AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoUN Diplomacy: Senegal has reversed course and formally endorsed former President Macky Sall’s bid to become the next UN Secretary-General, after President Bassirou Diomaye Faye met Sall in Dakar and ordered Senegal to “fully mobilise” support for his campaign—Burundi had nominated Sall earlier as AU rotating chair. Health & Funding: African leaders urged stronger political commitment and domestic investment to end preventable maternal deaths and AIDS by 2030, as global HIV/AIDS progress faces new pressure from US aid cuts. Regional Finance: East African central bank technical officials met in Kampala to discuss monetary cooperation and convergence criteria, with governors expected to endorse recommendations by July 24. Burundi Justice: In Gitega, a man received life imprisonment for killing his older brother with a machete following a land dispute. Education: Burundi announced recruitment of nearly 5,000 teachers and major spending under its “Zero Poorly Seated Children” desks program, while admitting gaps in standards and delays. Tragedy in Bujumbura: Eight worshippers died and nine were injured in a crush at an evangelical gathering after an exit wall collapsed as thousands tried to leave at once.
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