The first lady of the united states of America, Dr Jill Biden, will make her first trip to the continent this week to strengthen ties between the USA and the region.
The first lady will be in the country after she visits Namibia, her trip to the sub-Saharan region will begin on Wednesday and end on Sunday. A senior administration official previewing the trip said that The purpose of her journey is to reaffirm the US government's investments in Africa, not just in their governments, but in their people and to continue her work to empower women and young people.
Another senior administration official said that the trip shows that president biden and the united states is committed to Africa. The first lady will arrive in Namibia on Wednesday, and her efforts are focused on the role of young people in continuing to shape their democracy and advance health cooperation.
Biden will then travel to Kenya, where she will focus on food insecurity and the impact of drought in the Horn of Africa to "draw attention to what is a dire and immediate food shortage that cannot wait for further intervention and mobilization from the international community.
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Jill Biden will also meet with the first ladies of the respective countries, as well as institutions that work on youth participation and women's empowerment, and issues related to gender-based violence.
As second lady, Biden travelled to Africa five times, including a stop in 2011 at Kenya's largest refugee camp as multitudes fled Somalia. This will be her third trip to Kenya and her first to Namibia, making her the highest-ranking US official to visit the country since then-Vice President Al Gore in 1996.
The vice president of the USA, Kamala Harris, is set to visit the content within the year, but it still needs to be determined when president joe biden will make his trip to the continent.
