OPINIONISTA: There’s a lot riding on the outcome of the US presidential election in terms of Africa’s relations with China

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A Trump victory in the 3 November US elections is likely to see the US intensify its attempts to roll back China’s successful Africa policy. A Biden administration will find areas in which its US-Africa policy will converge with that of China. The US and China will be more likely to cooperate within multilateral forums and will actively seek a multilateral approach to global challenges, such as peacekeeping and health matters.

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American democracy is too big and fortified to completely collapse. However, the controversy over Russia’s alleged involvement in the 2016 elections and the events of the last four years have shown that indeed America’s democracy is not completely impregnable. The 3 November 2020 US elections are rightly perceived as “generational elections”. More than anything else, these elections will become a major landmark and a point of reference in the history of America.

First, Africa invested heavily in human capital , raw material and knowledge in the development of America’s economy and its electoral politics.As a country that depicted itself as a “City upon a Hill”, the US is no stranger to Africa’s politics. Its footprints are seen in all phases of the continent’s political and economic life. It has also influenced Africa through its soft power by expanding education through missionary schools.

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