Africa eyes senior Trump envoy visit for U.S. policy hintsADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley arrived in Ethiopia on Monday, one of the first senior members of President Donald Trump s administration to visit Africa, on a trip diplomats hope will shed light on his plans to engage with the continent. Africa is traditionally overshadowed by more urgent issues, and the Trump administration has so far been hands-off. After meetings on Monday with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and a senior African Union official, Haley told reporters she hoped this was the beginning of  a stronger relationship with the AU and our African partners.    The United States very much sees Africa as a very important part of the world. We see great opportunities in Africa, we see challenges in Africa, but we want to support and help in those situations,  Haley said.    But most importantly we want to see how we can partner together, whether that is through economic development, whether it is through strategic practices, whether it s through political solutions,  she said.  Trump has been vocal about North Korea, Iran and tackling Islamic State militants during his first nine months in office, but said little about Africa until he held a lunch last month with nine leaders on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. It was there he announced he would send Haley to South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo to help with efforts to broker peace in both countries. Millions of people have been displaced by ongoing violence, with U.N. peacekeeping missions deployed in both, each costing more than $1 billion annually. Haley plans to take a critical look at the U.N. operations during her visits. Haley said she also plans to meet with South Sudan President Salva Kiir and Congolese President Joseph Kabila to  deliver a strong message that their governments need to stop making the work of aid workers and peace-keepers more difficult.  Some African diplomats hope Haley s trip will spark a conversation in Washington on the administration s broader engagement with Africa.   We hope that after this trip the administration will sit down and maybe before the end of the year we can hear their Africa strategy,  said a senior African diplomat at the United Nations, speaking on condition of anonymity.  We would have wished it was earlier, but it s never too late.  Haley s visit to Africa comes after four U.S. soldiers were killed during an Oct. 4 ambush in Niger.  The Niger crisis has shown that they can t take a hands-off approach to (Africa). They have to remain engaged because they have boots on the ground,  said a second senior African diplomat at the United Nations, also speaking on condition of anonymity. At his lunch with African leaders, Trump said there was  tremendous business potential  and he has friends  trying to get rich  in Africa. But he also noted the threat from militants such as Islamic State, al-Shabaab, Boko Haram and al Qaeda.  The United States is proud to work with you to eradicate terrorist safe havens,  he said.  And a number of you have told me ... that we ve been doing a very good job over the last six or seven months in particular.  However, in June the United States said it did not want the United Nations to fund a proposed African force to fight Islamist militants in West Africa, U.N. diplomats said. France on Friday pushed Washington to step up support for the force so it does not fail, leaving French troops to carry the burden. Haley has been campaigning to cut U.N. peacekeeping costs, since the United States is the largest contributor. U.N. human rights chief Zeid Ra ad Al Hussein bluntly summed up U.S. global engagement on Thursday as  caught somewhere between isolationism and militarism, with no clear direction in foreign policy apart from a few notable, exceptional, files.  As with most of the key regional bureaus at the U.S. State Department, there is currently no permanent chief diplomat for Africa. Rather, the Bureau of African Affairs is led by career diplomat Don Yamamoto as an acting assistant secretary of state. While Yamamoto is an experienced Africa hand, diplomats say that leading any of the agency s regional bureaus in an acting capacity means that an official is not perceived abroad as having the full backing of the White House and has more limited influence at home within the U.S. bureaucracy.  They seem to be relying very heavily on their ambassadors on the ground and not having a Washington-centric approach to their relationship with Africa,  said the second diplomat.  Haley s colleague in Trump s cabinet, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, traveled to the West African nation of Togo in August to review a free trade pact with sub-Saharan Africa, but talks ended with no decision. In April Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited an important U.S. military base in Djibouti. worldnews
