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US to close 5 consulates in Africa, Asia, Western Hemisphere
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Ghanaian Times
President Donald Trump’s administration has informed Congress that it intends to close five smaller U.S. embassies, consulates and other diplomatic missions in Africa, Asia and the Western Hemisphere, even as it steams ahead with plans to reopen shuttered posts in Libya and Syria and has reopened the long-closed embassy in Venezuela.
The embassy in St. George’s, Grenada, and the consulate in Nagoya have only one American staffer and five local employees each.
The consulate in Medan has four direct-hire U.S. staffers and 47 local employees.
The Winnipeg post has only two local staffers, and the embassy office in Douala has only 14 local staffers.
The State Department announced plans earlier this year to permanently close the U.S. consulate in Peshawar, Pakistan, which was the closest diplomatic mission to Afghanistan since American troops withdrew in 2021.