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Exclusive: Trump advisers refine their Africa strategy

The Trump administration targets minerals and supply chains in select African countries with $11 billion in health aid to counter China and promote self-reliance, officials said.

Summary by Semafor
The ScoopThe Trump administration is overhauling how it handles aid to Africa with an aim towards dislodging China from “priority” sectors in the region — not from the entire continent.The administration’s approach, which Nick Checker, the State Department’s head of the Bureau of African Affairs, outlined in an interview with Semafor, comes as Trump advisers face some criticism over their new global health aid structure, which leans into cutting…

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Semafor broke the news in New York, United States on Monday, February 2, 2026.
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