Harris brings US greetings at start of Ghana visit

US Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Ghana on Sunday to begin a week long trip to Africa.Children cheered and waved Ghanaian and American flags as she stepped off her plane after an overnight flight.

Kamala Harris, US Vice President said "On behalf of the (US) President (Joe Biden) and our entire nation we bring you greetings and we are looking forward to this trip as a further statement of the long and enduring and very important relationship and friendship between the people of the United States and those who live on the continent of Africa."

Ghana is one of the continent's most stable democracies, but Harris is arriving at a time of severe challenges for the West African nation.Its economy, among the fastest growing in the world before the COVID-19 pandemic, faces a debt crisis and soaring inflation that is driving up the cost of food and other necessities.