A red carpet is laid out as Chinese President Xi Jinping arrives at the Leopold Sedar Senghor International Airport at the start of his visit to Dakar, Senegal July 21, 2018. REUTERS/Mikal McAllister
DAKAR (Reuters) - China's President Xi Jinping pledged during a visit to Senegal on Saturday to strengthen economic ties with Africa, a continent already awash with cheap Chinese loans in exchange for minerals and huge construction projects.
Xi arrived in Senegal on Saturday for a two-day visit to sign bilateral deals, the first leg of an Africa tour that will also take him to Rwanda and South Africa, the latter for a summit of BRICS countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
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