I talked to the Pentagon's former top #Africa civilian Chidi Blyden on the risks and opportunities for #Nigeria to clean up its neighborhood as Trump weighs military action against jihadists. My latest for @jeuneafrique.com's The Africa Report : www.theafricareport.com/398063/ex-pe...

Forget US strikes: The real fight in #Nigeria is over sharia, with Trump allies seeking action against northern politicians who vow to resist US pressure. My latest @jeuneafrique.com's The Africa Report, with Honoré Banda: www.theafricareport.com/397963/us-ta...

Sec State Rubio has told US diplomats to stay silent on fraudulent elections in #Africa Congress is filling the void: The leaders on Senate Foreign Relations Jim Risch & @shaheen.senate.gov say it’s time to reassess US ties w/ #Cameroon & #Tanzania My latest: www.theafricareport.com/397547/us-la...

Trump warned then-President Buhari in 2018 to protect Christians in #Nigeria 7 years later, Abuja finally got the message With no ambassador or lobbyist in Washington, can President Tinubu salvage bilateral ties? My latest @jeuneafrique.com's The Africa Report www.theafricareport.com/397224/trump...

“We support candidates who are grounded in community and want to create an inclusive and welcoming country for New Americans and a healthy democracy for all.” Dive into our work with @julianpecquet.bsky.social and learn how we’re making sure our democracy is built for and by #PeopleLikeUs 👇🏾

#WesternSahara showdown at the UN; #Mozambique President Daniel Chapo in DC; Hudson Institute talks #criticalminerals with ex-Trump envoy Peter Pham: My (paywall-free!) #US-#Africa Week Ahead for @jeuneafrique.com's The Africa Report: www.theafricareport.com/396173/us-af...

This story makes me proud, proud, proud #2beAfrican #2beAmerican

From @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social in #NYC to @omarfatehmn.com in #Minneapolis, @newamericanld.bsky.social is endorsing 11 African diasporans in local races on Nov. 4 to build an "inclusive and welcoming" #America & a "healthy democracy for all” My latest: www.theafricareport.com/395977/trump...

Will Trump be the 3rd wheel at his own #G20? My behind-the-scenes report for @jeuneafrique.com's The Africa Report on #SouthAfrica's campaign to keep its development agenda alive beyond 2026: www.theafricareport.com/395804/how-u...

Trump may want a "back to basics" 2026 #G20, but incumbent #SouthAfrica - and its allies - have other plans. I talked to Deputy FinMin David Masondo & Planning Minister Maropene Ramo during IMF/World Bank meetings for @jeuneafrique.com's The Africa Report: www.theafricareport.com/395804/how-u...

The gov't may be shut down, but Congress forges ahead This week US Trade Rep Jamieson Greer testifies on tariffs & #AGOA as Senate Foreign tackles #China's domination in arms sales & critical minerals My latest #US-#Africa Week Ahead for TAR @jeuneafrique.com: www.theafricareport.com/395514/us-af...

US tariffs and cheap #China exports are posing a dual threat to #Africa Can AfCFTA regional integration and competitive currencies change the global trade game? My latest from IMF / World Bank for @jeuneafrique.com's The Africa Report : www.theafricareport.com/395423/imf-s...

AFRICOM announces Sirte on #Libya's ceasefire line as site of 2026 #Flintlock exercise in a bid to reunify armed forces in #Tripoli and Khalifa Haftar's #Benghazi-based Libyan National Army I talked to @jonathanmwiner.bsky.social @ MEI about the ramifications: www.theafricareport.com/395218/afric...

After Senate confirmation of Trump's first envoys to the continent - #Morocco #Namibia #Tunisia - and a recent shakeup in the African Affairs Bureau, here's who's leading #Africa policy at the State Department. My latest @jeuneafrique.com's The Africa Report: www.theafricareport.com/394385/whos-...

Welcome to IMF - World Bank week in DC ! From #Senegal's new bailout bid to #SouthAfrica's push to Trump-proof its G20 legacy, from the @uschamber.bsky.social US-Africa Critical Minerals Forum to the #DRC-US Economic and Investment Forum, here's what's on tap: www.theafricareport.com/394895/us-af...

