Aissata Tall Sall and US secretary of state Antony Blinken at a news conference.
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The recent visit of the US secretary of state to Nigeria, Kenya and Senegal appears driven by the fear of China’s inroads in Africa as well as the need to mend diplomatic fences.
Addis Ababa’s light-rail network built by China Railway Engineering Corporation has become a key transport link for city residents.
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In Ethiopia, the US pushes the diffusion of individual freedoms and China jockeys for collective economic betterment. Both the US and China could lose out if chaos spreads in the Horn of Africa.