President Donald Trump hosted Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari at the White House in 2018 - Trump's first official visit from an African head of state.
As Nigeria Crosses Rubicon, U.S. Policy Must Change
U.S. policy is 'off course' as Nigeria crosses a rubicon, following the killing of peaceful #endsars protesters, according to two former U.S. officials and longtime friends of Nigeria. The relationship with Nigeria under President Trump has been "shambolic and even toxic at times," Matthew T. Page and Judd Devermont write in an AllAfrica guest column, saying that U.S.-Nigeria p[olicy has been "Inert, ineffective, lacking a moral compass." They call on Joe Biden, if he is elected, to work on rebuilding America's relationship with the Nigerian people.
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Africa: 'President' Biden Would Have to Take Africa Much More Seriously
ISS, 9 October 2020
Would a president Joe Biden - now tipped to defeat Donald Trump on 3 November - make much difference to Africa? One might expect so since he would have such an easy act to follow.… Read more »
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Nigeria: Will the Lekki Toll Gate Atrocity Change Nigeria?
CFR, 29 October 2020
"Dr. Richard A. Joseph, professor emeritus at Northwestern University and previously of the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations.… Read more »
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Nigeria's politicians are exchanging salvoes following the rescue by U.S. Special Forces of American missionary Philip Walton in northern Nigeria on October 30. The ruling All ... Read more »
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All 54 African ambassadors to the United Nations have decried Donald Trump's reported comments about Africans and Haitians as "outrageous, racist, and xenophobic". The United ... Read more »
