10 things to know about Zambia, the new US darling in Africa

Just as US Vice President Kamala Harris prepared to sit down with President Hakainde Hichilema in Lusaka, his country was serving as the only African nation to co-host President Joe Biden’s second Summit for Democracy. Two months earlier, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen had stopped by the land-locked country of about 20 million people as part of the first trip by a top US official since the US-Africa Leaders Summit in December.

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