U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to meet with five African presidents at the White House on July 9 to discuss trade and economic cooperation.
A White House official confirmed that the leaders of Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal have been invited to the high-level talks.
Conspicuously absent from the list is Nigeria — Africa’s largest economy and one of the continent’s most influential nations — raising questions about the selection criteria and the message the U.S. intends to send through this engagement.
