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Coups: U.S. excludes Sudan, Mali, others from Africa Leaders’ Summit

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45 leaders confirm attendance

Forty-five African heads of state and government have confirmed attendance at the U.S. Africa Leaders’ Summit, held in Washington D.C. next month.

United States President, Joseph Biden, had extended an invitation to 49 African leaders.

Dana Banks, the Special Assistant to the President and National Security Council Senior Advisor for the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit, confirmed this, yesterday, via a teleconference on the upcoming Summit’s agenda to strengthen U.S.-Africa relations and highlight U.S. commitment to the African continent.

Banks noted that Biden invited 49 African leaders, excluding those from Burkina Faso, Guinea, Sudan, and Mali – four countries currently suspended by the African Union (AU).

All four countries are currently run by strong men who took power with guns.

The White House official said Biden used three criteria to invite African governments to the Summit.

“President Biden invited all sub-Saharan and North African governments that have not been suspended by AU, states the U.S. government recognises, and states with which we exchange Ambassadors.”

Banks added that Biden looks forward to hosting leaders from across the African continent.

The Summit, only the second such event of its kind, will be the biggest U.S.-Africa engagement in Washington D.C., since former President Barack Obama hosted African leaders in 2014.

The gathering aims to advance shared priorities and foster stronger ties between the United States and Africa. It will also provide an opportunity to advance the Biden administration’s focus on trade and investment in Africa, highlight America’s commitment to Africa’s security, its democratic development, and its people, as well as emphasise the depth and breadth of the United States’ commitment to the African continent.

“Africa will shape the future — not just the future of the African people, but of the world. Africa will make the difference in tackling the most urgent challenges and seizing the opportunities we all face,” she said.

The Summit will be focused on nine pillars: economic engagement, peace, security and governance, democracy, human rights and governance, global health, food security, climate change, diaspora engagement, education and youth leadership and amplifying African voices.

The Senior Advisor noted that the Summit aims to amplify African voices to tackle global challenges collaboratively.

“The goal of the Summit is rooted in recognition of the continent as a global player and how it will shape, not just the future of the continent, but also the world. The breadth and depth of American partnership with African partners are based upon dialogue, respect, and shared values.”

Also speaking, yesterday, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of African Affairs, Robert Scott, said: “The U.S. knows that, on most of the urgent challenges and opportunities we face, Africa will make the difference. We can’t achieve our goals around the world without the leadership of African governments, institutions and citizens.

“Issues that affect the globe are, in large, going to be solved by Africans. Furthermore, there is an added element to the Summit: There will be a U.S.-Africa Civil and Commercial Space Forum.”





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