Head of US Africa bureau urges staff to highlight US ‘generosity’ despite aid cuts

Email sent to diplomats by state department office's new boss is labelled racist' after dismissing Africa as a priority

US diplomats have been encouraged to unabashedly and aggressively" remind African governments about the generosity" of the American people, according to a leaked email sent to staff in the US state department's Bureau of African Affairs this January and obtained by the Guardian.

It's not gauche to remind these countries of the American people's generosity in containing HIV/Aids or alleviating famine," says the email.