Sun Mar 16 17:00:00 UTC 2025: ## Former AU Ambassador Celebrates USAID’s Demise, Accuses Agency of Meddling in Africa
**Washington, D.C.** – Arikana Chihombori-Quao, former African Union ambassador to the United States, has lauded the Trump administration’s dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), claiming the agency engaged in significant interference in African affairs. In a recent interview, Chihombori-Quao argued that USAID’s decades-long presence in Africa yielded minimal positive results in education and healthcare, instead accusing the agency of destabilizing nations under the guise of promoting environmental, human rights, and social justice initiatives. She dismissed the agency’s impact as negligible and suggested that African leaders should not actively pursue closer ties with a disinterested United States, stating, “It takes two to tango.” The controversial statement marks a sharp rebuke of US foreign aid policy in Africa and fuels ongoing debate about the effectiveness and impact of such initiatives.
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