Julian Pecquet

"Without #USAID, @USAfricaCommand will be stuck in an endless cycle of tactical military actions without strategic advances”: Former NSC #Africa boss @JDevermont on the impact of aid cuts as Congress grills Gen. Michael Langley on decline of US soft power https://t.co/C6EBa28gCu

This is dumb and uninformed. And I'm saying this as a bona fide cheese-addicted Frenchman.

Paul Howard @AkaPaulHoward

Americans are going to have to eat their own cheeses. Trust me, they’ll crack first.

And there it is: #Rwanda signs $960K lobbying contract with Yorktown Solutions / led by Daniel Vajdich, former aide to @SenateForeign #Africa panel Chairman @tedcruz. https://t.co/Tpn2Ky98ou I called it on March 13 in @jeune_afrique's @TheAfricaReport: https://t.co/h76BAFd3DS

🚨: Days after signing $5m deal w/MAGA lobby firm Earhart Turner & far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos, #DRC suspends contract in favor of "direct" contact w/Trump admin via "official and authorized channels" And you wonder why DC has "Congo fatigue"? https://t.co/h76BAFd3DS https://t.co/wJX6sD0oR3

#Africa responds to Trump tariffs; US trade chief briefs lawmakers; envoy Boulos wraps up his trip in #Uganda & #Rwanda; Congress hits back at #Somalia pirates: Here's all you need to know in #US-#Africa relations in our @TheAfricaReport Week Ahead: https://t.co/KzPg4MOEpM

RT @TheAfricaReport: Countries across the continent are preparing their response after United States President @realDonaldTrump announced s…

RT @BarakRavid: New: Jared Kushner's Abraham Accords institute to merge into Heritage Foundation. My story on @axios https://t.co/GdiOvQrjZN

RT @TheAfricaReport: USAID’s dismantlement is hitting Africa hard but unevenly. Some countries face 100% aid cuts. Here’s an overview of so…

Et voici la version en français chez @jeune_afrique : https://t.co/SiD6Zo9nqi

Julian Pecquet @JulianPecquet

Trump ties, a West African business dynasty and an abandoned tin mine – here's what you need to know about Massad Boulos, the US president’s new Africa adviser and his mission to ease tensions in eastern #Congo. https://t.co/lOel8ilFLQ

Trump ties, a West African business dynasty and an abandoned tin mine – here's what you need to know about Massad Boulos, the US president’s new Africa adviser and his mission to ease tensions in eastern #Congo. https://t.co/lOel8ilFLQ

As @maziehirono @SASCDems grills @US_EUCOM Commander Cavoli on the impact of #SignalGate on intel sharing, reminded of this revealing quote @thehill's @HelloLauraKelly got from one foreign diplomat last week: “I wouldn’t use Signal to cheat on my wife" https://t.co/26DoXGOMNJ

RT @TheAfricaReport: President @realDonaldTrump hopes the Lebanese-Nigerian family member who helped him clinch the presidency can do the s…

This year's "Int'l Women of Courage" took advantage of their ceremony with @FLOTUS & @SecRubio to urge the US gov't to rethink its cuts to programs that are vital to female economic and social empowerment, especially in #Africa My latest @TheAfricaReport: https://t.co/cain1irQM0

RT @LauderAfrica: Can African countries bolster their role and agency in global #supplychains in today’s uncertain #geopolitical environmen…

As the crisis in #SouthSudan threatens to spiral out of control following the arrest of VP Riek Machar, I caught up with diaspora activists demanding that Washington step up its engagement and push for #Uganda troops to leave the world's newest country. https://t.co/22Ut6WS0xG

RT @DrJPPham: It’s not enough that his PM & FM insult @POTUS & Mog is a $1 billion yearly drain on #USA🇺🇲 taxpayers, but rump #Somalia🇸🇴’s…

--> #Somaliland mission to the US responds to @hysperbole @SemaforAfrica scoop of #Somalia offering Trump access to port of Berbera (which Mogadishu doesn't control)

SomalilandUSA @SomalilandUS

The Republic of Somaliland strongly rejects Somalia's impertinent offer of access and control of the Port of Berbera to the United States. Here are the facts ⬇️ 🧵  https://t.co/FRU8IUB414