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Trump's Africa pivot: Leverage, not generosity
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Trump’s approach to Africa: Just what the doctor ordered
Sixteen years ago, Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo published Dead Aid, where she demonstrated an inverse relationship between receipt of government-to-government aid and economic growth and prosperity. Government-to-government aid, she said, fuels corruption, encourages inflation, increases recipient nations’ debt load, kills exports, causes civil unrest, frustrates entrepreneurship, and disenfranchises citizens.
President Trump recently met with the presidents of Liberia, Senegal, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau and Gabon during an African mini-summit with colonial relents. As usual, the president's interest is transactional: it targets rare lands. The peoples of these countries are "wonderful people" as the president describes them. What irony, while his administration has reduced its contribution to international aid and officially dismantled USAID – withou…
Trump’s Africa pivot isn’t generosity. It’s leverage - The Press United
The US president used a White House meeting to showcase his shift in policy from foreign aid to direct trade and private investment On July 9, 2025, the White House hosted a high-profile gathering framed as a new beginning for US-Africa relations. Five presidents from West and Central Africa (Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal) […] The post Trump’s Africa pivot isn’t generosity. It’s leverage appeared first on The Press Unite…
What African Presidents Must Not Leave Unsaid At The Trump Summit – The Standard Newspaper
By Rtd Lt Colonel Samsudeen Sarr As the high-stakes US–West Africa Mini-Summit unfolds in Washington from July 9 to 11, the political agenda signals a decisive recalibration in US-Africa relations. Hosted by former US President Donald J Trump, five West African leaders, Presidents Joseph Boakai (Liberia), Brice Oligui Nguema (Gabon), Bassirou Diomaye Faye (Senegal), Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (Mauritania), and General Umaro Sissoco Embaló (Guinea-Bi…
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