Africa: Top US Official’s Scheduled Visit to Nigeria Highlights Trump Administration’s Approach to West Africa

Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire and Mali show how Washington is navigating security, commerce and sovereignty in a changing West Africa regional order.

For Nigeria, the US Department of State’s Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Frank Garcia’s first official trip to Africa is worth watching closely. His planned visits to Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire and Mali say a great deal about how the Trump administration wants to work with West Africa. It signals working less by preaching, more by…