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President Joe Biden has stressed a need for balanced partnerships with African nations, as the United States seeks to build stronger relations and increase trade with countries across the continent. During an address at an opening trade forum at  the US-Africa Leaders Summit  in Washington on Wednesday, Biden said the talks were about “building connections” as well as a “shared future” for the US and Africa. “We’ve known for a long time that Africa’s success and prosperity is essential to ensuring a better future for all of us,” Biden told the crowd of political and business leaders. He emphasised that partnerships should be on equal footing, “not to create political obligation or foster dependence but to spur shared success”. “When Africa succeeds, the United States succeeds. Quite frankly, the whole world succeeds, as well,” he said. Delegates from 49 African countries, as well as the African Union, were invited to the three-day summit in the US capital, a follow-up to the...