The scramble for Africa

By YUSINYU OMER in Yaoundé Just after the three nation’s tour by French President Emmanuel Macron and the four nation’s tour by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavlov, the US secretary of state Antony J. Blinken has announced a three nation’s tour of Africa starting next week. Blinken’s itinerary includes stops in South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda. While in Pretoria, Blinken plans to present the U.S. Strategy for Sub-Saharan Africa. It reaffirms the U.S. position that “African countries are geostrategic players and critical partners on the most pressing issues of our day,” the department said…