LONDON, (MILLAT/APP/AFP) – British Foreign Secretary Boris
Johnson, who notoriously sparked fury over comments about Africans made when he worked as a journalist, will visit the continent for the first time as minister this week.
Johnson will start the visit Tuesday in The Gambia, where he will
meet President Adama Barrow and visit the British-funded Medical Research Council, his ministry said.
Johnson’s trip is a first since the country won independence from Britain in 1965. “I’m delighted to be the first foreign secretary to visit Gambia this week,” Johnson said in a statement Monday.