'My nation's original sin': Biden apologizes to delegation of African leaders for the 'unimaginable cruelty' of slavery and offers them $55billion - as Rwandan president mocks US in front of laughing crowd


  • Joe Biden on Wednesday hosted most of Africa's leaders in Washington for the first time since 2014, reviving a summit begun by Barack Obama
  • Biden said his country and Africa were united by America's 'original sin', and the 'stolen men and women and children brought to our shores in chains'
  • Rattled by China's massive investment in Africa, Biden on Wednesday announced $55 billion to be spent on health, climate change and trade
  • Paul Kagame, Rwanda's president, was asked before Biden's speech whether anything has come from the 2014 summit, and said they had achieved little