Africans woke up on Wednesday, April 3, 2025 to news of taxes imposed by the United States (US) government on imports to that country in accordance with a policy being rolled out by current President Donald J Trump.
Leading the chart with 50% import taxes is Lesotho, the landlocked country in Southern the US President Donald Trump has said that "nobody has ever heard of".
Madagascar comes in with 47%, East African Country of Mauritius comes second with 40% import taxes, Botswana with 37%, Algeria with 30%, Tunisia with 28%, Cote D'voire with 21% Namibia 21% and Nigeria 14%.
Other African countries were slapped with 10% import taxes described by the US President as a "Declaration of Economic Independence" . "This is one of the most important days, in my opinion, in American history.
