That might fit with the US's renewed push for negotiations both envoy Perriello and its Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield...

Nguema came to the UN in December and asked to meet the US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas Greenfield to reassure her that there was no agreement with China...

(The next day Baïpo-Temon had a face-to-face meeting – our sources say this was a reward for being nice about Minusca – with the US UN ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield)...

Following Mali's uncompromising response to the resolution US ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield issued a statement stressing that: 'The United States is deeply concerned by the statement made by Mali's transition government expressing its intent to deny Minusma the freedom of movement necessary to fulfil its mandate...

US Ambassador to the UN designate Linda Thomas-Greenfield's last job before Trump fired her was Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs in the Obama administration from 2013 to 2017 when fighting cross-border crime and terrorism were important planks of the US-Africa policy...

He may however dial-down on the Sahara returning Washington to a focus on international institutions via his designated UN envoy US Foreign Service veteran Linda Thomas-Greenfield who is well-versed in African issues...

Last year ASG recruited Linda Thomas-Greenfield former Assistant Secretary for African Affairs at the State Department as a Senior Counsellor to its Africa practice...