US-Africa Week Ahead: Garcia visits East Africa, House tackles AGOA
US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Frank Garcia will visit Zambia, Ethiopia, and Kenya this week to strengthen bilateral relationships and advance economic and security partnerships. The US House of Representatives will vote on spending legislation that extends AGOA through 2028, and hold hearings on Houthi terrorism and critical minerals. Senior officials from African electric grid institutions are visiting the US, and France takes over the UN Security Council presidency.
Why it matters: This briefing covers US-Africa relations, trade policy, and regional security, themes central to the geoeconomics briefing.