The House of Representatives may be out and the government shut down, but #Washington's obsession with #China in #Africa isn't taking a break. I have all the latest hearings and panels over at @jeuneafrique.com The Africa Report's #US-Africa Week Ahead : www.theafricareport.com/394167/us-af...

Energy, finance, agribusiness, infrastructure: The US-#Africa Business Summit eyes the #IndianOcean for the 1st time w/ a 2026 event in #Mauritius, a rich country & strategic player in the #India #China rivalry. My latest @jeuneafrique.com's The Africa Report: www.theafricareport.com/393945/us-ey...

The bottom line is if you're consuming the Sahel/West Africa political or conflict content on X, you're being bathed in disinformation/FIMI. This one graph we at ECFR published, looking at X posts on Niger, shows you just how far the rot has gone. Full report here ecfr.eu/publication/...

For as long as I have been reading it, The Economist has stood for three things: free trade, a belief in deepening civil liberties, and an unshakeable belief that hot-air balloons will have practical uses real soon. economist.com/science-and-...

What's behind Trump's overtures to #Eritrea? I talked to former top US #Africa diplomat Tibor Nagy, ex envoy to Asmara Louis Mazel & opposition spox Dawit Teferi about the outlook for improved relations following sr adviser Boulos' meeting w/ FM Saleh @ the UN www.theafricareport.com/393750/eritr...

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RM @meeks.house.gov: MCC’s new compact aims to build a reliable energy sector for Côte d’Ivoire and its neighbors, which will improve livelihoods and increase trade and commercial opportunities. This is why foreign assistance is important and shouldn't be cut. www.theafricareport.com/392197/targe...

As the 25-year-old US duty-free program w/ #Africa heads toward expiration this evening, I obtained the African Union's urgent plea to Congress to save #AGOA & pave the way toward a "deeper and more reciprocal economic partnership” www.theafricareport.com/393579/us-af...

#Senegal watchers won't want to miss my interview at noon @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social #ACFrontPage with former President Macky Sall We'll discuss his leadership of the country, his vision for #Africa and his new book "Africa: Leading from the Heart" Tune in: www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/former...

Deputy Sec State Landau hosts #EquatorialGuinea's kleptocratic VP Teodoro Obiang this afternoon in a bid to "blunt growing Chinese influence in the West African country and boost American oil and gas business interests there" My latest US-Africa Week Ahead: www.theafricareport.com/393579/us-af...

"A deeper and more reciprocal economic partnership": I obtained the letter the African Union sent to Congress pleading for an "uninterrupted renewal" of #AGOA as the program hurtles towards expiration this week My latest @jeuneafrique.com's The Africa Report: www.theafricareport.com/393579/us-af...

BIG: US lenders DFC EximBankUS get the green light to back American investment in the disputed #WesternSahara I talked to US senior adviser for Africa and Arab affairs Massad Boulos and ex-US ambassador to #Morocco Puneet Talwar about potential ramifications www.theafricareport.com/393440/trump...

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SCOOP: Africa CDC fights for relevance in Trump era. Sidelined in the America First Global Heath Strategy and ostracized by Republicans in Congress, the African Union agency is turning to former State Department #Africa bureau chief Troy Fitrell for help. www.theafricareport.com/392991/exclu...

From #DRCongo's push to recognize Génocost (economic genocide) to the resource pan-nationalism of the Africa Minerals Strategy Group hosted by #Nigeria & #Kenya here are Top 5 #Africa issues to watch @ #UNGA80 #NYC My latest @jeuneafrique.com The Africa Report www.theafricareport.com/392721/afric...

#Copper in #Congo, #Potash in #Gabon, #Silver in #SouthAfrica I talked to Aubrey Hruby @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social, Duncan Wood & @gracebaskaran.bsky.social @csis.org about #Africa implications of adding new critical minerals to USGS list: www.theafricareport.com/392614/coppe...

Remember that short-lived $5m #MAGA Congo lobby contract? Trump 2016 adviser Karen Giorno is back at it, helping #CotedIvoire oppo leader Tidjane Thiam raise a stink over his exclusion from next month's election I have the details over @ The Africa Report www.theafricareport.com/392304/us-af...

