![US-Ethiopia relations are due for rapprochement since the end of the war in Tigray.](https://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/us-ethiopia-relations-niger-politics-blinken-africa-war-031723-3.jpg?w=519&h=259&crop=1)
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Ethiopia and Niger this week, as part of Washington’s efforts to step up bilateral engagement with countries on the continent. Still, Washington’s framing of the visit is unlikely to convince skeptical African governments that the U.S. is sincere about treating them as equal partners.