Digital Governance & AI: La Francophonie launched its first Digital Governance Forum in Geneva, framing AI rulemaking around language to help Francophone Africa move from adopting tools to producing them, amid fast-growing regional AI coordination. Agrifood & Logistics: Guinea-Bissau’s agriculture push is tied to a US$30m agrifood opportunity, with World Bank-linked priorities spanning higher farm productivity, climate resilience, and agrologistics to cut post-harvest losses and improve market access in rice and cashew. ECOWAS Health Implementation: Guinea-Bissau is set to pilot the ECOWAS Regional Community Health Policy, with WAHO starting high-level talks in Bissau and coordinating across health plus agriculture and other government sectors. Fisheries & Nutrition: New research flags that retaining more catch locally could deliver major nutrition gains across West Africa, including Guinea-Bissau, where calcium deficiency is near-universal—linking fisheries management and food security. Telecom Regulation Leadership: MTN Group appointed Ikenna Ikeme as Executive for Group Regulatory Affairs, signaling renewed regulatory focus across markets. Security/Crime (Local): A 16-year-old appeared in court in Northern Ireland charged with murder and attempted murder in the Co Tyrone case involving a man named locally as Sidi Djalo, originally from Guinea-Bissau.