Blinken Heading to Africa Next Week on Four-Nation Tour
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FILE - Secretary of State Antony Blinken boards his plane at N'Djili International Airport, to travel to Rwanda, in Kinshasa, Congo, Aug. 10, 2022. Next week, he will travel to Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and Angola. FILE - Secretary of State Antony Blinken visits an election transparency hackathon event at the Kinshasa Digital Academy in Kinshasa, Congo, Aug. 10, 2022, prior to traveling to Rwanda. FILE - Secretary of State Antony Blinken shakes hands with Nigerien President Mohamed Bazoum during their meeting at the presidential palace in Niamey, Niger, March 16, 2023.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Cape Verde, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and Angola next week, the State Department announced, his fourth trip to the African continent.
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