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Trump administration map mislabels every African country at AIDS conference

A Trump administration presentation at an international AIDS conference in Rio de Janeiro displayed a map of Africa with nearly every country mislabelled, sparking outrage. The map, shown by U.S. envoy Jeff Graham, was intended to highlight health agreements between the United States and African nations. It depicted Nigeria as landlocked, placed Ivory Coast on the wrong side of the continent away from the coast, and showed Mozambique as landlocked in the Horn of Africa instead of its actual southern coastal location. The map bore watermarks indicating it was created using OpenAI tools, according to Reuters, which viewed a video of the event. The U.S. State Department acknowledged the error, attributing it to a staff member who hastily assembled the map, but did not apologize to African partners at the conference. The department said it “takes full responsibility” and remains committed to achieving results in the fight against AIDS in Africa. The incident comes as the Trump administration has dismantled much of its foreign aid infrastructure, including shutting down the U.S. Agency for International Development and cutting at least a third of foreign service positions, moves critics warn could lead to hundreds of thousands of additional deaths from diseases like AIDS.

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