{"id":40021,"date":"2026-09-05T18:09:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T14:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/?p=40021"},"modified":"2026-09-05T19:15:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T15:15:04","slug":"us-head-of-african-affairs-garcia-on-african-tour-to-put-into-action-trade-over-aid-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/2026\/09\/05\/us-head-of-african-affairs-garcia-on-african-tour-to-put-into-action-trade-over-aid-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"US Head of African Affairs Garcia on African Tour to Put Into Action &#8216;Trade Over Aid&#8217; Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On 30 August 2026, Frank Garcia, US State Department Assistant Secretary and Head of African Affairs, started his multi-nation tour of Africa. This time, he will visit Eastern and Southern Africa, following his tour of West Africa last July. His mission is to put into action the new mantra of the Trump Administration of &#8216;Trade Over Aid&#8217; for Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 1 September 2026, AS Garcia attended the Presidential Inauguration Ceremony in Lusaka of Hakainde Hichilema, who was recently re-elected. Zambia holds strategic importance to the USA for its <a href=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/tag\/criticalminerals\/\">#CriticalMinerals<\/a>. US firms are deeply involved in mining and the upgrading of the <a href=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/tag\/lobitocorridor\/\">#LobitoCorridor<\/a>. On the sidelines of the ceremony, AS Garcia also met with DRC Senate President Jean-Michel Lukonde.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"a38174\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #a38174;\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Garcia-ZM-w-jpg.webp\" alt=\"US African Affairs Chief Garcia Pays Courtesy Visit to Zambia's President Hichilema\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-40029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Garcia-ZM-w-jpg.webp 640w, https:\/\/gbc1.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Garcia-ZM-w-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">US African Affairs Chief Garcia Pays Courtesy Visit to Zambia&#8217;s President Hichilema<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>On 3 September 2026, Garcia met with the African Union Commission Chair, Mahmoud Youssouf, in Addis Ababa. 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Although perhaps not as well known as other countries, Ethiopia is also endowed with strategic mining resources.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-dominant-color=\"93a3aa\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #93a3aa;\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Garcia-ET-W-jpg.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-40032\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Garcia-ET-W-jpg.webp 640w, https:\/\/gbc1.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Garcia-ET-W-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ethiopia&#8217;s Foreign Minister Timothewos Welcomes US Head of African Affairs Garcia<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>US Chief of African Affairs Garcia reiterated the readiness of the USA to support the realization of the AU&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/tag\/agenda2063\/\">#Agenda2063<\/a>, particularly, by strengthening the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA), and by facilitating its economic integration through transnational infrastructure under the <a href=\"https:\/\/gbc1.net\/index.php\/tag\/afcfta\/\">#AfCFTA<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>African Affairs Chief plans to wrap up his visit in Kenya, where he is expected to attend the 5th AmCham Business Summit, which might be upgraded to the US-East Africa Business Summit 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 30 August 2026, Frank Garcia, US State Department Assistant Secretary and Head of African Affairs, started his multi-nation tour<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":0,"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":""},"categories":[249],"tags":[15,63,147,369],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.12 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>US Head of African Affairs Garcia on African Tour to Put Into Action &#039;Trade Over Aid&#039; 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