[Mhiz Rebecca]

The transition team of US President-elect, Donald
Trump, has asked the State Department why America
has not helped with fighting Boko Haram in Nigeria.
This was contained in a four-page list of Africa-related
questions from the transition team.
They
also
questioned why all the Chibok girls have not been
rescued and harped on the need to send foreign aid to
Africa.
“We’ve been fighting al-Shabaab for a decade, why
haven’t we won?” the team asked.
Another said: “With so much corruption in Africa, how
much of our funding is stolen? Why should we spend
these funds on Africa when we are suffering here in the
U.S.?”
Monde Muyangwa, the Director of the Africa program at
the Woodrow Wilson Institute, stated that the questions
were necessary for an incoming government.
“Many
of the
questions that they are asking are the right questions
that any incoming administration should ask,” she said.
But she also noted that “the framing of some of their
questions suggests a narrower definition of U.S.
interests in Africa, and a more transactional and short-
term approach to policy and engagement with African
countries.”