From New York, this is democracy now.

I'm here in Ethiopia and then on to Niger.

To reaffirm a pledge, the President Biden made it the US-Africa leader summit late last

year.

As you put it, the United States is all in on-Africa and all in with Africa.

Secretary of State Tony Blinkens in Africa this week is the United States openly competes

with China and Russia for influence across the continent.

Well, look at how Niger has become a critical military outpost for the United States and

look at the situation in Ethiopia four months after Pistil was signed to end two years

of war in Great.

Then we begin our coverage of the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq.

I'm thinking about the invasion occupation 20 years later.

Thinking about the incredible destruction and devastation that Iraq and Iraqi society

have experienced.

And I'm thinking about the huge gap between the rhetoric of liberation and what actually

happened to my mind, particularly women, have been the biggest victims of the invasion.

All that and more coming up.

Welcome to Democracy Now, Democracy Now.org, the warrant, peace report.

I'm Amy Goodman.

The Pentagon's release video of what it says is a Russian fighter jet forcing down a

U.S. surveillance drone over the Black Sea Tuesday.

The 42nd video shows in Su-27 Russian fighter jet pouring fuel on an MQ-9 reaper drone and

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