Top US official’s scheduled visit to Nigeria highlights Trump administration’s approach to West Africa
On 1 July, the US State Department’s Deputy Secretary of State, Mr Landau, and Mr Garcia met with diplomats to Washington from the Sahelian countries in the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) —Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger — Burkinabè Ambassador Kassoum Coulibaly, Malian Ambassador Sekou Berthe, and Nigerien Ambassador Clemence Bare.
His planned s to Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire and Mali say a great deal about how the Trump administration wants to work with West Africa.
For Nigeria, the US Department of State’s Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Frank Garcia’s first official trip to Africa is worth watching closely.
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