will be available in the next few months. the decision is significant because the country just announced its exit from a deal that allowed the safe passage of ukrainian grain through black seaports. he says they re now able to plug the gap to africa which has been dealing with the rising food security challenges and today at the summit security was a major theme with the leader of the russian wagner group on the sidelines of the meeting and countries like burkina faso, mali, the central african republic, partnering with wagoner to counterjihadis attacks that have been taking place in the region. in niger which hasjust undergone place in the region. in niger which has just undergone a military takeover, little protesters taking to the streets in support of the mutiny and they say they want russian intervention in the country, some seen carrying russian flags and calling for the departure of french forces. 0n the departure of french forces. on friday african leaders expected to meet pres
policy saying we have a real opportunity right now with this african leaders summit to rethink the way we approach counterterrorism in africa. we poured billions of dollars in it over 20 years, and yours truly we re only seeing volent extremism increase. we focus so much on the military approach instead of really looking at the drivers of this issue, which based on my specious working at the state department, is that when human rights abuses are being committed, when hill tears are committing abuses against their populations, that s driving recruitment. it we want to be able to address the issue, what we need to do is focus on increasing governance in africa and really work with governments there to make sure they understand what they need to do to bring young people into the government to make sure that everyone in the country feels included and have a stake in the future of those countries. chinese trade with africa is about four times that of the u.s.
billion in aid in the coming year to the continent. this as america tries to play catch-up to the growing influence of china and russia. africa belongs at the table and every room where global challenges are being discussed. we plan to commit $55 billion in africa to invest this if africa s people, africa s infrastructure, trik s agriculture, africa s health system, africa s security and more. joining me now is congresswoman sarah jacobs of california. congratulations on that. the u.s. is failed in countering terrorism and spending billions with bleak results. you argue this failed policy is hurting efforts to fight hunger and address the climate crisis so importantly. do you have any solutions? thank you for having me and for the congratulations. i wrote an op-ed in foreign
a family meets with the president or not, we re working it. we re working on my office. the entire agency and state department, the department of defense, we re always working these cases. so whether someone meets with the president or not, i would like everyone to though that with never stop. it s 24/7 business. you came over and visited me at state department and got the atmosphere. my office is like a hospital emergency room. it s constantly trying to bring people back. we re coming back from a case like brittney griner, i m enroute from dulles to the state department. i m on the phone already working on cases that we are still trying to progress with. so it s a busy process. but we re not going to let up. we will be rerentless. thank you very much for your service. thank you. thank you. president biden announcing that he s going to make his first trip as president to africa next year at a white house summit is. today biden committed to $55
how do we compete with that? think that africa is a huge area of opportunity. it s the youngest continent in the world. the majority of the people are under 30. and with know it has huge opportunities for economic growth. i m really glad that president biden is hosting the summit for the first time in a decade after we know the trump administration really neglected the continent. to make sure we are showing the african leaders and the african people that we care about them. we care about their human rights, we care about their economic development and will continue investing in it. you just returned from ukraine. now we re finally going to announce giving them the patriots, the missile defense they need. are you satisfied that the country s repeated request for air defense systems are going to be satisfied by getting the patriot missile assistance? in my trip to ukraine, it was