[African Union] The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has welcomed the overwhelming passage by the United States House of Representatives of a three-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA).

[UN News] In his final annual address outlining his priorities, UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the world is "brimming with conflict, impunity, inequality and unpredictability" - even as international cooperation is fraying at the moment it is most needed.