Tensions hung over a trade summit in Johannesburg after the Biden administration suspended four African countries that had belonged to a program aimed at promoting economic development.
The televised announcement came hours after the Central African nation’s president, Ali Bongo Ondimba, was declared to have been re-elected for a third term.
President Emmanuel Macron has embarked on a four-country visit as he slashes the French military presence and says colonial-era habits and attitudes must die.