US Vice President,Kamala Harris Visits Ghana

 Vice President Kamala arrived on Sunday in Ghana for the start of a weeklong visit to Africa intended to deepen U.S. relationships amid global competition over the continent's future. 

"We are looking forward to this trip as a further statement of the long and enduring very important relationship and friendship between the people of the United States and those who live on this continent," Harris said.

"What an honor it is to be here in Ghana and on the continent of Africa," Harris said. "I'm very excited about the future of Africa." She said she wanted to promote economic growth and food security and welcomed the chance to "witness firsthand the extraordinary innovation and creativity that is occurring on this continent.

A country of 34 million people that's slightly smaller than Oregon, Ghana is also wary of threats from instability in the region. Burkina Faso and Mali have each endured two coups in recent years, and local offshoots of al-Qaida and the Islamic State group operate in the area known as the Sahel, which is north of Ghana. Thousands of people have been killed and millions more have been displaced.