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On January 3, 2023, President Joe Biden nominated Massinga to be the ambassador to Ethiopia. [2] Hearings on his nomination were held before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on May 16, 2023. His nomination was favorably reported by the committee on June 1, 2023. Massinga was confirmed by the United States Senate via voice vote on July 27 ...
Although Nigeria entered its independence with a broadly, though informally, pro-Western and anti-Soviet orientation, its early relations with the United States were significantly strained by the U.S. government's official neutral stance during the Nigerian–Biafran War and its refusal to send weapons to the Nigerian military government led by ...
Since independence, with Jaja Wachuku as the first Minister for Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Relations, later called External Affairs, Nigerian foreign policy has been characterised by a focus on Africa as a regional power and by attachment to several fundamental principles: African unity and independence; capability to exercise hegemonic influence in the region: peaceful settlement of ...
The Ethiopian Legation in the United States was elevated to Embassy status on September 27, 1949. [2] Throughout the Cold War, the relationship between the two nations was strained as Ethiopia aligned with the Soviet Union. Relations began to improve significantly after the fall of the communist Mengistu regime in 1991. [3]
The relations between the two countries date back to 1 October 1960. [1] Ethiopia opened an embassy in Lagos in 1961, before it was later transferred to Abuja. The establishment of diplomatic ties officially took place in 1964. [2]
Ethiopia–United States relations are bilateral relations between Ethiopia and the United States. Ethiopia is a strategic partner of the United States in the Global War on Terrorism . The United States is the largest donor to Ethiopia: in 2008 U.S. foreign aid to Ethiopia totaled US$969 million, in 2009 $916 million, with 2010 estimated at ...
United States Department of State: Background notes on Nigeria This article incorporates public domain material from U.S. Bilateral Relations Fact Sheets . United States Department of State .
Six United States presidents have made presidential visits to Sub-Saharan Africa. The first was an offshoot of Franklin D. Roosevelt's secretive World War II trip to French Morocco for the Casablanca Conference. Of the 46 African nations identified as sub-Saharan by the United Nations, [1] 16 have been visited by an American president.