Vice President Kamala Harris has announced a new era of partnership between the United States and African nations amid growing competition from other global powers, especially China and Russia. 
Harris arrived in Zambia on March 31 for the final stop of her weeklong trip across the continent that also took her to Ghana and Tanzania.
The visit sought to build on December’s U.S.–Africa summit in Washington, where Harris pledged more than $1 billion in public and private money for economic development, $100 million for security assistance in West Africa, and $500 million to facilitate trade with Tanzania.
The vice president is the fifth top Biden administration official to visit Africa this year….