Vice President Kamala Harris's high-profile trip to Africa that ended earlier this month was a further sign of the United States' renewed interest in the continent. It followed that of Secretary of State Antony Blinken two weeks earlier. Blinken relies in particular on the State Department's Bureau of African Affairs when dealing with the continent, but also on several high-ranking figures, and all within limits set by the White House.
His latest trip to Africa, like the two previous ones he has undertaken


