Africa: The African Growth and Opportunity Act Is No More: [FPRI] In addition to a US Government shutdown at midnight on September 30, 2025, due to failure to pass a spending bill, an event largely ignored by America's mainstream media was the expiration of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). AGOA was established by US President Bill Clinton in 2000, and gave preferential access to US markets… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TNXlXd #Africa #AGOA #TradePolicy #USAfricaRelations #EconomicOpportunities

Africa: Uncertainties Mount as African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Deadline Nears: [allAfrica] With the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) that has anchored U.S-Africa relations since 2000 set to expire on September 30, prospects for extension or renewal grow increasingly slim. Among foundational principles that have anchored AGOA, the key one is the duty-free entry of specific African… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TMwGpT #Africa #AGOA #USAFricaRelations #TradeOpportunities #EconomicGrowth

Africa: Trump's Deportation Deals Signal a Troubling Shift in U.S.-Africa Relations: [ISS] Eswatini and South Sudan are just two on a list of many African countries America has asked to accept violent criminals. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TMKt6K #Africa #USAfricaRelations #DeportationDeals #HumanRights #GlobalPolitics

Africa: Trump's Next Africa Summit Must Be On African Soil - - African Leaders Should Insist: [Liberian Observer] When US President Donald J. Trump hosted five African Heads of State at the White House earlier this month -- including Liberia's Joseph Nyuma Boakai -- it was touted as a high-level dialogue. A carefully staged "test run" for the larger U.S.-Africa summit Trump is expected to announce… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TMClmD #Africa #USAfricaRelations #TrumpSummit #AfricanLeadership #GlobalPolitics

"Great economic potential in Africa": five African leaders have lunch with Trump http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TLqdzK #Africa #EconomicPotential #TrumpAdministration #AfricanLeaders #USAfricaRelations

Africa: Trump Hosts Five African Leaders in Landmark Summit Focused On Trade, Investment, and Security: [RFI] US President Donald Trump will host the leaders of five West and Central African countries at the White House on Wednesday at the start of an unprecedented two-day summit. Trade, investment and security are expected to top the agenda as Washington pivots away from… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TLq386 #AfricaSummit #TradeAndInvestment #USAfricaRelations #SecurityCooperation #TrumpAdministration

Africa: Lunch With Trump - U.S. Africa Strategy: [Chatham House] A lunch at the White House with an unexpected group of African leaders shows Trump's policy on Africa is active, opportunistic and shaped by personal relationships. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TLpm8K #Africa #TrumpPolicy #USAfricaRelations #AfricanLeadership #WhiteHouseLunch

Africa: From West Africa to Washington - a Spotlight On Leaders That Will Be Trump's White House Summit: [FrontPageAfrica] When five African presidents board flights bound for Washington this week, they carry more than protocol briefings and tailored suits. Behind the ceremonial optics of the upcoming White House summit with President Trump lies a deeper story -- one of political survival,… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TLmw5j #AfricaSummit #USAfricaRelations #TrumpWhiteHouse #WestAfrica #PoliticalLeadership

US President Trump announces surprise summit with five African Nations http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TLjD7S #AfricaSummit #USAfricaRelations #TradeOpportunities #EconomicCooperation #RegionalSecurity