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Ivory Coast, Mali
Trump's new top Africa official may visit Bamako and Abidjan after Abuja

By Pierre-Elie de Rohan Chabot and Thibaut Lanchon
Reading time 4 min
Frank Garcia, US assistant secretary of state for African affairs, and Mahamat Tahir Orozi, Chad’s ambassador to the US, in Washington, 2 July 2026.
Frank Garcia, US assistant secretary of state for African affairs, and Mahamat Tahir Orozi, Chad’s ambassador to the US, in Washington, 2 July 2026. © US Embassy in Chad

Set to travel to Nigeria, Frank Garcia, the new US assistant secretary for Africa, could go on to visit Ivory Coast and Mali. The destinations underscore the security focus of the trip.

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