Trump’s Top Diplomat in Africa Leaving State Department – usanews.net

Since the Senate has not yet nominated an assistant secretary for the State Department’s African bureau, Fitrell has been in charge of it

Since the Senate has not yet nominated an assistant secretary for the State Department’s African bureau, Fitrell has been in charge of it.

Fitrell, who has been a diplomat for more than 30 years, recently stated that the Trump administration is shifting the way the US engages with Africa from “one rooted primarily in development assistance to a strategy that prioritizes robust commercial engagement.”