Tagged:

We Ignore Africa at Our Own Peril: U.S. UN Ambassador

"Africa cannot be ignored," U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said during an Inauguration Day interview with AllAfrica's Boakai Fofana in Monrovia. The Ambassador led the U.S. Presidential Delegation to the investiture of the country's new president, while on a three-nation trip that started with a stopover in Guinea Bissau.

"We have never diminished our commitment to the African continent," she said. When asked whether the Biden-Harris administration is maintaining pledges made at the December 2022 U.S. Africa Leaders Summit, Thomas-Greenfield answered : "We're committed to this continent, and we want to see Africa continue to prosper."

In Freetown, Sierra Leone - the last stop on her five-day journey, Thomas-Greenfield met with President Julius Maada Bio; took part in a conversation at Fourah Bay College on Women and Leadership; and visited Tombo Fishing Village to discuss "the community's challenges with illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing."

@USAmbUN / X

An enthusiastic welcome in Sierra Leone for U.S Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on the last stop of a five-day, three-nation visit to west Africa.

@USAmbUN

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield (back row, center-right), on the steps of Providence Baptist Church in Monrovia, where she worshiped during her tenure as Ambassador to Liberia.

State House

Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield with Sierra Leone's First Lady, Dr Fatima Maada Bio, during a meeting at State House in Freetown.

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield | X

U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield meeting Sierre Leone President Julius Maada Bio in Freetown where they discussed Sierre Leone's role as a first-term UN Security Council member and "the government’s continued efforts to uphold the National Unity Agreement.

InFocus

Follow AllAfrica

AllAfrica publishes around 400 reports a day from more than 100 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.

Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.