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The document recommends closing 10 embassies and 17 consulates.
The Trump administration may shut down nearly 30 U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide, including several in Africa, according to a CNN report citing an internal U.S. State Department document. The proposed closures include embassies in the Republic of Congo, Central African Republic, Lesotho, and South Sudan, as well as a consulate in South Africa.
“The document recommends closing 10 embassies and 17 consulates,” CNN reported. “Many of the posts are in Europe and Africa, though they also include locations in Asia and the Caribbean.”
Others on the list include embassies in Malta and Luxembourg, and consulates in France, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the UK, and South Korea.