Trump to Cut Africa Operations in State Department Overhaul: NYT

The Trump administration plans to eliminate most the State Department’s Africa operations in its planned overhaul of the department, the New York Times reported, citing a draft executive order that could be signed this week.

The draft order proposes shutting down embassies and consulates across Africa, according to the report. It would replace the bureau of African affairs, which oversees policy in sub-Saharan Africa, with a much smaller special envoy office for African affairs that would report to the White House National Security Council and focus on a handful of issues, including coordinated counter-terrorism operations, the Times said.