US diplomats urged to remind African leaders of US ‘generosity’ despite USAID closing

US diplomats urged to remind African leaders of US ‘generosity’ despite USAID closing

US diplomats urged to remind African leaders of US ‘generosity’ despite USAID closing

Published: January 20, 2026 | Time:

Source: World news | The Guardian

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 a leaked email sent to the US state department’s Bureau of African Affairs this January and obtained by the Guardian.“It’s not gauche to remind these countries of the American people’s generosity in containing HIV/Aids or alleviating famine,” says the email. Continue reading…

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