Apr 07 Vice President Harris meets with expelled Tennessee lawmakers By Zeke Miller, Travis Loller, Kristin M. Hall, Associated Press Harris will meet with lawmakers as well as young people advocating for tougher gun control laws, according to a tweet from her spokesperson. The visit comes after Biden called the expulsions "shocking, undemocratic, and without precedent."… Continue reading
Apr 06 Vice President Harris promotes renewable energy deal in Georgia visit By Matthew Daly, Associated Press Continuing its efforts to promote renewable energy, the Biden administration on Thursday announced what it says will be the largest community solar effort in U.S. history, enough to power 140,000 homes and businesses in three states. Continue reading
Apr 01 In Zambia, Vice President Harris visits farm with climate change innovation in mind By Chris Megerian, Associated Press Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday traveled down a dirt road to tour a farm outside Zambia's capital that’s using new techniques and technology to boost its vegetable crop as she highlighted ways to secure food supplies in an age of… Continue reading
Mar 31 Vice President Harris visits site of grandfather's old home in Zambia By Chris Megerian, Associated Press Harris paused Friday during a whirlwind diplomatic swing through Africa for something much more personal: A visit to the site of her maternal grandfather's home in Lusaka, where he lived as an Indian public servant in the 1960s. Continue reading
Mar 29 Vice President Harris aims to reframe U.S. views on Africa, foster partnership By Chris Megerian, Francis Kokutse, Associated Press During her visit to Ghana, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has announced more than $1 billion in public and private money for women's economic empowerment in Africa. Continue reading
Mar 28 Vice President Harris confronts painful past, envisions future during visit to Africa By Chris Megerian, Colleen Long, Associated Press Harris on Tuesday stepped through the black doors of a colonial-era seaside fort and down into the dungeons, touring a site where millions of enslaved Africans were held captive before they were loaded onto ships bound for the Americas. Continue reading
Mar 28 Watch 6:16 Harris visits Africa to strengthen U.S. ties and counter Chinese influence By Laura Barrón-López, Tess Conciatori, Zeba Warsi, Teresa Cebrian Aranda Vice President Kamala Harris is in Africa this week for a three-country tour focused on economic development and security. Over nine days, she’ll meet with leaders in Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia. Her travel follows other high-level trips to the continent… Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch 5:27 The changing relationship between the U.S. and African nations By Amna Nawaz As Vice President Kamala Harris tours Africa, Amna Nawaz explores the realities on the ground there and the changing relationship between the U.S. and the 56 nations of the continent with Gyude Moore, the director of the Africa Initiative at… Continue watching
Mar 26 Kamala Harris arrives in Ghana, kicking off weeklong Africa visit to bolster relations By Chris Megerian, Associated Press Ghana is one of the continent's most stable democracies, but Harris is arriving at a time of severe challenges for the West African nation. Continue reading
Mar 13 Vice President Kamala Harris to visit Africa as part of latest U.S. outreach By Chris Megerian, Associated Press Vice President Kamala Harris plans to travel to Africa at the end of March as the United States seeks to pitch itself as a better partner for the continent than China is. Continue reading