Troy Fitrell, President Donald Trump’s top diplomat in Africa, will leave the State Department at the end of the month. Jonathan Pratt, who is the deputy assistant secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs, will take over. Fitrell is a diplomat in the foreign service and used to be the US ambassador to Guinea.

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He has held several roles at the State Department in Africa, including as director of the Offices of Western and Southern African Affairs. He was also the Deputy Chief of Mission in the US embassies in Ethiopia and Mauritius. Jonathan Pratt, the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of African Affairs, will take over as Senior Bureau Official after Ambassador Fitrell leaves.

Since the Senate has not yet nominated an assistant secretary for the State Department’s African bureau, Fitrell has been in charge of it.

A representative for the State Department said, “After a long and distinguished career, Ambassador Troy Fitrell is retiring as planned from the Bureau of African Affairs.”