How African countries reacted to Trump's win
NPRHow African countries reacted to Trump's win toggle caption Maxim Shemetov/Pool Reuters via AP Africans woke up to the news that former President Donald Trump was on course to win the U.S. election, with newspaper headlines raising questions over what it could mean for the continent. “America elects Donald Trump president, spelling change for and the world,” one headline on popular South African media website News24 read. The office of Nigerian President Bola Tinubu also posted congratulations on X, saying he believed Trump’s return to the White House would “usher in an era of earnest, beneficial, and reciprocal economic and development partnerships between Africa and the United States.” The platform many used to share election news is itself owned by someone born in Africa: Elon Musk, who grew up in Pretoria, South Africa, before becoming a U.S. citizen. South African cartoonist Zapiro summed up the anxiety some were feeling with a cartoon in a local paper that showed a number of hideous Halloween monster masks, titled “Kinda scary,” juxtaposed to a Trump mask titled “Truly terrifying.” Sponsor Message The South African currency the rand tanked on the election news.
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