africa eyes senior trump envoy visit policy hintsaddis baba reuters ambassador united nations nikki harley arrived ethiopia monday one first senior members president donald trump administration visit africa trip diplomats hope shed light plans engage continent africa traditionally overshadowed urgent issues trump administration far after meetings monday ethiopian prime minister hailemariam desalegn senior african union official harley told reporters hoped beginning stronger relationship au african partners the united states much sees africa important part world we see great opportunities africa see challenges africa want support help situations harley said but importantly want see partner together whether economic development whether strategic practices whether political solutions said trump vocal north korea iran tackling islamic state militants first nine months office said little africa held lunch last month nine leaders sidelines general assembly it announced would send harley south sudan democratic republic congo help efforts broker peace countries millions people displaced ongoing violence peacekeeping missions deployed costing billion annually harley plans take critical look operations visits harley said also plans meet south sudan president silva kir consoles president joseph nabla deliver strong message governments need stop making work aid workers difficult some african diplomats hope harley trip spark conversation washington administration broader engagement africa we hope trip administration sit maybe end year hear africa strategy said senior african diplomat united nations speaking condition anonymity we would wished earlier never late harley visit africa comes four soldiers killed ambush niger the niger crisis shown take approach africa they remain engaged boots ground said second senior african diplomat united nations also speaking condition anonymity at lunch african leaders trump said tremendous business potential friends trying get rich africa but also noted threat militants islamic state book haram al qaeda the united states proud work eradicate terrorist safe havens said and number told good job last six seven months particular however june united states said want united nations fund proposed african force fight islamic militants west africa diplomats said france friday pushed washington step support force fail leaving french troops carry burden harley campaigning cut peacekeeping costs since united states largest contributor human rights chief eid ra ad al hussain bluntly summed global engagement thursday caught somewhere isolationism militarily clear direction foreign policy apart notable exceptional files as key regional bureaus state department currently permanent chief diplomat africa rather bureau african affairs led career diplomat don yamamoto acting assistant secretary state while yamamoto experienced africa hand diplomats say leading agency regional bureaus acting capacity means official perceived abroad full backing white house limited influence home within bureaucracy they seem relying heavily ambassadors ground approach relationship africa said second diplomat harley colleague trump cabinet trade representative robert lighthizer traveled west african nation logo august review free trade pact africa talks ended decision in april defense secretary jim mantis visited important military base djibouti worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Africa eyes senior Trump envoy visit for U.S. policy hintsADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley arrived in Ethiopia on Monday, one of the first senior members of President Donald Trump s administration to visit Africa, on a trip diplomats hope will shed light on his plans to engage with the continent. Africa is traditionally overshadowed by more urgent issues, and the Trump administration has so far been hands-off. After meetings on Monday with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and a senior African Union official, Haley told reporters she hoped this was the beginning of  a stronger relationship with the AU and our African partners.    The United States very much sees Africa as a very important part of the world. We see great opportunities in Africa, we see challenges in Africa, but we want to support and help in those situations,  Haley said.    But most importantly we want to see how we can partner together, whether that is through economic development, whether it is through strategic practices, whether it s through political solutions,  she said.  Trump has been vocal about North Korea, Iran and tackling Islamic State militants during his first nine months in office, but said little about Africa until he held a lunch last month with nine leaders on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. It was there he announced he would send Haley to South Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo to help with efforts to broker peace in both countries. Millions of people have been displaced by ongoing violence, with U.N. peacekeeping missions deployed in both, each costing more than $1 billion annually. Haley plans to take a critical look at the U.N. operations during her visits. Haley said she also plans to meet with South Sudan President Salva Kiir and Congolese President Joseph Kabila to  deliver a strong message that their governments need to stop making the work of aid workers and peace-keepers more difficult.  Some African diplomats hope Haley s trip will spark a conversation in Washington on the administration s broader engagement with Africa.   We hope that after this trip the administration will sit down and maybe before the end of the year we can hear their Africa strategy,  said a senior African diplomat at the United Nations, speaking on condition of anonymity.  We would have wished it was earlier, but it s never too late.  Haley s visit to Africa comes after four U.S. soldiers were killed during an Oct. 4 ambush in Niger.  The Niger crisis has shown that they can t take a hands-off approach to (Africa). They have to remain engaged because they have boots on the ground,  said a second senior African diplomat at the United Nations, also speaking on condition of anonymity. At his lunch with African leaders, Trump said there was  tremendous business potential  and he has friends  trying to get rich  in Africa. But he also noted the threat from militants such as Islamic State, al-Shabaab, Boko Haram and al Qaeda.  