According to the senior adviser to the American president for Africa, the continent is "very important" to Donald Trump. "He highly values Africa and African people," Massad Boulos stated in an interview with the BBC on April 23. Such remarks are surprising, given that actions taken by the occupant of the White House over the past 100 days seem to show a complete lack of consideration for this region of the world, regardless of the economic consequences.

The latest example, part of the series of drastic cuts made by the Trump administration: Washington now plans to close the Millennium Challenge Corporation, an institution that invested billions of dollars in infrastructure projects, notably in Africa.

The announcement seems almost anecdotal, following the dismantling of USAID, the American development aid agency, ordered by the president as soon as he took office. This abrupt withdrawal by the main backer of international solidarity is something African countries are still trying to assess – especially those like the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Ethiopia or Kenya, which were receiving massive funding dedicated to humanitarian emergencies, food security or health programs.

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