Trump Recalls The U.S. Ambassador To Nigeria And 29 Others
The United States President, Donald Trump has recalled Richard Mills, the U.S. ambassador to Nigeria, as part of a sweeping diplomatic shake-up affecting more than two dozen American missions worldwide, with Africa emerging as the most impacted continent. Nigeria is among 15 African countries whose envoys have been recalled. Others affected on the continent include Algeria, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Gabon, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Madagascar, Mauritius, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Somalia and Uganda. In the Asia-Pacific region, the shake-up affected Fiji, Laos, the Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines and Vietnam, while Armenia, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovakia were impacted in Europe. Guatemala and Suriname were affected in the western hemisphere, Sri Lanka and Nepal were affected in the South Asia. State Department officials told the newsmen that the affected chiefs of mission were informed last week that their tenures would end in January. Although th...