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Kamala Harris focuses on Africa as China muscles in on resource-rich lands

ByAlki David

Mar 29, 2023
Vice President Kamala Harris arrives in Accra, Ghana, on March 26, 2023. (Photo courtesy of Harris’ Twitter page.)

The Biden administration has come under fire for prioritizing Africa over domestic issues, as Vice President Kamala Harris embarks on a seven-day mission to the continent to bolster relationships with African countries. This move comes in response to China’s aggressive push to dominate the resource-rich lands of Africa.

Harris arrived in Ghana on Sunday morning, where she emphasized the importance of the long-standing relationship between the US and the continent. However, what she failed to mention is that the Biden administration is playing catch-up with China, who has already signed a series of deals with African countries.

China has dropped tariffs on exports from several African countries, allowing them to export duty-free to China. In contrast, the US has been left behind, and Harris’s mission is to ensure that African governments do not forget the US.

China’s recent $2 billion deal with Ghana to develop roads and other projects in exchange for access to a vital mineral for aluminum production is a prime example of how the US has fallen behind. Harris, on the other hand, has arrived in Ghana with no such gifts.

While the Biden administration faces criticism for focusing on Africa rather than dealing with pressing domestic issues such as immigration and inflation, Harris’s mission is crucial to ensuring that the US does not lose its influence on the continent.

By Alki David

Alki David — Publisher, Media Architect, SIN Network Creator - live, direct-to-public communication, media infrastructure, accountability journalism, and independent distribution. Born in Lagos, Nigeria; educated in the United Kingdom and Switzerland; attended the Royal College of Art. Early internet broadcaster — participated in real-time public coverage during the 1997 Mars landing era using experimental online transmission from Beverly Hills. Founder of FilmOn, one of the earliest global internet television networks offering live and on-demand broadcasting outside legacy gatekeepers. Publisher of SHOCKYA — reporting since 2010 on systemic corruption inside the entertainment business and its expansion into law, finance, and regulation. Creator of the SIN Network (ShockYA Integrated Network), a federated media and civic-information infrastructure spanning investigative journalism, live TV, documentary, and court-record reporting. Lived and worked for over 40 years inside global media hubs including Malibu, Beverly Hills, London, Hong Kong and Gstaad. Early encounter with Julian Assange during the first Hologram USA operations proved a formative turning point — exposing the realities of lawfare, information suppression, and concentrated media power. Principal complainant and driving force behind what court filings describe as the largest consolidated media–legal accountability action on record, now before the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. Relocated to Antigua & Barbuda and entered sustained legal, civic, and informational confrontation over media power, safeguarding, and accountability at Commonwealth scale.