Breaking Report: No US Ambassador In Nigeria, 115 Other Countries Affected

According to official records released on April 8, 2026, on the State Department’s website under “Ambassadorial Assignments Overseas,” Nigeria is among 117 countries yet to have a Senate-confirmed U.S. ambassador.

The vacancies span multiple continents—including Africa, Europe, Asia, the Americas, and Oceania—affecting both key allies and strategically important nations.

In Africa alone, several countries such as Algeria, Kenya, Ghana, Egypt, and Nigeria are without confirmed U.S. envoys, reflecting a broad regional shortfall in diplomatic representation.

Similar gaps exist across Europe, with countries like Germany, Norway, Russia, and Ukraine listed among those without ambassadors, while in Asia and the Middle East, nations including Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates are also affected.

Across the Americas, countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, and Venezuela are among those without confirmed U.S. diplomatic heads, while in Oceania, nations like Australia, New Zealand, and Fiji are equally impacted.

This situation follows earlier diplomatic changes in December 2025, when the administration of Donald Trump recalled nearly 30 senior diplomats from ambassadorial and key embassy roles across the globe, further widening the gap in U.S. diplomatic representation.