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Jill Biden voices kinship with Africans’ fight for democracy

First Lady of the United States Jill Biden speaks during an interview with Associated Press White House reporter Darlene Superville in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. Biden told The Associated Press in the exclusive interview that she feels a kinship with Africa during her sixth visit to the continent. She says she wants to support nations fighting for democracy — "just like I feel we're doing in the United States." (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

First Lady of the United States Jill Biden speaks as she meets Kenyan women leaders at the U.S. ambassador's residence in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

U.S. First lady Jill Biden, right, greets students while on a visit to the University of Science and Technology in Windhoek, Namibia, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. Biden told the young people that the democracy their parents and grandparents fought for is now theirs to defend and protect. (AP Photo/Dirk Heinrich)

U.S. First lady Jill Biden, left, greets students while on a visit to the University of Science and Technology in Windhoek, Namibia, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. Biden told the young people that the democracy their parents and grandparents fought for is now theirs to defend and protect. (AP Photo/Dirk Heinrich)

First Lady of the United States Jill Biden speaks as she meets Kenyan women leaders at the U.S. ambassador's residence in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

La primera dama de Estados Unidos, Jill Biden, arriba a Nairobi, Kenia, para una visita de tres días al país, viernes 24 de febrero de 2023. (AP Foto/Brian Inganga).

First Lady of the United States Jill Biden meets Kenyan women leaders at the U.S. ambassador's residence in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

U.S. First lady Jill Biden, right, greets students while on a visit to the University of Science and Technology in Windhoek, Namibia Friday, Feb. 24, 2023. Biden told the young people that the democracy their parents and grandparents fought for is now theirs to defend and protect. (AP Photo/Dirk Heinrich)

First Lady of the United States Jill Biden, arrives in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, Feb.24, 2023 for a three-day visit to the country (AP Photo/Brian Inganga).

U.S. First lady Jill Biden, arrives at Windhoek's International Airport, Namibia, Wednesday Feb. 22, 2023. Dancers, drummers and Namibia's president and first lady welcomed U.S. first lady Jill Biden on Wednesday as she opened a five-day, two-country visit to Africa aimed at highlighting the challenges facing women and young people and the food insecurity plaguing the Horn of Africa. (AP Photo/Dirk Heinrich)

Jill Biden voices kinship with Africans’ fight for democracy