Pompeo makes first trip to Africa amid conflicting US signals
Secretary of state starts tour in bid to grow ties on the continent while the Pentagon aims to cut back its military presence
14 February 2020 - 09:33
Washington — The US is discussing military cuts in Africa, has tightened visa rules for Africans and President Donald Trump notoriously was quoted as disparaging the continent with a vulgar epithet.
But in his first visit to Sub-Saharan Africa in his nearly two years in office, secretary of state Mike Pompeo will seek to lay out a positive vision for US co-operation with the continent where China has been increasingly active...
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