A career diplomat who was U.S. ambassador to Guinea and Ethiopia has been chosen for the top Africa policy post in the State Department. Although no White House announcement has been made, the selection of Tibor Nagy to be Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs has been approved by the President and the new U.S. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, according to several sources.
President Trump with Africa leaders invited to the G20 summit in 2017 - (from left) Presidents Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya and Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger, African Development Bank President Akinwumi Adesina. Nigeria’s then-acting President Yemi Osinbajo, and then-Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn,
Africa doesn't feature highly on U.S. President Donald Trump's agenda. Johnnie Carson, the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, lays out how he thinks ... Read more »
The replacement of Rex Tillerson by Michael Pompeo as U.S. Secretary of State is unlikely to change U.S. engagement in sub-Saharan Africa, writes Ambassador Johnnie Carson who ... Read more »
Nagy, the Vice Provost for International Affairs, retired from Texas Tech University in December 2017. see more »
Donald Yamamoto, who has extensive diplomatic experience in Africa including two tours as a U.S. ambassador, will take office as Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Africa on 5 ... Read more »
After two abandoned attempts to fill the highest Africa position in the White House, the Trump team is considering a career intelligence officer, Cyril Sartor, to become senior ... Read more »
American support for democracy, development and health may no longer be policy cornerstones as they have been for all post-Cold War presidents, Democratic and Republican, writes ... Read more »
Africa policy in the Trump White House has become more difficult to predict following reports that the senior director for Africa on the National Security Council is out. Most ... Read more »
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