U.S. Recalls Zambia Ambassador After Extraordinary Criticism of Country’s Corruption and Anti-Gay Policies

The United States recalled its ambassador to Zambia this week after the American diplomat’s extraordinary criticism of the southern African country’s record on corruption and gay rights rankled the Zambian leadership. Ambassador Daniel Foote, a career foreign service officer rather than a political appointee, was appointed to the ambassadorship in 2017 by President Trump and has been outspoken in his criticism of the conservative Christian country’s government. “Let us stop the façade that our governments enjoy ‘warm and cordial’ relations,” Foote said in a scathing statement earlier this month. “The...