78 EX-US AMBASSADORS SLAM TRUMP’S OUTBURSTS ON AFRICA

MBABANE – President Donald Trump did not know he was stirring up a hornet’s nest when he allegedly made remarks about African countries.

This is because about 78 former United States Ambassadors to Africa have since written to the president to express their deep concern regarding the reports of his recent remarks about the African countries.

One of the former ambassadors who allegedly appended his signature is former US Ambassador to Swaziland James McGee, who served in the country between 2002 to 2004.

In a letter dated Tuesday January 16, 2017 addressed to President Trump the diplomats said, “As former US ambassadors to 78 African countries, we write to express our deep concern regarding reports of your recent remarks about African countries and to attest to the importance of our partnerships with most of the 54 African nations” reads the letter.

According to the Wall Street Journal Online and several other US publications, the ambassadors said Africa was a continent of great human talent and rich diversity, as well as extraordinary beauty and almost unparalleled natural resources.
“It is also a continent with deep historical ties with the United States,” they wrote. 

“Ambassador McGee was not only stationed in Swaziland, but also served in Madagascar and Zimbabwe.
In Zimbabwe, he was threatened with expulsion from that country by former President Robert Mugabe after he allegedly told the press of politically inspired attacks by Mugabe’s government against political activists in anticipation of the run-off election between Mugabe and his then rival Morgan Tsvangarai.

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