Is the USA really Africa's friend?

I think on the African continent, we tend to forget history & almost go asking for the same treatment from our enemies that they've consistently shown for centuries in many cases.

In the world of geopolitics, the USA has almost always assumed to be a "friend*" of Africa when the reality is shockingly the opposite. The HIV/AIDS virus that was said to be found among "gay people in the USA" then "monkeys in Africa" is said to have been artificially manufactured in the USA then spread in Africa. The Apartheid government, in hopes to reduce the black population, deliberately spread AIDS among South Africa's black people... KZN & Eswatini in particular.

I'm of the belief that the USA is disappointed that South Africa never became like them, a land where the natives were forced into small reserves. A land where the native people were removed from the governance of their own land.

The same USA that openly admitted to destroying Libya & the killing of Lumumba & supporting kleptocrat Mobutu Sese Seko is expected to respect African sovereignty when they barely show it to other lands when acting as the "world's police".

I feel sorry for us youths who grew up being shown Usonian pop culture to idolize only to learn that they are not a land to be trusted. But seeing as "money makes the world go round", the USA will continue buying loyalty from African leaders.

*I'm inclined to use the word "friend" because "ally" often implies a military alliance.

UPDATE: But the again...

We must remember the tale of the ungrateful predator that wanted to attack the man who set it free. I would not know all the above myself without the USA invention of Google. USA also invented antiretrovirals that inhibit AIDS in the human body.

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