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Britain Summit Woos Africa With Visa Overhaul, But Many Leaders Absent

Henry Ridgwell

   LONDON - Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Britain will put "people
   before passports" as he pledged a fairer migration system at an
   investment summit for African leaders in London Monday.
   Britain wants to strike trade new deals with fast-growing economies in
   Africa and beyond after it officially leaves the European Union on
   January 31. Prime Minister Johnson wooed African leaders with his now
   familiar message: Britain is going global after Brexit.
   "More than half the world's fastest, 15 fastest growing economies are
   in Africa," Johnson told delegates at the conference. "Two-thirds of
   African economies are expanding faster than the global average. Africa
   is the future and the UK has a huge and active role to play in that
   future."

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