The United States is proud to work with you to eradicate terrorist safe havens,  he said.  And a number of you have told me ... that we ve been doing a very good job over the last six or seven months in particular.  However, in June the United States said it did not want the United Nations to fund a proposed African force to fight Islamist militants in West Africa, U.N. diplomats said. France on Friday pushed Washington to step up support for the force so it does not fail, leaving French troops to carry the burden. Haley has been campaigning to cut U.N. peacekeeping costs, since the United States is the largest contributor. U.N. human rights chief Zeid Ra ad Al Hussein bluntly summed up U.S. global engagement on Thursday as  caught somewhere between isolationism and militarism, with no clear direction in foreign policy apart from a few notable, exceptional, files.  As with most of the key regional bureaus at the U.S. State Department, there is currently no permanent chief diplomat for Africa. Rather, the Bureau of African Affairs is led by career diplomat Don Yamamoto as an acting assistant secretary of state. While Yamamoto is an experienced Africa hand, diplomats say that leading any of the agency s regional bureaus in an acting capacity means that an official is not perceived abroad as having the full backing of the White House and has more limited influence at home within the U.S. bureaucracy.  They seem to be relying very heavily on their ambassadors on the ground and not having a Washington-centric approach to their relationship with Africa,  said the second diplomat.  Haley s colleague in Trump s cabinet, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, traveled to the West African nation of Togo in August to review a free trade pact with sub-Saharan Africa, but talks ended with no decision. In April Defense Secretary Jim Mattis visited an important U.S. military base in Djibouti. worldnews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: africa eyes senior trump envoy visit policy hintsaddis baba reuters ambassador united nations nikki harley arrived ethiopia monday one first senior members president donald trump administration visit africa trip diplomats hope shed light plans engage continent africa traditionally overshadowed urgent issues trump administration far after meetings monday ethiopian prime minister hailemariam desalegn senior african union official harley told reporters hoped beginning stronger relationship au african partners the united states much sees africa important part world we see great opportunities africa see challenges africa want support help situations harley said but importantly want see partner together whether economic development whether strategic practices whether political solutions said trump vocal north korea iran tackling islamic state militants first nine months office said little africa held lunch last month nine leaders sidelines general assembly it announced would send harley south sudan democratic republic congo help efforts broker peace countries millions people displaced ongoing violence peacekeeping missions deployed costing billion annually harley plans take critical look operations visits harley said also plans meet south sudan president silva kir consoles president joseph nabla deliver strong message governments need stop making work aid workers difficult some african diplomats hope harley trip spark conversation washington administration broader engagement africa we hope trip administration sit maybe end year hear africa strategy said senior african diplomat united nations speaking condition anonymity we would wished earlier never late harley visit africa comes four soldiers killed ambush niger the niger crisis shown take approach africa they remain engaged boots ground said second senior african diplomat united nations also speaking condition anonymity at lunch african leaders trump said tremendous business potential friends trying get rich africa but also noted threat militants islamic state book haram al qaeda the united states proud work eradicate terrorist safe havens said and number told good job last six seven months particular however june united states said want united nations fund proposed african force fight islamic militants west africa diplomats said france friday pushed washington step support force fail leaving french troops carry burden harley campaigning cut peacekeeping costs since united states largest contributor human rights chief eid ra ad al hussain bluntly summed global engagement thursday caught somewhere isolationism militarily clear direction foreign policy apart notable exceptional files as key regional bureaus state department currently permanent chief diplomat africa rather bureau african affairs led career diplomat don yamamoto acting assistant secretary state while yamamoto experienced africa hand diplomats say leading agency regional bureaus acting capacity means official perceived abroad full backing white house limited influence home within bureaucracy they seem relying heavily ambassadors ground approach relationship africa said second diplomat harley colleague trump cabinet trade representative robert lighthizer traveled west african nation logo august review free trade pact africa talks ended decision in april defense secretary jim mantis visited important military base djibouti worldnews