On commercial diplomacy, the United States is shifting assistance toward private-sector-led growth, including efforts with Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Taiwan to connect every Pacific Islands Forum country to a trusted undersea cable network. A second Pacific Investment Summit is scheduled to be hosted in early 2027.
Failures involving agentic AI systems, he said, could disrupt essential services, fracture communications, destabilise critical infrastructure and undermine democratic institutions. Entire populations could lose access to clean water, heating and financial services.
France has now been kicked out of more than 70 percent of African former colonies where it had a military presence since the end of her colonial rule in the 1960s and 70s.
The Italian government has named Uganda among the 23 African countries to receive part of the EUR 2.3 billion Development Support Fund from 2024 to 2026.