Trump administration mislabels African countries in slideshow at AIDS conference

Trump administration mislabels African countries in slideshow at AIDS conference MEE staff on Thu, 07/30/2026 - 19:05 The State Department said a staffer hastily arranged the map but did not apologise to its African partners at the event A screen shows a US government map of Africa with mi

Nigeria, a coastal country in western Africa, was landlocked in the Sahara, among other errors. The department said it had been “hastily altered.”