Arms & Accountability: DAWN urged the UN General Assembly to impose an immediate arms embargo on the UAE, alleging UAE support for Sudan’s RSF and genocide-linked abuses, citing re-exports, training links, and financial networks. AI in Conflict: A report warns AI tools used for crisis response often fail in Nigeria’s conflict zones because they’re trained on limited data, struggle with local languages, and miss culturally specific online incitement. Diplomacy & Science Links: Moldova and the Republic of Chad formally established diplomatic relations, explicitly aiming to expand cooperation including science and innovation. Security Reality Check (Lake Chad): A major weapons-tracing investigation says Sahel jihadist groups rely less on exotic foreign supply chains than on seized national-army stockpiles and older weapons. Health Tech for Livestock: Nigeria pushed a major overhaul to eradicate PPR (goat plague) by 2030, stressing surveillance, lab capacity, vaccination, and cross-border coordination with neighbors including Chad. Payments Innovation: Visa and Safaricom promoted M-Pesa GlobalPay’s Virtual Visa Card via football campaigns in Kenya to boost secure international online payments. Research & Climate: New Science research links the Aral Sea’s drying to carbon release, showing the disaster is also a climate driver. Central Africa Finance: A study urges BEAC to create an emergency liquidity facility (CFA 1.7–2.3tn) to keep imports like food, fuel, and medicines flowing during geopolitical shocks. Chad Tech/Infrastructure (Water): Tanzania highlighted five water-sector investment opportunities in Chad, including digital water tech and climate-resilient WASH, under public-private partnership plans. Aviation Probe: Reuters reported aircraft linked to a former US Special Forces contractor flew via N’Djamena and other hubs tied to RSF logistics in Sudan.