With five days left for him to take over as the 45th president of the United States of America, the transition team of US President-elect, Donald Trump, has asked the State Department series of mind-blowing Africa-related questions.
The questions have also suggested Trump’s views of Africa, with the impression that he may retreat from development and humanitarian assistance to Africa.
In a four-page list of Africa-related questions from the transition staff and obtained by New York Times, questions relating to terrorism and corruption in Africa were raised by the transition team of Donald Trump.
First the transition team asked: “How does U.S. business compete with other nations in Africa? Are we losing out to the Chinese?”
That is quickly followed with queries about humanitarian assistance money. “With so much corruption in Africa, how much of our funding is stolen? Why should we spend these funds on Africa when we are suffering here in the U.S.?”
On terrorism, the document asks why the United States is even bothering to fight the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria, why all of the schoolgirls kidnapped by the group have not been rescued and whether Qaeda operatives from Africa are living in the United States. And it questions the effectiveness of one of the more significant counterterrorism efforts on the continent.
“We’ve been fighting al-Shabaab for a decade, why haven’t we won?” poses one question, referring to the terrorist group based in Somalia that was behind the Westgate mall attacks in Kenya in 2013.
However, Monde Muyangwa, the Director of the Africa program at the Woodrow Wilson Institute, stated that the questions were necessary for an incoming government.
“Many of the questions that they are asking are the right questions that any incoming administration should ask,” she said.
But she also noted that “the framing of some of their questions suggests a narrower definition of U.S. interests in Africa, and a more transactional and short-term approach to policy and engagement with African countries.”
In other questions, the Trump transition team challenges the benefits of a trade pact known as the African Growth and Opportunity Act. “Most of AGOA imports are petroleum products, with the benefits going to national oil companies, why do we support that massive benefit to corrupt regimes?” the questionnaire asks.
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I like this Trump .He doesn't hide his feelings .Come on Nigeria.There is no institution awarding common sense certificates.Look at the landscape painting of our leaders.Even acclaimed saint "GB"They are all seen as all curruption.
Ou leaders all committing fallacy of aid .Beside that our leaders are corrupt with the bait given out to them as aid.No aid given out by them is based on altruism Their feeding of fowls are to be better for eating.In first instance they don't give out aids without expecting it to yield a good returns.
When they give out aids or deceive you that they are assisting you in one project or other is for their selfishness.When later they turn around to demand things from you if at all not for your interest you easily chicken out .There you are.
Trump spoke out his mind for GB whom is trusting to work with

As what our dear President?
They care for their people interest and ready to sacrifice anything to achieve that .What about our leaders.They are after their stomach.Stealing and looting the nation to death.
They don't pray for Nigeria to have good leader .For what they stand to lose by this .This is the more reason that the baby is left to carry the breast of her mother .
Leave above board.Get rid off yourself of curruption.Fight curruption as a mad dog that doesn't know is owner.Nigeria is endowed to be great is our leaders that are murderers of the dream .
Our populations are intimidating to any nation to beg to invest if we get it right in governance of ourselves.

Fight which Boko Haram?

the same US/Obama that refused to help with arms? and also warned others from selling arms to Naija.

if Trump comes across an african leader that can pamper his ego, he will certainly 'dash' the fellows country a lot of cash.