Trump administration mislabels African countries in slideshow at AIDS conference

Trump administration mislabels African countries in slideshow at AIDS conference Submitted by MEE staff on Thu, 07/30/2026 - 19:05 The State Department said a staffer hastily arranged the map but did not apologise to its African partners at the event A screen shows a US government map of Africa with mislabelled countries during a State Department presentation at a global conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 26 July 2026 (Supplied by a third party to Reuters) Off A Trump administration slideshow at a conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), has caused outrage for displaying a map of Africa with countries incorrectly labelled. Jeff Graham, the US envoy for the president's emergency plan for AIDS relief, a George W Bush-era programme, was leading the presentation. A video of the event, which took place last week, was viewed by the Reuters news agency, which reported on Thursday that the map was found to have watermarks signalling it was made with OpenAI tools.