Could Trump commentary jeopardise US-Africa energy deals? US President Donald Trump’s inappropriate remarks last week, referring to African nations as “s***hole” countries, has left the country’s energy trade with Africa in a precarious position. According to the Washington Post, the Trump administration has dispatched its top energy and environmental officials to woo potential African buyers of US energy. Looking closer to homeAfrica is historically an oil and gas resource-rich continent, with sub-Saharan Africa home to a significant amount of natural gas. “The ability to produce gas at a much closer market is very real in Africa,” Charlie Riedl, executive director of the Centre for Liquefied Natural Gas, a lobbying group, said.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 18, 2018 07:30 UTC