 And outside Africa, the White House has defended the U.S. decision to provide Australia with advanced technology for nuclear-powered submarines that's rejecting criticism from both China and France over the deal. A White House spokeswoman, Jen Psaki, said the agreement is not aimed at China, and the U.S.'s mounting concerns about Chinese influence in the Indo-Pacific region. As we've said, I would first say that we value our relationship and our partnership with France on a variety of issues facing the global community, whether it's economic growth or whether it's the fight against COVID or addressing security throughout the world, and that has been a long-standing partnership for many, many years. We don't see this from our end as a regional divide. We see this as areas and security issues that we want to take on together.