Harris maintains U.S. engagement with Africa to counter China, Russia

Vice president latest top official to visit with stops in Ghana, Zambia and Tanzania

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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris meets with Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo during her stay in Accra on March 27. © Reuters

YUKIHIRO SAKAGUCHI, Nikkei staff writer

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris's weeklong tour of African nations now underway follows similar trips to the continent by top level U.S. officials in a bid by Washington to regain ground lost to China and Russia's growing involvement in the Global South.

Harris will visit three countries on her trip. Her first stop was Ghana, where on Tuesday she delivered a speech in the capital, Accra, that touched on science and technology, agriculture, and clean energy, among other areas.

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