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Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 https://africaindex.com/blog/mamdani-city-hall-african-new-york 2026-08-27T22:13:57.128Z https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/New_York_City_Hall.jpg/1280px-New_York_City_Hall.jpg New York City Hall, Lower Manhattan — the seat of the New York mayoralty. Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA https://africaindex.com/blog/mrima-hill-local-processing-technical-scorecard-2026 2026-08-29T19:16:02.868Z https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Kaya_Kinondo%2C_Sacred_Forest%2C_Kenya_-_51987948697.jpg/1280px-Kaya_Kinondo%2C_Sacred_Forest%2C_Kenya_-_51987948697.jpg Coastal forest interior in Kwale County, Kenya, near the Mrima Hill mineral deposit Ninara / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 https://africaindex.com/blog/who-gets-mrima-hill-beneficial-ownership-access-audit-2026 2026-08-31T09:04:45.461Z https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Kaya_Kinondo%2C_Sacred_Forest%2C_Kenya_-_51987948697.jpg/1280px-Kaya_Kinondo%2C_Sacred_Forest%2C_Kenya_-_51987948697.jpg Interior of Kaya Kinondo, a sacred Mijikenda forest in Kwale County on Kenya's southern coast Ninara / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 https://africaindex.com/blog/zambia-2026-election-hichilema-provisional-result 2026-08-31T04:43:45.305Z https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Hakainde_Hichilema_in_Japan_on_February_6%2C_2025_%28cropped%29.jpg Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema during an official visit, February 2025 Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 4.0 https://africaindex.com/blog/ethiopia-sao-tome-2026-turnout-problem 2026-08-29T15:53:28.139Z https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/WSIS_FORUM_2015_Day_2_-_Carlos_Vila_Nova_%28cropped%29.jpg São Toméan President Carlos Vila Nova at an international forum Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 https://africaindex.com/blog/south-africa-2026-local-elections-gnu-test 2026-08-29T15:53:34.440Z https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Cyril_Ramaphosa_in_2026.jpg South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in 2026 Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 4.0 https://africaindex.com/blog/africa-september-2026-elections-seychelles-gabon-morocco 2026-08-31T11:11:09.391Z https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/WSIS_FORUM_2015_Day_2_-_Carlos_Vila_Nova_%28cropped%29.jpg Delegates at an international forum, illustrating African electoral diplomacy Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 https://africaindex.com/blog/africa-week-in-review-10-14-august-2026 2026-08-29T04:38:40.243Z https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Abidjan-Plateau1.JPG The Plateau business district of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire Abdallahh / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 https://africaindex.com/blog/us-africa-travel-cadence-2026-itinerary-is-policy 2026-08-27T21:17:41.235Z https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Abuja_2.jpg/1280px-Abuja_2.jpg View of Abuja, the federal capital of Nigeria Kenogenic / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 https://africaindex.com/blog/foggy-bottom-on-africa-2026-08-12 2026-08-27T21:11:00.839Z https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Exterior_of_the_United_States_Department_of_State_Harry_S._Truman_Building%2C_Washington%2C_D.C.%2C_spring_2024_-_9.jpg/1280px-Exterior_of_the_United_States_Department_of_State_Harry_S._Truman_Building%2C_Washington%2C_D.C.%2C_spring_2024_-_9.jpg The Harry S. Truman Building in Washington, D.C., headquarters of the U.S. Department of State U.S. Department of State / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain https://africaindex.com/blog/agoa-fourteen-months-after-lapse-2026 2026-08-27T04:39:05.277Z https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Container_ship_exiting_Mombasa_port%2C_Kenya_01.jpg/1280px-Container_ship_exiting_Mombasa_port%2C_Kenya_01.jpg A container ship exiting the Port of Mombasa, Kenya Ian Kiptoo / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 4.0 https://africaindex.com/blog/drc-rwanda-jscm-fifth-meeting-assessment 2026-08-30T13:31:24.733Z https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/2015_Goma_-_North_Kivu_%2820439883304%29.jpg/1280px-2015_Goma_-_North_Kivu_%2820439883304%29.jpg View of Goma in North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo MONUSCO Photos / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 2.0 https://africaindex.com/blog/africa-week-in-review-4-8-august-2026 2026-08-28T18:52:53.618Z https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/A_clash_of_worlds_-_Nairobi_skyline_from_the_Nairobi_National_park.jpg/1280px-A_clash_of_worlds_-_Nairobi_skyline_from_the_Nairobi_National_park.jpg Nairobi skyline seen from Nairobi National Park — pan-African anchor image for the weekly editorial round-up. Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 4.0 https://africaindex.com/blog/cameroonian-diaspora-us-network-august-2026 2026-08-31T08:42:10.948Z https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/116thHarlem01.jpg/1280px-116thHarlem01.jpg 116th Street in Harlem, New York — the heart of Little Senegal and a hub for West and Central African diaspora networks. Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 https://africaindex.com/blog/nigeria-mpc-naira-new-floor-august-2026 2026-08-27T21:15:38.086Z https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Side_view_of_Central_Bank_of_Nigeria%2C_Abuja.jpg/1280px-Side_view_of_Central_Bank_of_Nigeria%2C_Abuja.jpg Side view of the Central Bank of Nigeria headquarters in Abuja, ahead of the MPC vote on the naira floor. 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Wikimedia Commons / Public domain https://africaindex.com/blog/state-500m-critical-minerals-africa-2026 2026-08-31T16:23:17.691Z https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Artisanal_cobalt_miners_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_Congo.jpg/1280px-Artisanal_cobalt_miners_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_Congo.jpg Artisanal cobalt miners at work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo International Institute for Environment and Development / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.5 https://africaindex.com/blog/foggy-bottom-signals-africa-july-2026 2026-08-29T21:06:38.369Z https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Exterior_of_the_United_States_Department_of_State_Harry_S._Truman_Building%2C_Washington%2C_D.C.%2C_spring_2024_-_12.jpg/1280px-Exterior_of_the_United_States_Department_of_State_Harry_S._Truman_Building%2C_Washington%2C_D.C.%2C_spring_2024_-_12.jpg Exterior of the Harry S. Truman Building, headquarters of the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. 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Frank Garcia, Assistant Secretary, sits at the top. Below him: Peter Lord as Principal Deputy and career anchor. Three functional tracks branch out — regional deputies (Sarah Troutman for West Africa and the Sahel, Richard Michaels for Southern Africa and AGOA, William Popp for the Horn of Africa and Red Sea, plus Nick Checker), conflict negotiators (Daniel Fullerton on the DRC–Rwanda minerals track, Christopher Kulukundis on Sudan), political appointees (John Giordano, Brent Bozell, and William Trachman as loyalty-hire ambassadors), and Massad Boulos as Senior Advisor — the wild card controlling Great Lakes minerals-for-peace and Gulf-money triangulation. 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CDC / Cynthia Goldsmith / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain https://africaindex.com/blog/senegal-faye-sonko-split-lo-pm-debt-crisis-may-2026 2026-08-31T06:50:29.517Z https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/15/Dakar_-_Assembl%C3%A9e_nationale.JPG The National Assembly of Senegal building in Dakar, seat of the legislature where Ousmane Sonko was elected Speaker in May 2026. Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 https://africaindex.com/blog/africa-crude-refining-hormuz-premium-may-2026 2026-08-29T21:37:55.238Z https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Tanker_waiting_to_enter_Durban_harbour.jpg Distillation column at the Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Lekki, Lagos, Nigeria — the largest single-train refinery in Africa at 650,000 barrels per day, operational since 2024. 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