Congress looks to end #Zimbabwe #ZDERA sanctions & renew the DFC; #Sahel putschists make their case; #CotedIvoire oppo leader Tidjane Thiam lobbies US on exclusion from presidential ballot: My latest #US-#Africa Week Ahead @jeuneafrique.com The Africa Report: www.theafricareport.com/392304/us-af...

[email protected] Democrats @meeks.house.gov @sarajacobs.house.gov seize on my reporting to call out Trump admin for delay in hosting Congress-mandated #US-#Africa Leaders Summit My story @jeuneafrique.com's The Africa Report that sparked the letter: www.theafricareport.com/389506/trump...

Given up for dead just months ago, the Millennium Challenge Corporation is back I have more details on MCC's new $300m regional compact for electrification in #CotedIvoire & #WestAfrica over @jeuneafrique.com's The Africa Report W/Nancy Lee @cgdev.org www.theafricareport.com/392197/targe...

The hits keep coming for #Cameroon's Anglophone lobbying campaign I talked to the #Ambazonia Governing Council and Ladd Serwat @acleddata.bsky.social @jeuneafrique.com's The Africa Report following the arrest of separatist activists and the repeal of #TPS: www.theafricareport.com/392101/polit...

#Ghana joins the growing list of African countries taking in US deportees under pressure from President Trump. The Africa Report's chief correspondent Kent Mensah has the story from Accra: www.theafricareport.com/392111/ghana...

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🚨The annual House Armed Services trip to #Africa visited the #Sahel as the US re-engages with putschist regimes in #BurkinaFaso #Niger #Mali I caught up w/ Rep. Austin Scott & @usrepjimmypanetta.bsky.social exclusively for @jeuneafrique.com's The Africa Report www.theafricareport.com/391865/congr...

Congress pushes closer #WestAfrica ties in #NDAA defense bill, Trump's first ambassadors to #Africa get a vote, #Kenya private sector in Washington for last-ditch #AGOA push. My latest #US-#Africa Week Ahead in @jeuneafrique.com's The Africa Report: www.theafricareport.com/391775/us-af...

So much for taming the trade deficit: US-#Africa trade rose 10% in July, fueled by a boom in #SouthAfrica exports while US exports fell by 2% Check out @jeuneafrique.com's The Africa Report interactive map of the latest trade data for all 54 African countries www.theafricareport.com/391571/south...

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Will #Trump deportation deal give Museveni carte blanche in #Uganda’s 2026 election? Spot on from @johnblanshe.bsky.social @ The Africa Report : www.theafricareport.com/391363/will-...

With Congress back in session today, check out my latest #US-#Africa Week Ahead free @jeuneafrique.com's The Africa Report: www.theafricareport.com/391180/us-af...

#AGOA's last chance, #NDAA defense bill targets #Kenya and #Ghana, #SouthAfrica dispatches trade minister Parks Tau for tariff talks: Get caught up (for free) on the US-#Africa Week Ahead @jeuneafrique.com's The Africa Report: www.theafricareport.com/391180/us-af...

#Morocco has hired its first lobbying firm of the new Trump era, doling out $400K to put pressure on the #Algeria-backed @polisario.bsky.social to accept Moroccan sovereignty over the disputed #WesternSahara My latest for @jeuneafrique.com's The Africa Report: www.theafricareport.com/390718/moroc...

I sat down w/#Kenya trade min Lee Kinyanjui following his talks with the US trade rep to relaunch bilateral trade talks. Loads of scooplets, inc. plans to hold an investor conference w/ President Ruto @ #UNGA80 My latest @jeuneafrique.com / The Africa Report: www.theafricareport.com/390581/with-...

With the future of #AGOA in doubt, #Kenya trade chief Lee Kinyanjui is meeting with Office of the US Trade Rep (USTR) today to try to restart talks on a Free Trade Agreement - the first with sub-Saharan #Africa My latest @jeuneafrique.com The Africa Report: www.theafricareport.com/390425/kenya...

I had a blast attending the #USAfricaEnergyForum in #Houston, where #Morocco made the case for US investment in its 13-nation African Atlantic Gas Pipeline to #Nigeria My latest for @jeuneafrique.com's The Africa Report: www.theafricareport.com/389891/moroc...