Washington's new Africa policy a vehicle to foster US interests

Delivering a speech at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, on Thursday, US National Security Adviser John Bolton rolled out the Donald Trump administration's new Africa strategy.

According to Bolton, the strategy will continue to make good on Trump's central commitment to put American people's interests first both at home and abroad. Such clarification is a reaffirmed declaration of the "America First" policy toward Africa, which in essence is a selfish path that pursues the US' interests and demands that the whole world, including Africa, pay for it.

Bolton's statement shows Trump's Africa policy has three main goals: to strengthen economic and trade ties with African countries and promote mutual benefits; to combat the Islamic State group and other extremist forces and regional violence; and to ensure that US aid to Africa yields maximum results.