US diplomats urged to remind African leaders of US ‘generosity’ despite USAID closing
Email sent by chief of state department’s African affairs bureau to his staff dismissing Africa as a priority described as ‘racist’US diplomats have been encouraged to “unabashedly and aggressively” remind African governments about the “generosity” of the American people, according to...
<p>Email sent by chief of state department’s African affairs bureau to his staff dismissing Africa as a priority described as ‘racist’</p><p>US diplomats have been encouraged to “unabashedly and aggressively” remind African governments about the “generosity” of the American people, according to a leaked email sent to the US state department’s Bureau of African Affairs this January and obtained by the Guardian.</p><p>“It’s not gauche to remind these countries of the American people’s generosity in containing HIV/Aids or alleviating famine,” says the email.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/20/us-diplomats-urged-to-remind-african-leaders-of-us-generosity-despite-usaid-closing">Continue reading...</a>
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