Cardinal Ambongo Appeals to Trump: ‘Africa Is Important to the U.S.’

Cardinal Ambongo Appeals to Trump: ‘Africa Is Important to the U.S.’

François-Régis Salefran Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, the archbishop of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, asked President Donald Trump for aid to Africa an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday, June 8, 2025. With the freezing of critical aid to African countries, the cardinal described Africa as 'a magnet for conflicts and fights over the natural resources so important to modern technology.'

Cardinal Ambongo appeals to Trump: ‘Africa is important to the U.S.’

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, the archbishop of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, asked President Donald Trump for aid to Africa an op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal on Sunday, June 8, 2025. / Credit: François-Régis Salefran C... [...]

Cardinal Ambongo in WSJ: Africa urgently needs humanitarian aid from US

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo, archbishop of Kinshasa, Congo, penned a June 8 op-ed in The Wall Street Journal urging President Donald Trump and his administration to send targeted humanitarian aid to Africa, which the cardinal said is “morally good and of great strategic value to the U.S.”

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo appeals to President Trump: ‘Africa is important to the U.S.’

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo is asking U.S. President Donald Trump to reinstate foreign aid to Africa.  “Targeted humanitarian aid for Africa is urgently needed, morally good, and of great strategic value to the U.S,” Ambongo, the archbishop of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, wrote in a June 8 op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal.  “​​President Trump has made clear that he will put the needs of his country and its citizens first…