South Africa
US Secretary of State visits South Africa─── 11:50 Sun, 07 Aug 2022
United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken.
US secretary of state Antony Blinken has touched down in South Africa.
Blinken will attend the US - SA strategic dialogue with his counterpart, Naledi Pandor, on Monday.
He will then move on to visit the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda.
The State Department maintains the African tour is an effort to strengthen relations and deal with global issues but experts say it's a direct response to the charm offensive by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
The US is currently embroiled in the Ukraine War while also battling heightened tensions with China.
