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Return to power in early 2024, Donald Trump has never shown any appetite for Africa. The 47th President of the United States did not make any trips to this continent during his first term (2017 – 2021), and often reserves the worst insults and stereotypes for it, a sign of his ignorance of current events... <\/p>\n

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Return to power in early 2024, Donald Trump has never shown any appetite for Africa. The 47th President of the United States did not make any trips to this continent during his first term (2017 – 2021), and often reserves the worst insults and stereotypes for it, a sign of his ignorance of current events…... <\/p>\n

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