The U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit kicks off Tuesday in Washington, where President Joe Biden will host about 50 African leaders, their delegations and Africans in the private sector and diaspora communities in the United States.
On the sidelines of the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, VOA's Koi Gouahinga interviewed Milou Van Bruggen of the United Nations International Trade Center.
Oumou traveled from Louisville, Kentucky to protest and deliver a message to US President Joe Biden as he welcomed African leaders for a summit in Washington.
Thione Niang tells VOA's Abdourahmane Dia that he hopes for a win-win relationship between the two parties and calls for the US to support Africa's call to join the G20 organization.