Kamala Harris kicks off Africa tour with $100M pledge as U.S. tries to counter China and Russia’s influence


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Kamala Harris to visit Africa as part of U.S. effort to strengthen ties with continent Johannesburg — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Ghana Sunday night to kick off a three-nation tour of Africa her first visit to the continent since taking office. She was greeted by schoolchildren waving Ghanaian and American flags as she walked off the plane in Accra, and quickly announced a significant new U.S. financial support package for Ghana and a handful of other nations in the region. Harris smiled at the dancers and said she was "looking forward to this trip as a further...