BREAKING: President Biden protects Liberians in the United States, as US-China battle rages in Africa

Here are our top stories today: But first, I will be on Angola’s national television TPA beginning 4 p.m. EST today discussing issues of national importance and the view from the United States. As you know, after a brutal civil war and a one-man rule, Angola seems to be headed in the right direction. I do not know whether it will last but for now things seem headed in the right direction for now. You can watch the video below while the picture below was taken after the show in June 2022.

Here are our top stories today: President?Joseph R. Biden Jr.?on moments ago extended and expanded eligibility for ‘Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians’ in the United States through June 30, 2024.

“Pursuant to my constitutional authority to conduct the foreign relations of the United States, I have determined that it is in the foreign policy interests of the United States to defer through June 30, 2024, the removal of any Liberian national, or person without nationality who last habitually resided in Liberia, who is present in the United States and who was under a grant of DED as of June 30, 2022, as well as any Liberian national, or person without nationality who last habitually resided in Liberia, who has been continuously physically present in the United States since May 20, 2017,” President Biden wrote in his “Memorandum on Extending and Expanding Eligibility for Deferred Enforced Departure for Liberians.”

“I have also determined that any Liberian national, or person without nationality who last habitually resided in Liberia, who was under a grant of DED as of June 30, 2022, or who has been continuously physically present in the United States since May 20, 2017, should have continued employment authorization through June 30, 2024,” he added.

That announcement came a day after President Biden and other G7 leaders formally launched?the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII)?with the objective of delivering “game-changing projects to close the infrastructure gap in developing countries, strengthen the global economy and supply chains, and advance U.S. national security.”

Many have pointed out that the move by the United States and G7 members is meant to rival?China’s Belt and Road Initiative,?formerly known as One Belt One Road or OBOR, a global infrastructure development strategy adopted by the Chinese government in 2013 to invest in nearly 70 countries and international organizations. It is considered a centerpiece of the Chinese leader?Xi Jinping‘s foreign policy.

If G7 and the United States get serious enough, the battle between them and China is just beginning in Africa, and we will be here telling everything about how it’s all unfolding and who is benefiting.

Simon Ateba, Publisher and White House Correspondent for Today News Africa in Washington.