(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Traveling across Africa, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken saw firsthand the limits of America’s influence abroad. Before leaving the continent at his last stop in Senegal, Blinken said he had been well received by all three leaders he met. And yet, despite an agreement in Sudan announced on Sunday after Blinken returned to Washington, neither yielded unvarnished success. “I urge all sides to further talks and redouble efforts to complete key transitional tasks on a civilian-led path to democracy in Sudan,” Blinken said in a Tweet. “Our engagement in Africa, with Africa, is not about China or any other third party,” Blinken said in Nigeria.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 22, 2021 05:18 UTC