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The Trump administration’s strategic pivot in the Sahel

By shifting its Africa policy from humanitarian aid to commercial diplomacy, the Trump administration has signaled a dramatic reorientation of US engagement in the Sahel. Centered on trade, security cooperation, and access to strategic minerals, this pivot marks a departure from decades of aid-focused partnerships and reflects broader geopolitical recalibrations in a region increasingly courted […]

Libya: Heads of sovereign state institutions shun Sirte meeting

Various heads of sovereign Libyan institutions invited by the speaker of the House of Representatives (HoR) Anguila Saleh to discuss the draft 2022 budget proposed by one of the country’s rival Prime Ministers, gave a cold shoulder to the meeting held Tuesday in Sirte. No one from the Board of Directors of the Central Bank […]

African Union: Fathallah Sijilmassi, 1st Director General of AU Commission

Moroccan diplomat Fathallah Sijilmassi has become the first Director General of the African Union Commission, a new position set up by the AU summit held in Addis Ababa in 2018. Sijlimassi was picked up for the job after undergoing a rigorous selection process based on transparence and merit. His new mission includes the coordination between […]