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Rather than being a tragedy for Africa, the withdrawal of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) at the hands of President Donald Trump’s administration should be cause for celebration, the former ambassador of the African Union to the US, Arikana Chihombori-Quao has argued.
She says that USAID doesn’t have much to show for its decades of education and healthcare projects in Africa and often destabilized countries under the guise of environmental, human rights or social justice agencies.
If the US isn’t interested in Africa, African leaders shouldn’t beg for better relations, she said.
