Trump refers to non existing country in address to African leaders

And so US President Donald Trump just discovered a new African country called 'Nambia' but maybe in error when he hosted African leaders to a lunch at the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Wednesday.

Trump went on to praise the health system of “Nambia” – which is not a nation – as “increasingly self-sufficient”.

In Guinea and Nigeria you fought a horrifying Ebola outbreak, he said.

Nambia’s health system is increasingly self-sufficient.

@realDonaldTrump just discovered a new country called Nambia

— olomoinfo (@Aisapaul) September 21, 2017

But the truth is that there is no country named Nambia; and it was not clear whether Trump may have misread the name of Namibia or confused the country with Gambia or Zambia.

In his remarks, Trump also said that Africa “has tremendous business potential” and cited his “many friends going to your countries trying to get rich.”

Trump, at a lunch with African leaders, refers to the non-existent country of "Nambia." pic.twitter.com/N8megnC1Xi

— David Mack (@davidmackau) September 20, 2017