The diplomatic dimension of the relationship will shift further in the coming days with the expected arrival of Frank Garcia the new US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs in Abuja for the first stop on a regional tour probably later this month...
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Veteran naval officer Frank Garcia was sworn in as Trump's first Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs on 1 June traditionally the top Africa-focused US government job 18 months after Trump's inauguration...
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Amid a flurry of initiatives in Congo-Kinshasa Sudan Kenya and the Sahel the Trump administration has named Frank Garcia a former staffer on the Intelligence Committee in the House of Representatives as its candidate for Assistant Secretary of State for Africa and director of the African Development Foundation...
