AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoUS Visa Overhaul for Africa: The U.S. State Department plans to cut visa-processing embassies and consulates across Africa from nearly 50 to 20 “hub” cities, with implementation expected in June. The hubs for full processing include Djibouti City, plus Abidjan, Accra, Addis Ababa, Cape Town, Dakar, Dar es Salaam, Johannesburg, Kampala, Kigali, Kinshasa, Lagos, Lomé, Luanda, Malabo, Monrovia, Nairobi, Port Louis, Praia and Yaoundé—meaning applicants in non-hub countries may have to travel farther for interviews and submissions, while affected missions will focus mainly on services for Americans and limited special cases. Red Sea Risk: Separately, reporting says Iran could seek to block the Bab el-Mandeb Strait via influence over Yemen’s Houthis, a move that would threaten one of the world’s key maritime routes linking the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden. Djibouti-Somalia Politics: In Djibouti, opposition figure Alexis Mohamed Gueldon accused Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of weakening Somalia’s federal system, citing deepening tensions with Puntland and damage to trust in federal institutions.
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