So naturally, I read with keen interest the first indications of Trump’s Africa policy as reported on Friday January 13, by Helene Cooper of the New York Times, where she revealed the questions that the Trump transition team sent to the Department of State. In official Washington, questions submitted through the interagency process, or between branches of government, are indicative of priorities and policy preferences. So I must conclude that these questions did indeed come from the Trump transition. I have worked with successive administrations on U.S. policy towards Africa, from George H. W. Bush to Barack Obama. And unfortunately, there were few questions on Africa directed to Tillerson during last week’s confirmation hearing.

Source: Front Page Africa January 20, 2017 03:30 UTC