Confirmed by voice vote: “Jessica Davis Ba will be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire”. This tweet from the United States Senate confirms the appointment of Sem Jessica Davis Ba as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, reports fr.allafrica.com under the pen of Bamba Moussa. To this end, you replace HE Richard Bell, who has been in office in Côte d’Ivoire since September 2019.
If we stick to the translation of said message, explains Brother Bamba, Jessica Davis Ba will be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of the Ivory Coast.
CONFIRMED: Jessica Davis Ba will be US Ambassador to the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire
By voice vote.
— US Senate Majority Floor Updates (@DSenFloor) December 16, 2022
It should be noted that after his nomination by Joe Biden, in June 2022, it was in the night between December 15 and 16 that the United States Senate gave the discharge for the nomination of Sem Jessica Davis Ba, as Ambassador of the United States in Ivory Coast. A career diplomat, Sem Jessica Davis Ba has extensive experience in Africa.
According to the online media fr.allafrica.com, Sem Davis Ba has carried out diplomatic missions in Chad, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Kenya, where she focused on Somalia, as well as in Iraq and Saudi Arabia. She served as Senior Advisor on Africa to Vice President Kamala Harris before completing that assignment in March and returning to the State Department where she serves as a senior advisor in the Office of African Affairs.
