Pastoral Livestock Investment Push: The AU’s inaugural African Pastoral Markets Forum in Addis Ababa urged fresh funding to turn pastoralism into a growth engine for jobs, food security and regional trade. Egypt–China Global South Model: An Egyptian expert says ties are deepening through stronger coordination and major Chinese-backed projects, positioning the partnership as a template for cooperation. Climate Risk Insurance Leadership: African Risk Capacity appointed David Maslo as CEO to expand climate and disaster risk financing across Africa and close the protection gap. Regional Resilience Commitments: AfDB, UNDP and OECD pledged to help build a resilient, prosperous Africa after the 2026 African Economic Conference in Abidjan. AI and Justice Safeguards: UN University’s Marwala warned that “accuracy is not truth” as South Africa debates AI in criminal justice, stressing law, governance and balance. Digital Public Service Tools (Nigeria): Nigeria launched three reform platforms to track milestones, store reform knowledge and monitor implementation gaps. Kenya Cyber Rights: Kenya’s High Court struck down parts of the 2025 cyber law, strengthening expression protections. Youth Climate Negotiators: Ghana-hosted GAYO training equipped young Africans with skills for UN climate negotiations. Clean Air Progress (Uganda): Kampala shared its clean-air push, expanding monitoring and targeting pollution cuts by 2030. Oil Refinery Fight (Kenya): Greenpeace Africa urged a pause on Dangote’s planned Lamu mega refinery pending independent environmental review. Ebola Vaccine Trials: First human testing began for the Bundibugyo Ebola vaccine in the UK.