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The United States currently has no Senate-confirmed ambassador in Nigeria and 116 other countries, according to official records released by the US Department of State, leaving key diplomatic posts unfilled across Africa, Europe, Asia, the Americas and Oceania.
The document, titled “Ambassadorial Assignments Overseas” and published April 8 by the Office of Presidential Appointments, showed that nearly two-thirds of US missions abroad lack a permanent, confirmed envoy.
The list of affected nations includes major allies and strategic partners such as Germany, Brazil, Australia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Kenya.
In Africa alone, vacancies exist in more than 30 countries, including Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan and Tanzania.
Across Europe, the United States has no confirmed ambassador in Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Kosovo, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia and Ukraine.
In Asia and the Middle East, vacancies extend to Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Syria, the United Arab Emirates and Vietnam.
The Americas region shows gaps in Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Jamaica, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela and several Caribbean island nations.
In Oceania, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea and multiple Pacific island nations are also without confirmed US ambassadors.
The vacancies follow diplomatic changes reported in December 2025, when President Donald Trump’s administration recalled nearly 30 career diplomats from ambassadorial and senior embassy positions worldwide.
According to a Guardian report citing the Associated Press, the move affected mission chiefs in at least 29 countries, including 15 in Africa.
