Linda Thomas-Greenfield appoints her Africa team at the UN

• CAMEROON - Joel Sikam, an entrepreneur working to boost Younde-Paris trade

• MOROCCO - Rachid Ennassiri, an energetic energy transition ministry adviser.

• MAURITANIA - Sidi-Mohamed Dhaker, the Central Bank's youth asset.
  

• CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC - Martine Kessy Ekomo-Soignet, the voice of young people in CAR.

Seoul outlines its African roadmap 

South Korea's foreign ministry is preparing to hold a ministerial forum on Africa from 9 to 10 December. It will be chaired by Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and attended by several of his African counterparts.

Regional veterans WS Insight and Pinnacle Security to guard UNMISS facilities 

The peacekeeping mission is set to spend $50m on the two private security companies, who have ample experience and solid networks in East Africa.

Biden gets to work on Africa, makes first appointments 

The new US head of state and his vice president, Kamala Harris, have begun holding talks with several African heads of state. The newly appointed Africa director in the National Security Council was sitting on the call.