US President Donald Trump’s meeting with African leaders shows a sense of urgency in competing for scarce resources with China, which recently lifted tariffs on imports from the continent.The president told his guests on Wednesday that the US was “shifting from aid to trade” to deepen economic ties,

The US pushed five West African countries to accept migrants deported from America, though its unclear if any have accepted the proposals.

The president of Guinea-Bissau on Thursday said that the country would only take back its own citizens who are deported from the U.S., rejecting requests from the Trump administration to take in deported migrants whose home countries refuse them or are slow to accept them.